IBM 1818-53A

• Provide balanced performance-up to 700,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) and 6,400 MB/s-that is well-suited for virtualization and consolidation
• Scale up to 448 drives (1.34 PB) using the EXP5000 enclosure and up to 480 drives (1.44 PB) of high-density storage with the EXP5060 enclosure
• Allow for intermixing drive types (Fibre Channel, FC-SAS, FC-SAS nearline, self-encrypting drives [SEDs], SATA and solid-state drives [SSDs]) and host interfaces (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) for investment protection and cost-effective tiered storage

• Support high availability with hot-swappable components and nondisruptive firmware upgrades

The IBM® System Storage® DS5000 series is designed to meet the demanding open-systems requirements of today-and tomorrow-while establishing a new standard for lifecycle longevity. Building on many decades of design expertise, the DS5000 storage system's architecture delivers industry-leading performance, real reliability, multidimensional scalability and unprecedented investment protection. DS5000 supports IBM AIX® and IBM Power Systems™ T10-PI Data Integrity Initiative.