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IBM FlashSystem 7300
Midrange · all-flash / hybrid (ssd + hdd) · multi-controller - Previous-generation 2U, 24-slot NVMe midrange FlashSystem with SAS expansion and 4-way clustering, replaced by the FlashSystem 7600.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | IBM |
| Family | FlashSystem |
| Class | Midrange |
| Architecture | Multi-controller |
| Status | Legacy / superseded |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | IBM Storage Virtualize 8.6 |
| Controllers | 8 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 6,144 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash, Hybrid (SSD + HDD) |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, QLC NVMe, Storage-class memory, SAS SSD, SAS HDD (10K/15K), NL-SAS HDD |
| Drive note | FlashCore Modules (2.5-inch U.2 NVMe), industry-standard NVMe SSDs and up to 12 x 1.6 TB SCM drives in the control enclosure; SAS SSD, 10K SAS and NL-SAS drives in expansion enclosures |
| Flash drive sizes | 0.8, 1.6, 1.92, 3.2, 3.84, 4.8, 7.68, 9.6, 15.36, 19.2, 30.72, 38.4 TB |
| HDD sizes | 1.2, 1.8, 2.4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 TB |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 24 drive bays |
| Expansion | FlashSystem 7000 expansion models 12G (2U, 12 LFF), 24G (2U, 24 SFF) and 92G (5U, 92 drives); up to 12 2U or 4 5U enclosures per control enclosure - 24 bays, 2U |
| Raw capacity | 32 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | 10.69 PB |
| Data reduction | 10.69 PB maximum flash capacity across four control enclosures (8U) at 5:1. A single 2U enclosure gives 1.75 PB effective at 3:1 FCM compression (829.44 TB usable). |
| Protection | DRAID 1, DRAID 6 |
| Protection note | DRAID 5 is available only by RPQ/SCORE request (product guide). |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 9,200,000 |
| Maximum throughput | 140 GB/s |
| Latency | 70 µs |
| Conditions | Machine type 4657, models 924 and U7D. One to four control enclosures can be clustered. A single system delivers 2.3M IOPS and 35 GBps; a four-enclosure cluster 9.2M IOPS and 140 GBps. The raw maximum is IBM's stated 32 PB limit with expansion enclosures. Cache is 1,536 GiB per enclosure (6,144 GiB for four, per the product guide table). Host ports: 24 PCIe ports per enclosure, 96 for four. Power is the maximum per control enclosure. Figures come from the Storage Virtualize 8.6 product guide; volume and snapshot limits come from the V9.1.2.x Configuration Limits page. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, NVMe over FC, iSCSI, iSER, NVMe over RoCE, NVMe over TCP |
| Fibre Channel | 32 Gb |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | 96 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 16,050 |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | 32,099 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | IBM Storage Virtualize GUI/CLI, IBM Storage Insights |
| Power | 2,000 W |
| Positioned for | Virtualization, Databases |
| Warranty | One-year warranty; IBM Storage Expert Care Basic, Advanced or Premium |
| Design terms | Storage pool (data reduction pool) · Volume · Host cluster · Policy-based replication |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
? Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
✓ Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
✓ Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
✓ VMware vVols
✓ Kubernetes CSI
✕ Native file services
✕ Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5668.pdf |