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IBM Storage Scale System 6000
High-end · all-flash / hybrid (ssd + hdd) · scale-out - High-end 4U NVMe building block for IBM Storage Scale, certified for NVIDIA SuperPOD. Delivers very high throughput for AI training and inference, HPC and data lakes.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | IBM |
| Family | Storage Scale System |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Scale-out cluster |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | IBM Storage Scale for Storage Scale System (RHEL-based) |
| Controllers | n/a |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 3,072 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash, Hybrid (SSD + HDD) |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, QLC NVMe, NL-SAS HDD |
| Drive note | 48 bays per 4U node: U.2 NVMe TLC SSDs (30.72 TB), IBM FlashCore Modules (19.2/38.4 TB), or 12 x 30.72 TB TLC + 36 x 122.88 TB QLC. SAS HDD (20/22 TB) and all-flash QLC expansion enclosures are available. |
| Flash drive sizes | 19.2, 30.72, 38.4, 122.88 TB |
| HDD sizes | 20, 22 TB |
| Maximum drives | n/a |
| Controller enclosure | 4U, 48 drive bays |
| Expansion | IBM Scale System All-Flash Expansion Enclosure (2U, 26 QLC NVMe; up to 3 per the product page) and Storage Scale Expansion Enclosure (91 SAS HDDs; up to 9 per system over 24 Gb SAS) |
| Raw capacity | 4.79 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | 5.4 PB |
| Data reduction | Up to 5.4 PBe effective per 4U node, based on 3:1 FCM inline compression (datasheet, for the 2.2 PB raw FCM configuration) |
| Protection | 3-way replication, 4-way replication, Erasure coding 4+2P, Erasure coding 4+3P, Erasure coding 8+2P, Erasure coding 8+3P |
| Protection note | IBM Storage Scale RAID declustered erasure coding |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 28,000,000 |
| Maximum throughput | 340 GB/s |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | All figures are per 4U building block. raw_tb_max is the product-page maximum for one node (12 x 30.72 TB TLC + 36 x 122.88 TB QLC). IBM publishes no cluster maximum; the datasheet quotes 42.7 PB raw per 42U rack. 28M IOPS and 340 GB/s are for NVMe-oF Data Acceleration Tier configurations. Power is the 4,800 W PSU maximum (1,500 W nominal empty). |
| Protocols | NFS, SMB / CIFS, S3 object, HDFS, InfiniBand / RDMA file |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 200 GbE |
| Host ports | 16 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | n/a |
| Power | 4,800 W |
| Positioned for | AI / ML, HPC, Analytics |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Storage pool (file system) · LUN · Host group · AFM-DR |
| 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.ibm.com/products/storage-scale-system |
| Datasheet | https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/10a99803f5afd8d6 |