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ST9900 Series Software Suite
Not all ST9985V features will be available at GA. The following will
be available post GA(date TBD):
C-NAS, UR 4X4X4 and UR 6X6, iSCSI
Performance – Target of 800,000 IOPS vs. current ST9985 700,000 IOPS + performance improvements to local and
remote replication, and external storage bandwidth.
Scalability – Up to 96 Petabytes (PBs) of virtualized s more ports, volumes, disk capacity, local and remote
replication volume copies and additional scalability enhancements
Dynamic Provisioning software, known generically as thin provisioning, allows customers to allocate “virtual” disk
capacity based on their anticipated future needs, but with less physical disk initially required. Additional physical
disks can be purchased later and installed transparently without an application service interruption. The primary
benefits of Dynamic Provisioning are Elimination of application service interruptions, reduced TCO (including lower
power & cooling due to fewer disks) and simplified administration.
NAS – The current ST9990/ST9985 NAS blade will be replaced with a more scalable, higher performance NAS
solution at a later time (TBD).
Full 4Gb/second Fibre Channel front and back (Channel adapters, disks, and back-end storage adapters. Unlike
current ST9990 that has 4Gb/s front-end (adapters), but only 2Gb/s back-end (to disks).
Tiered Storage- New support for FICON-attached external storage available in late 2007. HDS will announce a
statement of intent to deliver FICON attached external storage, but no delivery date will be announced.
Statement of Intent to deliver additional features – There are several other planned enhancements that might be
announced in advance via a “statement of intent” to deliver. The following are potential items that may be disclosed
via a statement of intent to deliver:
1. FICON attachment of external storage to enhance our mainframe solution portfolio
2. Increased number of ShadowImage pairs to reinforce the scalability message
3. Increased number of COW (Copy-On-Write) Snapshots
4. Increased number of HUR pairs
5. NAS
6. iSCSI
Software
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All ST9985V software is levergeable from the ST 9990V and offered as suite bundles or as stand alone
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ST9900 Basic Operating System (BOS) Suite replaces Device & Resource Manager Suite
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- Includes Device Manager and Resource Manager Suite
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- Includes Virtual Partition Manager with support for up to 4
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partitions
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- Includes Server Priority Manager
Just the Facts
October 2007
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