The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure.
Figure 6. Rear view of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure
System specifications
The following table lists the Storwize V5000 storage system specifications.
Table 1. System specifications
Components
Specification
Form factor
Storwize V5000 control enclosure: 2U rack mount
Storwize V5000 expansion enclosure: 2U rack mount
Controller
configuration
Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per control enclosure. Two control
enclosures can be combined into a single Storwize V5000 clustered system (or cluster).
RAID levels
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only)
Controller cache
16 GB per single system (8 GB per node canister); 32 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache
protection.
Drive bays
Up to 480 SFF drive bays per single system (up to 960 SFF drive bays per cluster):
24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure
24 SFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures
Up to 240 LFF drive bays per single system (up to 480 LFF drive bays per cluster):
12 LFF drive bays in the control enclosure
12 LFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive technology
SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.
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