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IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe AdaptersDefining Next Generation Storage with Enterprise-Class Reliability

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IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe AdaptersA New Standard for Enterprise-Class Reliability

The world of storage is no longer just about capacity; it's now also about the need for extremely fast and reliable access to data. The ever-increasing demand on today's servers, combined with the exponential growth of processor performance, has exposed the limitations of today's aging storage architectures. The time has come for a truly innovative solution that takes enterprise data availability, scalability and access rates to a new level of simplicity and performance, without sacrifices.

Are performance bottlenecks in your storage infrastructure inhibiting business growth?

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IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters turn disk-drive based, performance-critical SAN environments from this…

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The performance of a SAN in the palm of your handIntroducing IBM’s High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters

Based on fast growing solid state device (SSD) technology

Leadership technology backed by IBM service and support

Standard PCI-E form factor supports a broad set of IBM platforms

Available in 160GB and 320GB capacities

Lowers CAPEX and OPEX

Superior solution to enterprise disk drives for applications sustaining high operations per second – e.g. database, data warehouse, stream analytics

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Enterprise grade performance

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Key benefits of IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapter:

• IOPS performance of up to 250 disk drives1 enables clients to shrink their storage footprint in an ever-increasing datacenter real estate world

• With 1/100th the latency (50us) of a disk drive2, High IOPS SSD PCIe adapters are the answer to real-time, performance hungry data processing

• Predictable lifetime compared to sporadic failure of disk drives allows clients to plan their hardware upgrades in a timely and scheduled manner

PerformancePerformance

[1] 97,014 IOPS measured at 4K block random reads for High IOPS SSD Adapters, versus 420 IOPS measured at 4k block reads for a 15K RPM 146GB disk drive [2] Measured against 15K RPM 146GB disk drive

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Product Stability

Key benefits of IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapter:

• Up to 25 years of data retention gives clients the peace of mind that their data is in safe hands

• Customers can expect RAID-grade data restoration and protection with N+1 chip-level redundancy

• 11-bit ECC provides the highest level of online media wear-out predicting, monitoring and date correction

• Advance bad block management algorithms enables taking blocks out of service when their failure rate becomes unacceptable

ReliabilityReliability

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Key benefits of IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapter:

• Significant power advantages with 9W delivering 100,000K IOPS versus 5.5W for 420 IOPS that disk drives can deliver2

• Elimination of moving parts paves the way for an efficient solution

• Increased performance with significant reduction in datacenter footprint for storage

• Realization of higher performance through lowering power and reduction in footprint reverses the unsustainable trend of increasing data center cooling cost.

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Energy Efficient & Power Savings

[2] Measured against 15K RPM 146GB disk drive

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Affordable ultra-high performanceThe performance of a SAN in the palm of your hand

CAPEX savings– $15.3K total cost versus

• $77.5 for a solution based on 50GB SATA 2.5" SFF SSD

• $134.7K for a solution based on 146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD

– Smaller storage footprint

• 42U and 11U rack configurations for HDD and SSD solutions versus in-server storage (2U)

OPEX savings– Reduced power and cooling costs with 18 Watts versus1

• 185 Watts for a solution based on 50GB SATA 2.5" SFF SSD

• 2778 Watts for a solution based on 146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD

1 calculations are based on 60W for EXP3000, 8W for 146GB 15K SAS HDD, 2W for 50GB SSD, 9W for MR10M Controller and 9W for 160GB SSD PCIe Adapter

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ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller IBM 50GB SATA 2.5" SFF HS High IOPS SSD 146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD

IBM System Storage EXP3000 IBM 160GB High IOPS PCIe Adapter

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IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters at a glance

Part number 46M0877IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter

46M0898IBM 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter

Capacity 160 GB 320 GB

Performance 100,000 IOPS (sustained 4K random read)

Performance Features Less than of 50µs latencySustain 600 MB/s random writes

Bus interface PCI-Express x4

Airflow 300 LFM

Operating temperature 0º C/32º F to 55º C/131º F

Non-operating temperature -40º C/-40º F to 70º C/158º F

Humidity 5% to 95% (relative, non-condensing)

Power dissipation 6 W (nominal), 9W (maximum)

Management suite IBM High IOPS Launch Manager

Supported servers Visit the IBM ServerProven page for the latest supported servers at ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/ compat/us

Operating systems Microsoft® Windows®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, SUSE Linux, VMware

Form factor Low Profile MD2

Limited warranty1 3-year limited warranty, post warranty support is available through the System x® Special Bid process.

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