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IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 is an NVMe storage option for entry-level enterprises that need compact, powerful storage. It unifies data management across the core, cloud and edge, and is designed in a revolutionary 1U form factor. The result is blazing speeds, robust density and numerous scale-up and scale-out options.
An ultra-performant cyber resilient, and flexible all-flash storage platform that enables organizations to consolidate and protect more workloads onto a smaller footprint with a larger performance and capacity envelope.
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12 NVMe high-availability flash devices in a 1U storage enclosure drawer with fully redundant canister components prevent a single point of failure.
Smart, self-optimizing solution is easily managed, enabling organizations to overcome storage challenges as they grow.
High-density tiers of flash storage in an affordable package includes compression and AI-powered predictive analytics.
Migrate data with fully integrated system management, application-aware data services and high-value features such as AES encryption and inline hardware compression.
Benefit from hybrid cloud storage capabilities to increase business agility.
The new technology enabled by FlashCore Module 4 (FCM4) is designed to continuously monitor statistics gathered from every single I/O using
machine learning models to detect anomalies like ransomware in less than a minute.1
Single enclosure product specifications:
Maximum bandwidth (reads): 28.6 GB per second
Response times (reads): <50 microseconds
Effective maximum capacity within single enclosure2: 1.51 PBe (1U enclosure)
Processor/PCIe Gen: Intel Ice Lake, Gen 4 PCIs
Maximum front-end host ports: 16
FlashCore module capacities supported: 4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
Use cases:
The IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 system. The storage solution you need for virtualization and database environments. With the ability to store 12 NVMe high-availability flash devices in a 1U storage enclosure drawer, you will be able to meet the requirements of the future.
Development can sometimes feel like a never-ending maze. Let IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 make it easy for you. We offer a solution that's fast, flexible, and always ready for you.
Do you have too many storage tiers with too many different types of storage? Consolidate them into one scalable solution. IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 offers NVMe, QLC and Ai-powered predictive analytics.
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Flash Grid product specifications2
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500
Maximum bandwidth (reads)
228 GB per second
400 GB per second
800 GB per second
Effective maximum capacity2
12.1 PBe (8U Flash Grid)
27.1 PBe (16U Flash Grid)
52.8 PBe (32U Flash Grid)
Maximum I/O ports
128
256
384
Single enclosure product specifications
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5000
IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300
IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500
Maximum bandwidth (reads)
12 GB per second
28.6 GB per second
50 GB per second
100 GB per second
Response times (reads)
< 70 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
< 50 microseconds
Maximum I/O ports within a single enclosure
8
16
24
48
Effective maximum capacity within a single enclosure6
573 TBe (2U enclosure)
1.51 PBe (1U enclosure)4
3.39 PBe (2U enclosure)
6.60 PBe (4U enclosure)
FlashCore Module capacities supported
Not applicable (supports industry standard drives)
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
4.8, 9.6, 19.2 and 38.4 TB
Use cases
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production and development databases
- Containers
- Data center edge
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- Workload consolidation
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- In-memory database
- SAP
- Oracle
- Server and desktop virtualization
- Production database
- Containers
- In-memory database
Invest in energy efficient, dense data storage that makes a difference. FlashSystem devices leverage IBM FlashCore Modules with computational storage compression capabilities providing storage consolidation and power efficiency differentiation. As your data grows, ensure your energy shrinks.
View all your data in one place and rely on AI-driven data tiering. Powered by IBM Storage Virtualize, FlashSystem makes it easy to manage data across all systems while modernizing your legacy storage capabilities.
Recover data quickly and without interruption in the event of a cyberattack. IBM Storage FlashSystem uses IBM Safeguarded Copy and IBM Cyber Vault to create air-gapped copies of data and restore production fast.
Faster storage analytics, faster time to insight. Process your data and gain deeper insights at lightning speed, whether on-premises or in the cloud, using tools built with flash storage analytics.
1 Assuming Flash Grid contains 8 devices with the same configuration. Flash Grids can contain a mix of different models and configurations.
3 Based on comparable configurations between IBM FlashSystem and a 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant report participant: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/chelsey-gosse/2023/09/20/2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-primary-storage. Each comparison was at the same temperature, memory, and core frequencies with comparable raw capacities and system performances. For each configuration, the power of the devices were estimated with engineering calculations from the typical power withdraw of the CPUs, drives and components on each of the devices. Based on information from: https://www.manua.ls/dell/powermax-2000/manual; https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-au/products/storage/technical-support/dell-powerstore-gen2-spec-sheet.pdf; https://www.sanstorageworks.com/PowerMax-8000.asp.
4 Results based on 1U control enclosure: 12 drives of 38.4TB each = 460.8TB configured in a 9+Q+P DRAID-6 array, after RAID overhead and metadata provisioning, deliver 301.56TB of usable capacity, with a 3:1 compression and 1.67:1 deduplication ratio equal 1.51PB of effective capacity.