Capacity on Demand

Capacity on Demand allows customers to enable disk capacity in 20 TB and 100 TB increments concurrently.
  • A maximum of 4x #5262 20TB Cache Enablement Features may be selected for any one single order, either Initial order or MES
  • More than 4x #5262 20TB Cache Enablement Features may exist on the machine .
  • If 5x 5262 20TB Cache Enablement Features are desired in one single order, 1x 5263 - 100TB Cache Enablement Feature will be enabled (enforced via e-Config).
  • At least 1 TB of licensed capacity must be enabled on the next set of drawer pairs (through features #5262 and #5263) before the next drawer pair may be installed. Adding physical drawer pairs without at least 1 TB of licensed capacity enabled is not supported.
  • Features #5262 and #5263 should be ordered on 3957-VED model.
  • At least one feature #5262 20 TB or #5263 100 TB cache enablement increment minimum must be plant installed.
The TS7770 Cache Controller Model CSB and TS7770 Cache Module Model XSB
  • up to 780 TB* usable capacity in a base frame only configuration (1 CSB + 9 XSBs).
  • up 2.36 PB usable capacity in a base frame with one expansion frame fully populated with 20 drawers (2 CSBs + 18 XSBs)
  • up to 3.94 PB usable capacity in a base frame with two fully populated expansion frames, each frame with 20 drawers (2 CSBs + 18 XSBs)
Release 5 delivers 10 TB 7.2K SAS disk drives with 157 TB usable capacity per drawer pair. Using the ENERGY STAR-compliant IBM Storwize V5030E model, the TS7770 cache enclosures must be installed in pairs, two drawers at a time. Additional pairs of XSB drawers now support concurrent expansion, which is unique to the TS7770 model.