Overview - IBM 1.2 TB and 2.4 TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter

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The 1.28 TB MLC Mono and 2.4 TB MLC Duo High IOPS (Input/Output Operations per Second) Adapters for IBM System x and BladeCenter come with many of the benefits of standard storage in addition to enterprise-class high performance of up to 100,000 sustained IOPS. These adapters are designed primarily for performance-hungry high-performance servers and computing appliances while providing the added benefits of lower power and cooling costs, low management overhead, and smaller storage footprints.

Based on standard PCIe architecture coupled with silicon-based NAND clustering storage technology, the high IOPS adapters are optimized for System x racks and can be deployed in blades using the PCIe expansion units. These scalable designs come in Multi Level Cell (MLC) technologies in standard PCI-e form factors.

These adapters use NAND flash memory as the basic building block of solid-state storage and contain no moving parts, thus are less sensitive to issues associated with vibration, noise, and mechanical failure. These adapters are built as block devices on a PCIe bus with advanced wear-leveling, ECC, and N+1 chip-level redundancy providing unparalleled reliability and efficiency.

Whether enabling high-performance computing or reducing the storage footprint, IBM offers high IOPS adapters to meet your computational requirements. These adapters are compatible with a wide variety of System x servers.

Providing that additional peace of mind, your high IOPS adapter purchase is covered under IBM warranty.

Features and functions:

IBM 1.2 TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter (90Y4377)

• 1.2 MLC Mono - Half length, Low Profile
  • PCIe x4

IBM 2.4 TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter (90Y4397)

• 2.4 MLC Duo - Half length, Full Height
  • Eight lanes with PCI-Express
  • Four lanes with PCI-e gen 2
• High capacity design with Multi Level Cell (MLC) NAND technology
  

These SSD-based, high-performance, server-class storage adapters can provide the performance required for extensive computations while utilizing a reduced storage footprint.

Features:

• Up to 2.4 TB of SSD storage in a standard PCIe adapter: Significantly lower power and cooling costs, low management overhead, smaller storage footprint in the datacenter, and a much greener storage solution
• An alternative to SSD-based hard drives: Accelerates applications, improves response times, and boosts efficiency
• IBM branding: A single point of serviceability and an enterprise-grade warranty to enable interoperability with a variety of IBM and business partner products
• The ability to do more with less: Lower operational expenditure (OPEX) and capital expenditure (CAPEX) in applications that require high IOPS compared to solutions that use a larger number of hard drive and SSD devices to achieve equivalent IOPS

These SSD PCIe Adapters can be used on supported System x and BladeCenter servers.

Note: In order to be used with BladeCenter servers the IBM BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade II is required.

• One year,limited warranty

1.28 TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter for IBM System x

• Approximate height: 16 mm (0.63 inch)
• Approximate width: 70 mm (2.75 inch)
• Approximate depth: 168 mm (6.625 inch)
• Approximate weight: 138 g (0.305 lb)

Shipping dimensions

• Approximate height: 12.4 cm (4.875 inch)
• Approximate width: 1.9 cm (0.75 inch)
• Approximate depth: 17.8 cm (7.0 inch)
• Approximate weight: 172.8 g (0.381 lb)

• Approximate height: 16 mm (0.63 inch)
• Approximate width: 110 mm (4.331 inch)
• Approximate depth: 170 mm (6.693 inch)
• Approximate weight: 279 g (0.61 lb)

Shipping dimensions

• Approximate height: 14.9 cm (5.875 inch)
• Approximate width: 1.9 cm (0.75 inch)
• Approximate depth: 17.8 cm (7.0 inch)
• Approximate weight: 311.6 g (0.687 lb)

Operating Environment

• Temperature: Operational
  • 0 to 55 degrees C (32 to 131 F) at 0 to 3048 m (0 to 10,000 ft)
• Temperature: Nonoperational
  • 40 to 70 degrees C (40 to 158 degrees F) at 914 to 9144 m (3,000 to 30,000 ft)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% (noncondensing)
• Maximum altitude: 9,144 m ( 30,000 ft)

Approvals and Safety

• UL
• cUL
• IEC60950
• EMC
• FCC
• TUV
• VDE
• CE
• VCCI
• BSMI
• C-tick
• MIC
• KCC

The controller must be installed in a selected System x server system

The 1.2 TB and 2.4 TB High IOPS MLC adapters supports the following major 64-bit operating systems:

• Windows 2003 SP2 (64 bit only)
• Windows 2008 SP1 (64 bit only)
• Windows 2008 R2 SP1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
• VMware ESX 4.0
• VMware ESX 4.1
• VMware ESXi 4.1
• VMware ESXi 5.0

For latest compatibility information, visit

• http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/

Solid-state memory cells have an intrinsic, finite number of write cycles that each cell can incur.

As a result, solid-state storage has a maximum amount of write cycles it can be subjected to, documented as TBW (Total Bytes Written).

IBM is not responsible for replacement of hard-ware that has reached the maximum guaranteed number of write cycles. This limit may be revealed as the device failing to respond to system generated commands or become incapable of being written to.

Additional information is available at :

• http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/options/storage/solidstate/adapters.html