Lenovo Storage V5030 (Machine Type 6536) is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized storage system that enables midsize organizations to meet the challenges of rapid data growth and limited IT budgets. By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability, and management tools, Lenovo Storage V5030 enables organizations to consolidate and provide new capabilities to their infrastructures.

 

Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure models include two node canisters, each with 16 GB cache upgradeable to 32 GB per canister for a system total of 64 GB cache. 1/10 Gb iSCSI connectivity is standard, with an option for additional 1 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS, 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), or 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity.

 

A Lenovo Storage V5030 system scales up to 504 drives with the attachment of up to 20 Lenovo Storage V5030 expansion enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors, 10 K or 15 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS flash drives (solid-state drives [SSDs]).

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Key features

• Scalable enterprise storage with a dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with up to 32 GB cache each for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for a mix of 10 Gb iSCSI and 12 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, or 16 Gb FC connectivity at the same time.
• A 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives in the control enclosure, scalable up to 252 LFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF Expansion Enclosure (12x LFF drives each) or up to 504 SFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF Expansion Enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• With two-way clustering, the size of the system can be doubled to a maximum of 1,008 drives.
• Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Lenovo Storage V5030 virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of Lenovo Storage V5030.
• Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
• Lenovo Storage V5030 combines various Spectrum Virtualize technologies, including thin provisioning, automated tiering, external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, encryption, compression, replication, and multiprotocol support.
• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol) integration brings advanced storage management functions to the virtual machine level for finer VM storage service level control and policy-driven automation.
• Intuitive, web-based next-generation GUI for easy system set up and management.
• Extensive interoperability with support for most major server platforms and operating systems.
• Lenovo Storage V Series systems that are based on Spectrum Virtualize software provide five 9’s (99.999%) availability which means an average annual downtime of less than five minutes.
   

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