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The IBM TotalStorage
DS8000 Series: Concepts
and Architecture
Advanced features
and performance
breakthrough with
POWER5 technology
Configuration
flexibility with LPAR
and virtualization
Highly scalable
solutions for on
demand storage
This IBM Redbook describes the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 series
of storage servers, its architecture, logical design, hardware
design and components, advanced functions, performance
features, and specific characteristics. The information contained
in this redbook is useful for those who need a general
understanding of this powerful new series of disk enterprise
storage servers, as well as for those looking for a more detailed
understanding of how the DS8000 series is designed and
operates.
The DS8000 series is a follow-on product of the IBM TotalStorage
Enterprise Storage Server with new functions related to storage
virtualization and flexibility. This book describes the virtualization
hierarchy that now includes virtualization of a whole storage
subsystem. This is made possible by utilizing IBM’s pSeries
POWER5-based server technology and its Virtualization Engine
LPAR technology. This LPAR technology offers totally new options
to configure and manage storage.
In addition to the logical and physical description of the DS8000
series, the fundamentals of the configuration process are also
described in this redbook. This is useful information for proper
planning and configuration when installing the DS8000 series, as
well as for the efficient management of this powerful storage
subsystem.
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