9150-AF8 9848-AF8 IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe Control Enclosure

The IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Control Enclosure has two node canisters with two 14-core processors per canister, includes integrated hardware-assisted compression acceleration and supports up to twenty-four 2.5 inch NVMe drives. The IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Control Enclosure supports IBM FlashCore Modules, industry-standard flash drives, NVMe storage-class memory drives and can be intermixed. The IBM FlashCore Modules are the fastest of these drives, have integrated IBM MicroLatency technology, advanced flash management, provide maximum reliability, include performance-neutral hardware compression built-in and offer AES-XTS 256 encryption and FIPS 140-2 complaint encryption for securing data at rest compliance requirements.

A single IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Storage Enclosure supports up to twenty 9848-AFF IBM FlashSystem SFF Expansion Enclosures that have twenty-four 2.5-inch SFF slots, providing a maximum of 504 drives per system. Alternatively, customers may use up to eight 9848-A9F IBM FlashSystem expansion enclosures that have ninety-two 3.5 Inch LFF slots for a maximum of 760 drives per system. Intermixing of 9848-AFF SFF and 9848-A9F LFF Expansion Enclosures is supported.

Expansion enclosures are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to growing capacity demands. With four-way system clustering, the size of the 9150-AF8 IBM FlashSystem can be increased to a maximum of 3,040 drives. IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Control Enclosure systems can also be added into existing IBM Storwize V7000 clustered systems. Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Control Enclosure virtualizes an external storage system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of FlashSystem 9100.

The IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Storage Enclosures are ideal for improving IBM i backup and recovery times, which can usually shrink a backup window down to under 2 minutes when used in conjunction with a FlashCopy or SnapShot software license. IBM FlashCopy and IBM SnapShot can make almost instant copies of an IBM i source partition without disrupting production and using minimal storage for various use cases: backups including Save21 full system saves, to feed a Data Warehouse for SQL or Analytics tool, to create secondary partition in a flash and keep target in synchronization with production, to create an anonymized partition for compliance requirements and to crate multiple copies of production data to allow quick recovery due to database corruption and security incidents caused by ransomware encryption attacks.

IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Storage Enclosure can achieve 3,800,000 IOPS 4K cache hit with ability to scale up to 10 million IOPS, 1,200,000 IOPS 4K read miss with hardware compression and 34 GB/s bandwidth (256K) with capability to scale up to 136 GB/s. The IBM 9150-AF8 FlashSystem 9848-AF8 NVMe Storage Enclosure supports up to 24 ports for 16 Gb or 32 Gb Fibre Channel (FC, FC-NVMe), 8 ports 10 GbE, 12 ports 25 GbE I WARP or RoCE.

9848-AF8 IBM FlashSystem 9150-AF8 SFF NVMe Control Enclosure
Two node canisters, each with two 14-core processors and integrated hardware-assisted compression acceleration
Cache options from 128 GB (64 GB per canister) to 1.5 TB (768 GB per canister)
Eight 10 Gb Ethernet ports standard for iSCSI connectivity.
16 Gb FC, 25 Gb Ethernet, and 10 Gb Ethernet ports for FC and iSCSI connectivity
12 Gb SAS ports for expansion enclosure attachment
Twenty-four slots for 2.5-inch NVMe flash drives
2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosure with AC power supplies
IBM FlashCore Modules and industry-standard NVMe drive options

IBM NVMe FlashCore Modules FCN supported in IBM FlashSystem 9150-AF8 9846-AF8 and 9110 9848-AF7 9846-AF7 control enclosure 2.5-inch SFF slots and are FIPS 140-2 complaint:
IBM 4.8 TB NVMe Flash Core Module 2.5-inch 01YM582 01YM482 01EK223 03LG613 01YK819 AHS1 ADS1 AES1
IBM 9.6 TB NVMe Flash Core Module 2.5-inch 01YM583 01YM943 01YM493 01EK232 01YK818 AHS2 ADS2 AES2
IBM 19.2 TB NVMe Flash Core Module 2.5-inch 01YM584 01EK231 01YM501 01YK817 AHS3 ADS3 AES3
IBM 4.8 TB NVMe FlashCore Module 2.5-inch 02YC416 02YC423 03GU599 02CL186 03GH469 03GH824 AHS5 ADS5 AES5
IBM 9.6 TB NVMe FlashCore Module 2.5-inch 02YC417 03GH470 03GU600 02CL184 03GH766 AHS6 ADS6 AES6
IBM 19.2 TB NVMe FlashCore Module 2.5-inch 02YC418 02CL182 03GH471 03GH764 03GU533 03GU601 03LG616 AHS7 ADS7 AES7 03GH471
IBM 38.4 TB NVMe FlashCore Module 2.5-inch 02YC419 03LG629 03JK705 03JK079 03GH929 AHS8 AGSD ADSD

IBM NVMe industry-standard drives supported in IBM FlashSystem 9150 9848-AF8 9846-AF8 and 9110 9848-AF7 9846-AF7 control enclosure 2.5-inch SFF slots:
IBM 800GB NVMe Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01YM585 01YM509 01CM508 AHT1 ADT1 AET1
IBM 1.92 TB NVMe Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01YM586 01CM504 01CM509 01YM517 01YM520 AHT2 ADT2 AET2
IBM 3.84 TB NVMe Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01YM587 01CM510 01YM525 01YM528 AHT3 ADT3 AET3
IBM 7.68 TB NVMe Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01YM588 01YM533 01YM536 AHT4 ADT4 AET4
IBM 15.36 TB NVMe Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01YM589 01YM541 01YM544 AHT5 ADT5 AET5

IBM 12 Gb SAS industry-standard drives supported in IBM FlashSystem 9100 9848-AFF 9846-AFF IBM FlashSystem 9100 SFF Expansion Enclosure with twenty-four 2.5-inch SFF slots:
IBM 1.92TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01EJ803 01EJ808 01EJ601 01EJ805 AH2A
IBM 3.84TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01EJ961 01EJ966 01EJ602 01EJ963 AH2B
IBM 7.68TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01LJ382 01LJ391 AH2C
IBM 15.36TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 01LJ385 01LJ393 AH2D
IBM 30.72 TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 2.5 Inch 02PX474 AH2E

IBM 12 Gb SAS industry-standard drives supported in IBM FlashSystem 9100 9848-A9F 9846-A9F Expansion Enclosure with ninety-two 3.5 Inch LFF slots:
IBM 1.92TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 3.5 Inch 01LJ075 01LJ069 01LJ045 AH7J
IBM 3.84TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 3.5 Inch 01LJ076 01LJ070 AH7K
IBM 7.68TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 3.5 Inch 01LJ077 01LJ071 AH7L
IBM 15.36TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 3.5 Inch 01LJ078 01LJ072 AH7M
IBM 30.72 TB 12 Gb SAS Flash Drive 3.5 Inch AH7N

IBM NVMe Storage-Class Memory SCM drives supported in IBM FlashSystem 9150 9848-AF8 9846-AF8 and 9110 9848-AF7 9846-AF7 control enclosure 2.5-inch SFF slots:
IBM 375 GB NVMe Storage Class Memory Drive 02PX477 01CM517 AHTA
IBM 750 GB NVMe Storage Class Memory Drive 02PX478 02YC460 01CM518 AHTB
IBM 800 GB NVMe Storage Class Memory Drive 02PX482 AHTE
IBM 1.6 TB NVMe Storage Class Memory Drive 02PX483 AHTF

All IBM FlashSystem drives are dual-port and hot-swappable. IBM FlashSystem Drives of the same form factor and connector type can be intermixed within an enclosure. The IBM FlashSystem SFF and LFF HD expansion enclosures can be intermixed behind the SFF control enclosure.

Other IBM 9100 FlashSystem models available are listed below, which are only available in used or refurbished condition, include warranty, free technical support during normal business hours and can be quoted to include professional services.

The IBM 9100 FlashSystem is designed to meet modern high-performance storage requirements: ultra-low latency, cost-effectiveness, operational efficiency, and mission-critical reliability. It is built on a flash-optimized design, with an end-to-end NVMe strategy in mind to bring extremely low latencies to multicloud environments. It combines innovative, flexible, and powerful NVMe storage systems, built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM FlashCore technologies and proven IBM FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud Software Solutions to help transform infrastructure efficiency. IBM Storage Insights helps optimize your storage infrastructure using predictive analytics.

Continuing with our commitment to the transformation in data value with a complete end-to-end NVMe strategy, IBM 9100 FlashSystem comes under the Statement of Direction to enhance IBM Spectrum Virtualize software to support FC-NVMe on the 16 Gbps 4-port FC adapter and NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) on the 25 Gbps Ethernet adapter in this announcement. When the Statement of Direction is fulfilled, these adapters will support FC-NVMe and NVMe-oF.

NVMe provides the foundation for taking advantage of the upcoming Storage Class Memory (SCM) technologies and all of the exciting possibilities that it brings. IBM 9100 FlashSystem is NVMe-enabled, SCM-capable, and the hardware is NVMe-oF capable, future-proofing the investment.

The following are IBM 9100 FlashSystem solution components:
IBM FlashSystem 9100 hardware components
IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software for FlashSystem 9100
IBM Multi-Cloud starter software for FlashSystem 9100
IBM FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions
IBM Storage Insights

The IBM 9100 FlashSystem is designed to offer high system and data availability with the following features:
HyperSwap support
Dual-active, intelligent node canisters with mirrored cache
Dual-port flash drives with automatic drive failure detection and RAID rebuild
Redundant hardware, including power supplies and fans
Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components
Automated path failover support for the data path between the server and the drives
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for FlashSystem 9100

IBM Spectrum Virtualize combines a variety of IBM technologies, including deduplication, compression, thin provisioning, and SCSI Unmap, HyperSwap (high-availability solution), Easy Tier (automatic and dynamic data tiering), encryption of internal and external virtualized storage, FlashCopy (snapshot), and remote data replication. These technologies are designed to enable IBM 9100 FlashSystem to offer a rich set of functional capabilities and deliver extraordinary levels of storage efficiency when used together. IBM 9100 FlashSystem functional capabilities are provided through IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software.

Other IBM 9100 FlashSystem Features and Capabilities:
Auto-tiering (Easy Tier)
Cloud Snapshot
Container support
Data migration and pooling
Deduplication
Distributed RAID (DRAID) 5 and 6
Encryption of data at rest
Fast-write cache
IBM FlashCopy (Snapshot)
IBM FlashCopy rollback
IBM Global Mirror over IP: Remote replication over the internet
IBM Global Mirror: Asynchronous remote replication
IBM Cloud Private
IBM Compression through Data Reduction Pools
IBM HyperSwap
IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager SKLM Encryption
IBM Metro Mirror: Synchronous remote replication
Importing and exporting existing LUNs through Image Mode
Public cloud offerings
Storage virtualization
Thin-provisioning
Transparent Cloud Tiering
Unmap
Virtual disk Mirroring
VVOLs

9848-AF8 IBM FlashSystem 9150 Cache Options
IBM ACG0 128 GB Base Cache
IBM ACG1 768 GB Base Cache
IBM ACGA 128 GB Cache upgrade
IBM ACGB 768 GB Cache upgrade

Physical specifications
9848-AF8 9150 SFF control enclosures
Height: 3.5 in. (8.8 cm)
Width: 19.0 in. (48.3 cm)
Depth: 33.5 in. (85.0 cm)
Approximate weight:
Empty: 84.7 lb (38.5 kg)
Fully configured: 102.5 lb (46.6 kg)

9848- AFF IBM FlashSystem 9100 SFF Expansion Enclosure
Height: 3.4 in. (8.7 cm)
Width: 19.0 in. (48.3 cm)
Depth: 21.9 in. (55.6 cm)
Approximate weight:
Empty: 36.8 lb (16.7 kg)
Fully configured: 55.1 lb (25.0 kg)

9848-A9F IBM FlashSystem 9100 High Density LFF Expansion Enclosure
Height: 8.75 in. (22.2 cm)
Width: 19.0 in. (48.3 cm)
Depth: 38.1 in. (96.8 cm)
Approximate weight:
Empty: 147.7 lb (67.0 kg)
Fully configured: 297.0 lb (135.0 kg)

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