Ds8910F Model 994; Ds8950F Model 996 - IBM DS8900F Introduction And Planning Manual

DS8910F model 994

The DS8910F model 994 is an entry-level, high-performance, high-capacity storage system that includes
only High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2.
Model 994 features 8-core processors and is scalable and supports up to 192 Flash Tier 0, Flash Tier 1, or
Flash Tier 2 drives. The frame is 19 inches wide and 40U high. It supports up to four High Performance
Flash Enclosure Gen2 pair.
The DS8910F model 994 uses 16 or 32 Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters that run Fibre Channel Protocol
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(FCP) or FICON . The High Performance FICON (HPF) feature is also supported.
Model 994 supports single-phase and three-phase power.
The following tables list the hardware components and maximum capacities that are supported for the
DS8910F model 994, depending on the amount of memory that is available.
Table 7. Components for the DS8910F model 994
Processors System memory
8-core 192 GB
8-core 512 GB
1. High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2 are installed in pairs.
Table 8. Maximum capacity for the DS8910F model 994
Processors
8-core
8-core
1. With 512 GB or less system memory, the maximum physical capacity is 2 PB when using large extents, or 512 TB when using small
extents. With 512 GB or less system memory, the maximum virtual capacity for volume allocation (including overprovisioning) is 4 PB
when using large extents, or 1 PB when using small extents (including Safeguarded Copy virtual capacity).
DS8910F (model 994) overview
The DS8910F model 994 includes a base frame.
The base frame includes the following components:
• High Performance Flash Enclosures Gen2
• I/O enclosure pair (optional second I/O enclosure pair)
• Processor nodes (available with POWER9 processors)
• Management enclosure
• Intelligent rack PDU (iPDU) pair

DS8950F model 996

DS8950F Agility Class consolidates all your workloads for IBM Z
distributed environments under a single all-flash storage solution.
DS8950F storage systems are scalable with up to 20-core processors, and up to 384 Flash Tier 0, Flash
Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives. They are optimized and configured for cost. The frame is 19 inches wide and
40U high. They support the following High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs:
• Up to four High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs in the base frame (model 996).
• Up to four High Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 pairs each in the first expansion frame (model E96).
The DS8950F uses 16 or 32 Gbps Fibre Channel host adapters that run Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) or
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FICON . The High Performance FICON (HPF) feature is also supported.
The DS8950F supports single-phase and three-phase power.
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Processor memory
96 GB
256 GB
Maximum 2.5-in. Flash Tier 0, Flash
System memory Tier 1, or Flash Tier 2 drives
192 GB 192
512 GB 192
Host adapters (4
I/O enclosure port)
1 or 2 2 - 16
1 or 2 2 - 16
Maximum storage capacity for 2.5-
in. flash drives
2 PB 1
2 PB 1
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, IBM LinuxONE, IBM Power
High Performance Flash
Enclosure Gen2 pairs 1
1 - 4
1 - 4
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System and