Storage capacity and performance requirements are growing faster than ever before, and the costs of managing this growth are depleting more of the information technology (IT) budget. The IBM® FlashSystem™ V9000 is the premier, fully integrated, Tier 1, all-flash offering from IBM. It has changed the economics of today's data center by eliminating storage bottlenecks. Its software-defined storage features simplify data management, improve data security, and preserve your investments in storage. IBM FlashSystem® V9000 includes IBM FlashCore™ technology and advanced software-defined storage available in one solution in a compact 6U form factor. FlashSystem V9000 improves business application availability. It delivers greater resource utilization so you can get the most from your storage resources, and achieve a simpler, more scalable, and cost-efficient IT Infrastructure. This IBM Redbooks® publication provides information about IBM FlashSystem V9000 Software V7.5 and its new functionality. It describes the product architecture, software, hardware, and implementation, and provides hints and tips. It illustrates use cases and independent software vendor (ISV) scenarios that demonstrate real-world solutions, and also provides examples of the benefits gained by integrating the FlashSystem storage into business environments. Using IBM FlashSystem V9000 software version 7.5 functions, management tools, and interoperability combines the performance of FlashSystem architecture with the advanced functions of software-defined storage to deliver performance, efficiency, and functions that meet the needs of enterprise workloads that demand IBM MicroLatency® response time. This book offers FlashSystem V9000 scalability concepts and guidelines for planning, installing, and configuring, which can help environments scale up and out to add more flash capacity and expand virtualized systems. Port utilization methodologies are provided to help you maximize the full potential of IBM FlashSystem V9000 performance and low latency in your scalable environment. In addition, all of the functions that FlashSystem V9000 software version 7.5 brings are explained, including IBM HyperSwap® capability, increased IBM FlashCopy® bitmap space, Microsoft Windows offloaded data transfer (ODX), and direct 16 gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel host attach support. This book also describes support for VMware 6, which enhances and improves scalability in a VMware environment. This book is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals, storage administrators, and anyone who wants to understand how to implement this exciting technology.

IBM FlashSystem® V9000 is a comprehensive all-flash enterprise storage solution that delivers the full capabilities of IBM FlashCore™ technology plus a rich set of software-defined storage features. FlashSystem V9000 is available as one solution in a compact 6U form factor to achieve a simpler, more scalable, and cost efficient IT Infrastructure. FlashSystem V9000 improves business application availability and delivers greater resource utilization so you can get the most from your storage resources. Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ functions, management tools, and interoperability, this product combines the performance of FlashSystem architecture with the advanced functions of software-defined storage, including: IBM Real-time Compression™, dynamic tiering, thin provisioning, snapshots, cloning, replication, data copy services and high-availability configurations. This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces clients to the IBM FlashSystem V9000. It provides in-depth knowledge of the product architecture, software and hardware, implementation, guidelines for scalability, and hints and tips. It illustrates use cases and ISV scenarios that demonstrate real-world solutions, as well as examples of the benefits gained by integrating the FlashSystem storage into business environments.Port utilization methodologies are provided in order to maximize the full potential of performance and the low latency of IBM FlashSystem V9000 in your scaled environment. This book is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators, and for anyone who wants to understand and learn how to implement this exciting technology.