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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Allow user to adjust the number of "keep alive" requests that can be missed before a storage device sends 2020 error event

IBM needs to add a feature that would allow people who manage IBM storage devices to adjust the number of "keep alive" requests that can be missed before a storage device sends 2020 error event emails about Remote Copy links being down --- 99% of ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Volume format should be faster or invisible to the user

Feedback from a user group meeting: On the CLI, the mkvolume command to create a new volume will always create an empty volume. No exceptions. There is no option to do otherwise so I know my volumes will always be created zeroed, which is great fo...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Ability to set a low water mark used capacity threshold for flash/SCM tiers.

Hypothetical Use case: Easy tier hybrid pool with tier 0 flash, tier 1 flash and tier nearline. In the current scenario, when a lot of cold data resides on tier 1, these extents will be migrated to nearline regardless of whether tier 1 extents are...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SpVirt installation automation

The goal is to automate the initial installation wizard, to make the installation of tens of the same systems easier (use case = 60 FS5035s) Currently you have to first enter an IP address via the Technical Port. Having to enter that IP manually w...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

FS7200, use interfaces more dynamically

FS7200 network configuration is not suitable for our network design and security aspects.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

How to gracefully stop the IP quorum application on host

Customer raised question :" how to gracefully stop the quorum application and shut that RHEL server down." Presently , we don't have stop command - hence we have to be dependent on host shutdown It will be good idea to add this new functionality "...
12 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Make IP Quorum App run as a service by default when it's installed.

Today the IP Quorum App is not installed as a service in the Operating Systems, so when the host where it resides is rebooted the client has to manually start the IP Quorum app again. If this is made as a service automatically during the install t...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

SpVirt cluster-wide throttle definitions

Host throttling operates at the node level and therefore applies only to the volumes in that IO group. Need to be able to define a cluster-wide throttle.
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Spacereservation in compressed pools

In systems with with Flashmodules and compression always on there should be a integrated process to reserve some space for emergency release. As these systems are designed for overprovisioning this is a lack of security.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

V3700 ThinProvisioning does not work as advertised

V3700 Thin Provisioning does not work as advertised.We consider "IBM Storwize V3700: Ideal for VMware environments" => http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsf03029usen/TSF03029USEN.PDFSince Storwize does not currently support the VMware...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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