IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Need ability to rebalance volume extents when adding more MDisks to an existing storage pool

    When adding MDisks to an existing storage pool for SWV7K or SVC we do not automatically rebalance the extents volumes' are using from the pool thus we get hotspots and imbalance in utilization. We have had request to add this to SVC since 2003 and...
    over 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 15 Delivered

    Ransomware detection on block storage

    “How IBM FlashSystem can recognize the possible cyber ransomware attack?”

 The ransomware do data encryption. Most of our Clients uses data that are eligible for compression and the average ratio is around 2:1. The idea is to measure compression ...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

    Snapshot and volume management improvements

    A recent sale to a non-IBM customer has shown just how poor our basic management capabilities are within the GUI.We were compared to their 5 year old Nimble array and we did not stand up well. Snapshot scheduling; Simple snapshots that are created...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

    V7000 and SVC replication via onboard IP links

    We'd like to request the ability for the Storwize V7000 and SVC to be able to replicate via Global Mirror using the onboard IP ports on the V7000/SVC. This will eliminate the need to use 3rd devices for FCIP translation and simplify the current an...
    almost 14 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 13 Delivered

    Spectrum Virtualize "IO pause" on node leave and join is entirely too long

    When a node leaves or joins a Spectrum Virtualize cluster (SVC, V7K, FS9100, etc), the cluster imposes an "IO pause" on the order of 10 or more seconds. This is unacceptably long, especially in a flash environment.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

    Please add formal support for "Storage Groups" on SVC/V7K

    There is currently no formal functionality to create a 'storage group' (or container) on SVC/V7K platforms as of version 6.4. Users are forced to either create many multiple individual host-to-lun masks OR create 'arbitrary' storage groups by labe...
    over 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

    vVol/VASA Support without IBM Spectrum Control Base (& SVC)

    A Customer with a very large SVC installation wants to have vVol/VASA Support without IBM Spectrum Control Base for his SVC environment: Handling & administration without many components
    over 9 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

    Add support for reverse flashcopy with HyperSwap volumes

    Currently a reverse flashcopy (restore) is not supported to a HyperSwap volume. The request is to be able to do a restore of a flashcopy to a hyperswap volume.
    about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

    Multi-cluster Hyperswap for Spectrum Virtualize

    Current Hyperswap implementation exists within a single Spectrum Virtualize cluster. An outage of the entire cluster is possible, thereby offering a lesser degree of availability
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

    Ability to expand existing mdisk by adding a single disk

    Allow an existing mdisk to be expanded.An existing mdisk RAID 5/6 or DRAID would be able to be expanded by adding a single disk.An existing mdisk RAID 10 would be able to be expanded by adding a pair of disks.
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

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