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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Allow to expand the size of volumes in a Flashcopy mapping

Currently it is not allowed to expand the size of a volume which is part of a flashcopy mapping. This restriction should be removed.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Increase the number of nodes in a Storwize cluster

Increase the number of nodes in the Storwize cluster. Users want an SVC cluster to have 16-32 nodes.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

1620 callhome event

1620 mdisk group offline did not callhome due to event being and error 2 event.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Instructions are not given for how to start IP Quorum on Boot

Stretched (enhanced and HyperSwap) Spec Virt environments, as well as clustered Storwize devices, require an IP Quorum. AIX, Linux, and Windows are supported for this function. However, writing the appropriate startup scripts or service files are ...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Encryption Recovery Key Capability for FS9200

Client (Alex Offord) requests an emergency recovery key capability in the event all SKLM servers are unavailable. This capability cannot be USB Based. They wish the capability to be similar to what is provided on DS8K
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Option to select the GUI language to override browser config

Provide the ability of selecting the GUI language rather to override the browser configuration if desired.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Enclosure-loss protection on Storwize V7000

Please implement contra-rotating SAS cabling for connections from Controller enclosure to drive enclosures. This gives additional failure protection and avoids enclosure interdependencies caused by "daisy-chain" connections. DS4000 / DS5000 custom...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

Quality of Service with Service Level Objective

The storage already support QoS in terms of IOPS and Throughput and, I know, QoS is applicable to host, domain, pool, volume, and restricted combinations of these entities. This could be implemented in terms of "Group of Volumes", I mean, this gro...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Increase the number of volumes that can be created in the Storewize from 512 to 1024

Increase the number of volumes that can be created in the Storewize from 512 to 1024
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Add considerations for worklaods with large transfer sizes to Compresstimator

Clients rely on the results of the "compresstimator" tooling to understand whether volumes may be good candidates for Realtime Compression or not. This guidance is focused on the expected compression ratio. However, the performance of largely sequ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration