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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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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.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Allow for import of Wildcard Certificate on FS5200 for securing WebUI

Currently on the FS5200, you have to create a certificate request and then upload the certificate generated from the request in order to secure the WebUI on the FS5200. We use Wildcard Certificates so that we don't have to order a new cert for eac...
about 1 year 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...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Migrate config node without reboot.

Currently the only way to move the config node, it to reboot nodes. This seems to be overkill. There are times that it would be handy to migrate the config node without rebooting nodes
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under 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

Use Storwize disk systems as SVC/Storwize IP quorum instance

Can you enable Storwize disk systems to act as quorum IP instance - as additional optional solution how to create an IP quorum ?Use the standard IP management of the Storwize systems to connect to the related SVC- or Storwize HyperSwap clusters.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

New combination in SSIC for storage 2145-DH8

We require new Host and storage combination to be tested as the same combination is not reflecting in SSIC.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 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...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

More flexible cache options on Storwize

The caching algorithm does not have enough flexibility in assigning cache to storage pools. I would like to see selectable options: 1) Current (equal percent across storage pools) 2) Percentage based on amount of storage in the storage pool vs ove...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize Upgrade Utility is not aware of invalid multipathing configrations before upgrade

The SVC/Storwize/Virtualize Upgrade Utility does not check to see if proper multipathing is in place before code upgrades. This is a massive effort and could be done from the storage side by checking the number of host facing paths seen by the dev...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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