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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Storwize does not provide guidance for volume sizes

Storage Products in the portfolio do NOT provide performance based advice/guidance on running environments. For Example: I want to create a 16PB volume; Spectrum Virtualize instead recommends a more sensible volume size range.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Poor Backend Device Configurations are propogated to the Storwize

Poor Backend Device Configurations, for example: DS8K with 42 pools are not prevented or warned on during setup. This causes problems as configurations which propagate bad habits are just ignored
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Need to internally archive audit logs when removing cluster data

When a T3 recovery is performed, cluster logs for the previous instance of the system are destroyed. This means if a malicious user were to perform unauthorized changes, then do a T3 recovery, that the audit trail documenting said actions is lost....
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Trigger Error 1195 A node has been missing for 30 minutes after any condition that has a node in a non functional state.

Generally the sequence we have seen is a 1196 warning email that a node has failed and then 30 minutes later an 1195 error indicating that the node has been gone for 30 minutes, which also generates an email, and a call home. What we have experien...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

Syslog encryption request for the IBM XIV arrays.

Syslog Encryption request for the IBM XIV arrays. Secure log shipping for XIV arrays
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Compression for Virtualize is Selective

Virtualize/Storwize Compression is selective by nature; meaning that it will allow you to compress data which will cause performance impact despite being able to identify non-compressible data. This leads to many performance related impacts.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Capability to generate a "application consistent" snapshot on a secondary when replicating data with new policy-based async replication

Scenario is quite simple: client wants to generate an "application consistent" snapshot on his secondary site while data are replicated using new policy-based replication. To do so client will freeze I/O on primary site once application is in a co...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Better vendor-independent monitoring

Currently SMI-S is the only supported vendor-neutral API. We have 5 vendors in our storage environment. The SNIA Swordfish API is not currently implemented by either vendor, with only timid hints at future implementations. We need to have professi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Change how SVC GUI pool percentages are calculated

Currently, the SVC GUI calculates pool utilization (volumes by pool section) by utilized / virtual capacity. This gives you a false sense of utilization because if you're overprovisioned, you will hit the physical capacity and the pool will go rea...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Repeat email alerts are often indistinguishable from "new" email alerts. Add the word "Reminder" to subject line.

The SVC will send reminder notifications about errors/events that have not been "Fixed" every 24 hours. When these reminder emails are received, the text in the subject line is exactly the same as the original email notification. This duplication ...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

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