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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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parallel threads of volume / vdisk migation in SVC GUI

It is not possible to change the amount of threads for vdisk / volume migrations between mdiskgroups / pools inside the SVC GUI version 6.x
about 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

Harmonize SV3 limits with 9500 ones

SVC SV3 nodes are identical to FS9500 canisters. But even when customers are running SV3 nodes only clusters, the limits (eg volume count) are lower than for 9500s. This is hard to explain to customers if they're not running clusters with mixed ge...
4 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SCSI UNMAP on pool level enable/ disable

Enabling/disabling backend SCSI UNMAP on pool level.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Extend valid settings for option "etfcmoverallocationmax" on mk|chmdiskgrp commands and its applicability in general.

Currently the option "etfcmoverallocationmax" offers four valid settings "100,200,300,400" to set the maximum over-allocation which Easy Tier can migrate onto FCM arrays, when the array is used as the top tier in a multi-tier pool. It currently wo...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Increase online (in memory) audit log entries

Increase number of audit log entries visible in the GUI.In the SVC code the number of online (GUI) visible audit log entries has been limited to 500. (I cannot remember in which code this started as this has been higher before, at the moment we ar...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Sp. Virtualise for Public Cloud support for Google Cloud

IBM has responded to a global RFP for HSBC which will replace 60PB of EMC Tier storage. It was made clear to us that without support for cloud integration / tiering to Google (HSBCs strategic cloud provider) our chances would be slim
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SVC stretch cluster volume select preffered node

When creating a new SVC stretch cluster volume, the site location (or the preferred node ID) cannot be selected. Also, it cannot be set until after the format of the volume is done. But can be changed at a later time using movevdisk.We need a func...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Consistent VDisk copy protection during ESC Incremental Resynch and/or Volume Migration

During volume migration and volume copy incremental synchronization in stretch cluster configurations, until the second copy is consistent again, the loss of the primary site will command restoring data from tape backup into the second site capaci...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Role based authentication

Current users in SVC generally have root level access to all pools and LUNs. Would like to add additional roles such as monitor-level and roles restricted to certain disk pools.
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SSD host identification for IBM i

SSD Host identification for IBM i is very crucial for customer who have invested in SSD in DS5000 and DS8K.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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