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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM DS8000
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 20, 2018

DS8886 Physical Design

We had been facing issues to propose DS8886 in the country, especially on the 46U height rack configuration where some of data centers cannot meet the height requirements. While DS8886 has the 40U configuration option via RPQ, again it triggers others restrictions:
- 40U configuration cannot support 3-phase power
- single phase 30A option cannot support highest controller configuration (24-core)

Single phase 60A/63A could be the last option but most of the time it is uncommon rating in certain countries.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Aug 29, 2018

    Future models of DS8000 will be 40U in height