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Silver 2U rackmount storage server with ten drive bays populated

IBM

IBM FlashSystem 5015 All Flash 13TB 2U barebone server

SKU CH-9R86-XTG8V MPN FlashSystem 5015 All Flash 13TB

2U rackmount storage server with 10 SAS SSDs totalling 13 TB, dual active controllers, 64 GB cache, 1 Gb iSCSI and 16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity, rated for 400 K IOPS at under 70 µs latency

  • Form Factor2U Rackmount
  • WorkloadStorage Server
  • 2.5" BaysDrive Configuration: 10 x 1.92TB SAS SSD Host Connections: 1
  • FeaturesData Reduction Pools (Compression, DeDuplication, Thin Provi

Option FlashSystem 5015 All Flash 13TB

  • 13 TB raw capacity from 10 x 1.92 TB SAS SSDs
  • Dual active-active controllers keep storage online during component failure
  • 64 GB cache accelerates read and write performance
  • 1 Gb iSCSI plus 16 Gb Fibre Channel host connectivity
  • 2U rackmount form factor fits standard data-centre cabinets

Purpose-built storage server

The IBM FlashSystem 5015 is a 2U rackmount barebones system designed as a dedicated storage server. It arrives populated with ten 1.92TB SAS SSDs for a total of 13TB raw capacity. Dual active-active controllers and fully redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans target environments that require continuous availability. VMware and Red Hat OpenShift integration simplify deployment in virtualised and containerised infrastructures.

Host connectivity constraints

Front-end host connections are limited to 1Gb iSCSI and 16Gb Fibre Channel through the two included four-port cards. The platform also supports 10Gb iSCSI and 12Gb SAS for expansion, but NVMe-over-Fabrics and NVMe flash drives are not available on this model. Buyers needing NVMe host protocols or higher native Ethernet speeds must look elsewhere.

Deciding specification

The headline performance figure is 400K maximum IOPS with a minimum latency under 70µs and up to 8GB/s bandwidth. Distributed RAID 1, 5 and 6 protect the included drives while Easy Tier provides AI-driven automated tiering. Remote replication is supported for disaster recovery, but data reduction pools, hardware compression, encryption, Safeguarded Copy, CyberVault and HyperSwap are all absent.

Highlights

  • 13 TB raw capacity from 10 x 1.92 TB SAS SSDs
  • Dual active-active controllers keep storage online during component failure
  • 64 GB cache accelerates read and write performance
  • 1 Gb iSCSI plus 16 Gb Fibre Channel host connectivity
  • 2U rackmount form factor fits standard data-centre cabinets

Specifications

BrandIBM
SeriesFlashSystem
Model5015 All Flash 13TB
Form Factor2U Rackmount
WorkloadStorage Server
2.5" BaysDrive Configuration: 10 x 1.92TB SAS SSD
Host Connections: 1GB iSCSI, 16GB Fiber Channel
Drives Supported: 2.5-inch flash drives, SFF 2.5-inch disk drives, LFF 3.5-inch disk drives
Connectivity Supported: 1Gb ISCI, 10Gb ISCSI, 16Gb Fiber Channel, 12Gb SAS
Max IOPs: 400K IOPs
RAID levels: Distributed RAID 1, 5 and 6
Min latency: Under 70µs
Max bandwidth: 8GB/s
FeaturesData Reduction Pools (Compression, DeDuplication, Thin Provisioning, UNMAP): No
Hardware Assisted Compression: No
Encryption: No
VMWare Integration: Yes
IBM Safeguarded Copy: No
CyberVault Support for Cyber Resiliency: No
Remote Replication (Synchronous Metro Mirror, Asynchronous Global Mirror): Yes
Hyperswap High Availability: No
NVMe Flash: No
FC-NVMe Host Connections: No
Easy Tier AI-driven automated tiering: Yes
Storage Class Memory: No
Transparent Data Migration: Yes
Red Hat OpenShift Container Integration: Yes
Scale-out Clustering: No
Heterogenous Support for >500 storage syste
Shipping weight18.14 kg
Package size483 × 432 × 102 mm

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Questions about this item

Should I pick the 10 x 1.92TB SAS SSD layout or add more drives later?

The chassis ships with ten 1.92TB SAS SSDs for 13TB raw capacity; bays also accept 2.5-inch flash, SFF 2.5-inch and LFF 3.5-inch drives for future expansion.

What does the 400K IOPs rating mean for my workloads?

400K IOPs is the peak measured with Distributed RAID 1, 5 or 6 and under 70µs latency, so mixed read-write workloads stay responsive at high queue depths.

How do the 1Gb iSCSI and 16Gb Fibre Channel ports limit real-world throughput?

Dual 4-port 16Gb Fibre Channel cards and 12Gb SAS backend deliver up to 8GB/s max bandwidth; 1Gb iSCSI is available for lower-priority traffic.

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