IBM DeepFlash 150

DeepFlash 150 is the solid-state disk array, it is intended for storage of unstructured data (files and objects).

On August 3, 2016 the IBM company provided the solid-state DeepFlash 150 disk array. The array occupies in a rack space 3U and from 128 TB to 512 TB is scaled.

IBM DeepFlash 150, (2016)

The array can be used as the nonintellectual storage device Just a Bunch Of Flash (JBOF) or programmatically the defined DWH in a combination with the IBM Spectrum Scale software package working on the separate server and implementing functions of instant pictures, replications, compression and data encryptions on the basis of IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) technology. It supports installation to 64 cards multi-level a flash memory of MLC of production of SanDisk company^[1].

In comparison with family of the solid-state disk DWH IBM FlashSystem which is released since 2012 and expected storage of block data with providing the minimum delay of data access, a new array lower cost of storage distinguishes 1 Gbyte and wear resistance of solid-state carriers.

In the USA the initial DeepFlash 150 configuration is positioned as the solution for analytics of in-memory, show business, analytics in real time, supercomputer calculations, researches in the field of science about life and genetic engineering, costs ~ $550 thousand, maximum ~ to $2 million.

According to the statement of IBM, when using compression and deduplication the cost of storage is 1 GB on DeepFlash 150 less than $1, and together with Spectrum Scale no more than $2.

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