Storwize Comparison

V7000 Gen 1 vs V7000 Gen 2

Attribute Storwize Gen 1 Storwize Gen 2
CPU Intel Jasper Forest Intel Ivy Bridge
Core Per Node 4 8
Max Core's per Cluster 32 64
System Cache - Min/Max 16GB 64GB/128GB
Clustered 64GB 512GB
Host I/O (per Node)
8Gb FC 4 4 or 8
10Gb iSCSI/FCoE 2 4
1Gb iSCSI 2 3
On-board Compression Assist
Compression resources
3 of 4 CPU Cores Engine; Optional compression
(per Node)
Assist Engine
Up to 9 expansions, Max 240 Up to 20 expansions, Max 504
Drive Expansion drives per controller 960 drives per controller 1056
SFF/480 LFF per CLuster SFF/960 LFF per Cluster
Drive Fabric 6Gb SAS 12Gb SAS
Clustering Up to 4 V7000s Up to 4 V7000s