A customer is requesting an 1BM XIV Gen 3 and would like to order a full module system the
with SSD drives installed in the modules. The customer would like to know if the SSD drives
will provide Easy Tier functionality allowing the SSD drives to expand usable capacity.
How should the technical specialist respond?
A.
Only half rack IBM XIV Gen 3 systems have Easy Tier license options.
B.
Easy Tier is not an available function and the SSD drives do not add usable capacity.
C.
Only IBM XIV Gen 3 systems can use the additional SSD drives installed in the modules.
D.
The SSD drives installed in the modules expands usable capacity but does not enable
Easy Tier without an additional license
B
IBM Easy Tier is designed to automate data placement throughout the disk pool to improve the efficiency and performance of the storage system. Easy Tier is designed to relocate data (at the extent level) across up to three drive tiers automatically and without disruption to application. IBM Easy Tier is available on the DS8000, Storwize V7000, Storwize V7000 Unified, V5000, V3700 and SAN Volume Controller. XIV systems use SSD for caching only, not capacity.
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