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IBM FlashSystem 5015 NL-SAS HDD 140TB - 2U
- IBM Storage Area Networks (SAN) Solutions
- 12 x 16TB 7.2K NL-SAS HDD
- Onboard 1Gb iSCSI
- 64GB Cache
- Fully redundant, hot-swappable fans and power supplies
- 2 x 4-port 16Gb Fiber Cards
- Dual (Active/Active) Controller
- 8 x 5m OM3 Fiber Cables (LC)
- Standard 19-inch Rack Support
- Flash Copy
- Easy Tier
- Remote Mirroring
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Learn more about the IBM 5015 NL-SAS HDD 140TB
| Brand | IBM |
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| Series | FlashSystem |
| Model | 5015 NL-SAS HDD 140TB |
| Form Factor | 2U Rackmount |
| Workload | Storage Server |
| 2.5" Bays | Drive Configuration: 12 x 16TB 7.2K NL-SAS HDD 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 |
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| Features | Data 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 systems: No Metro Mirror (synchronous): Yes Global Mirror (asynchronous): Yes IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software: Yes Snapshots: Yes Maximum drives supported: Maximum of 392 drives per system Dual Controller: Yes Cache per control enclosure: 32GB or 64GB Cache per clustered system: N/A Cores per control enclosure: 4 Cores per clustered system: N/A Maximum standard expansion enclosure capacity: Up to 10 standard expansion enclosures per controller Maximum high density expansion enclosure capacity: Up to 4 high-density expansion enclosures per controller Redundant, hot-swappable fans: Yes Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies: Yes Standard 19-inch rack support: Yes |
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| First Listed on Newegg | July 02, 2025 |
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The IBM FlashSystem 5015 NL-SAS HDD 140TB is a 2U rackmount SAN storage system with dual active/active controllers, 64GB cache, and 12 × 16TB 7.2K NL-SAS drives, suited to businesses consolidating shared storage for enterprise workloads.
Recommended For
- Small and midsize IT teams consolidating departmental or branch-office storage into a rack-mounted SAN, with dual controllers and Fibre Channel connectivity for shared block storage.
- Organizations that need high-capacity, disk-based storage for bulk data and value storage density over all-flash performance; IBM describes HDD-heavy 5015 configurations as suited to bulk storage.
- VMware or Red Hat OpenShift environments that need shared storage, snapshots, remote replication, or migration features managed through IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
- Storage administrators who want to combine HDD capacity with SSD tiers and use Easy Tier to place data across tiers, rather than expecting the HDD-only configuration to deliver all-flash response times.
Spec Summary
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Best For | SAN and enterprise storage workloads requiring high-capacity NL-SAS disk storage, dual-controller availability, and iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity |
| Capacity And Drives | 140TB listed system capacity with 12 × 16TB 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Host Connectivity | 1Gb and 10Gb iSCSI, 16Gb Fibre Channel, and 12Gb SAS connectivity |
| Performance | Up to 400K IOPS, under 70µs minimum latency, and up to 8GB/s bandwidth |
| RAID And Drive Expansion | Distributed RAID 1, 5, and 6; supports 2.5-inch flash and SFF disk drives, plus LFF 3.5-inch disk drives. Supports up to 392 drives, 10 standard expansion enclosures per controller, or 4 high-density expansion enclosures per controller |
| Controllers And Cache | Dual-controller system with 4 cores per control enclosure and configurable 32GB or 64GB cache per control enclosure |
| Storage Software And Data Services | Includes IBM Spectrum Virtualize, snapshots, Easy Tier automated tiering, transparent data migration, VMware and Red Hat OpenShift integration, and synchronous Metro Mirror and asynchronous Global Mirror replication. Does not support data-reduction pools, hardware-assisted compression, encryption, IBM Safeguarded Copy, CyberVault, HyperSwap, NVMe flash, FC-NVMe, or scale-out clustering |
| Power And Cooling | Redundant, hot-swappable fans and power supplies |
| Rack Form Factor | 2U rackmount design with standard 19-inch rack support |
| Model Identifiers | IBM FlashSystem 5015 NL-SAS HDD 140TB |