IBM IBM FlashSystem 9500 — Full Technical Specifications

An array at this level is chosen on the protocol row and the media row, and both deserve slow reading. The protocol list spans fabric and ethernet transports at several speeds, and which of them your hosts can actually use is the gate on the whole purchase. The media row names IBM's own flash modules, which is the platform's defining choice: compression and endurance are handled in the module rather than in the controller, and the detection feature quoted there runs on the module too. Capacity figures are effective rather than raw, so they assume a reduction ratio your own data may not reach. The grid figure describes a fleet, not a box.