<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.166em; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">The DS8700 includes IBM POWER6-based controllers. The IBM System Storage DS8800 is the most advanced model in the IBM DS8000 lineup and is equipped with IBM POWER6+ based controllers. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.73699951171875px;">Quick and reliable data access is the driving force behind important data initiatives such as business analytics, cloud, and mobile computing. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The IBM DS8870 is designed to manage a broad scope of storage workloads that exist in today’s complex data infrastructure, and do it effectively and efficiently.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 1.166em; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="line-height: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The DS8800 is equipped with high-density storage enclosures populated with 24 small-form-factor SAS-2 drives. The DS8700 and DS8800 storage subsystems can be equipped with Solid-State Drives (SSDs).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.73699951171875px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">A new generation of all-flash and hybrid-flash systems delivers another level of extraordinary performance for your most time-sensitive analytics. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">DS8870 system sets the standard for what an enterprise storage system should be with extraordinary performance, reliability, security and agility.</span></span></p>
