Premium Features - IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction And Implementation Manual

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2.4 Premium Features

Standard configurations of DS3500 storage subsystems come with the following Premium
Features.
DS3000 Partition Expansion License
As part of the standard configuration, four storage partitions are enabled on the DS3500 with
Windows and Linux on Intel® host attach license (this can be increased to 8, 16, 32 or 64).
The maximum number of storage partitions is 64 on all DS3500 products. Use the DS3500
Partition Expansion License to enable all 64 storage partitions.
DS3000 FlashCopy Expansion License
This feature enables FlashCopy®. FlashCopy is a point-in-time copy of a
The FlashCopy logical drive becomes available almost instantaneously.
FlashCopy requires the use of a defined
content of the data that has since been altered. FlashCopy logical drives are often used as a
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FlashCopy repository
, which will contain the original
source logical drive
.