We are considering an EMC XtremIO flash array for a large database application. 
I am trying to find out whether Flashcopy Manager supports this device. IBM 
seems to be unable to state a consistent position on this. Some IBM Web pages 
state that the only storage arrays supported by Flashcopy Manager are IBM 
arrays and non-IBM arrays accessed through the IBM SVC. Other IBM Web pages and 
some Rocket Software Web pages indicate that some EMC arrays are supported with 
the help of the Rocket Device Adapter Pack. All such pages I have found so far 
agree that VNX and VMAX arrays are supported; they split on whether support 
extends to the non-VMAX portion of the Symmetrix product line. We recently had 
a meeting with IBM to discuss the possibility of migrating from value unit 
licensing to capacity licensing for TSM and related products. One of the IBM 
representatives told us that Flashcopy Manager supports EMC arrays by way of a 
non-IBM adapter. His phrasing implied that this support extends to all EMC 
storage arrays.

Does Flashcopy Manager support the XtremIO array or not?

Thomas Denier
Thomas Jefferson University
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