IBM FlashSystem C200

The IBM FlashSystem C200 is an affordable, enterprise-class all-flash storage solution designed to accelerate workloads, simplify management, and help growing businesses modernise their IT infrastructure without complexity or unnecessary cost. Powered by IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ and enhanced with AI‑driven insights from IBM Storage Insights™, the C200 delivers the performance, efficiency, and reliability needed to handle modern workloads in both traditional and hybrid cloud environments.

Experience effortless ownership, seamless deployment, and easy scalability.

Delivers enterprise-grade functionality and flash speed at a competitive price point.
Leverages IBM’s advanced technologies for AI, analytics, and hybrid multicloud integration.

The IBM FlashSystem C200 is tailored to meet the performance and agility demands of small to mid-size enterprises, departmental workloads, and remote offices. Today’s applications — from business intelligence and analytics to virtualised environments and containerised platforms — create and consume large volumes of data that require fast access, reliable storage, and strong security.

To support the shift towards AI, analytics, and emerging digital business models, organisations need flexible infrastructure with smart automation, built‑in data protection, and future‑ready expandable capacity. For many teams with limited budgets and streamlined IT resources, the C200 provides an ideal balance of performance, features, and ease-of-use.

Built on IBM Spectrum Virtualize, the C200 offers consistent data services across your storage estate — whether IBM or third-party systems — and can be expanded or clustered to grow alongside your business. Combined with the IBM Storage Utility Offering, you can adopt a pay-as-you-grow model, avoiding over‑provisioning while ensuring you’re always ready to meet new demands.

Unrivalled capabilities for its class

The FlashSystem C200 combines modern all-flash NVMe performance, enterprise-grade capabilities, and exceptional ease of management. It supports advanced features like encryption, AI‑driven data tiering, and high‑efficiency data reduction, while integrating seamlessly with hybrid multicloud strategies and container platforms.

Simple to buy, simple to run, simple to grow — the IBM FlashSystem C200 delivers the performance, reliability, and scalability you expect from IBM in a cost-effective system designed to help you accelerate transformation today and adapt for tomorrow.

All‑flash performance in an affordable enterprise package

The IBM FlashSystem C200 delivers the speed and reliability of enterprise-class flash storage in a compact, cost‑efficient system designed for small to mid‑size enterprises, departmental deployments, and remote office workloads. With end‑to‑end NVMe capability and IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ at its core, it offers consistent performance, streamlined management, and the advanced data services normally expected only from higher‑tier systems.

Applications remain online during infrastructure changes, and both internal and external storage benefit from IBM’s full suite of enterprise features, including:

• Hardware‑accelerated compression and deduplication for efficient storage.
• Thin provisioning to optimise space use and reduce cost.
• Encryption to protect sensitive data.
• AI‑powered Easy Tier® for automatic, intelligent data placement.

Enterprise‑grade software-defined storage

Built on IBM Spectrum Virtualize, the FlashSystem C200 extends advanced storage services across both IBM and non‑IBM arrays, making it easy to manage heterogeneous environments through a single interface. Spectrum Virtualize enables:

• HyperSwap® for high availability across two active data centres.
• Support for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper‑V, and IBM PowerVM environments.
• Compatibility with over 500 external storage systems from multiple vendors.
• Integration into hybrid and multi‑cloud workflows with transparent cloud tiering.
• Advanced replication with FlashCopy® snapshots and Remote Mirror.
• Data reduction pools combining deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning for maximum usable capacity.

High availability and robust protection

The FlashSystem C200 is engineered for reliability, with fully redundant components and non‑disruptive upgrades. Combined with Spectrum Virtualize services like HyperSwap and remote copy, this architecture safeguards critical workloads against downtime. Encryption is built‑in to protect data at rest, and Safeguarded Copy capabilities allow creation of immutable snapshots for recovery from cyberattacks or accidental deletions.

Designed for efficiency and lower TCO

Advanced data reduction features allow users to store more data in less space without compromising performance.
Capabilities include:

• Block‑level deduplication across all storage in a pool.
• Always‑on compression with consistent 2:1 or better ratios for mixed workloads.
• SCSI UNMAP support for reclaiming capacity automatically when files are deleted.

AI‑driven optimisation

AI‑powered Easy Tier® technology detects workload patterns and automatically moves frequently accessed data to the highest performance tier. This eliminates guesswork in performance tuning and helps achieve optimal efficiency without manual intervention.

Hybrid cloud and container readiness

The FlashSystem C200 supports hybrid cloud integration for seamless data mobility and disaster recovery between on‑premises and cloud environments. It also supports modern application development environments with:

• CSI driver support for persistent storage in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and Docker.
• Integration with OpenStack Cinder for automated provisioning and policy-controlled allocation.

Proactive monitoring and insights

With IBM Storage Insights™, organisations can monitor system health, track performance and capacity trends, and receive proactive recommendations. Storage Insights Pro offers deeper historical analysis and expert support access, helping avoid downtime and optimise resource planning.

Key enterprise capabilities

• End‑to‑end NVMe performance in a compact form factor.
• Flexible scale‑up and scale‑out growth without disruption.
• Cloud “air gap” snapshots for enhanced cyber resilience.
• Fully redundant architecture designed for high availability.
• Built‑in encryption with integrated key management for compliance readiness.

Safeguard your top data asset

Benefit from built-in enterprise-grade data protection with hardware-based encryption, rapid ransomware detection in under 60 seconds, and immutable Safeguarded Copies. The FlashSystem C200 provides comprehensive security and data recoverability that your business-critical workloads demand.

Maximise Return on Investment (ROI)

Lower your total cost of ownership by replacing traditional HDD or hybrid storage with the C200’s high-density, energy-efficient all-flash storage. Leverage IBM Spectrum Virtualize software-defined storage features to extend data services across all systems, maximizing infrastructure utilization and investment protection.

Maximise storage effectiveness

Harness AI-driven predictive analytics with IBM Storage Insights to optimize capacity and performance. The FlashSystem C200 delivers always-on hardware compression and data reduction, helping you store more data in less space and reduce operational costs related to power, cooling, and management.

Hybrid multicloud enabled

Support agile data movement across on-premises and public cloud environments. Start with the capacity you need and scale flexibly as your data grows, enabling hybrid multicloud strategies that align with business demands and emerging workloads.

Affordable without sacrificing quality

Get enterprise-class flash performance, durability with 5.5x higher write cycles than standard QLC drives, and high-density storage in a compact 2U form factor. The FlashSystem C200 delivers reliable, cost-effective storage for capacity-intensive applications like backup, archiving, and media streaming.

Sustained uptime of 99.9999%

Trust in IBM’s industry-leading “six nines” availability promise. With a resilient architecture, non-disruptive updates, and guaranteed maintenance service, the C200 ensures your critical data remains accessible and protected with minimal downtime.