| Model | IBM FlashSystem 5035 SAS HDD |
| Software | IBM Spectrum Virtualize |
| IBM Storage Insights | |
| Single or dual controller | Dual (Active/Active) |
| Connectivity (standard) | 1 Gb iSCSI (On the motherboard) |
| Connectivity (optional) | 8 x 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel |
| Cache per control enclosure / clustered system | 32GB or 64GB |
| Max bandwidth | 12GB/s |
| Drives supported | Small form-factor 2.5-inch disk drives: |
| - 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB and 2.4 TB @ 10k rpm | |
| - 2 TB @ 7.2k rpm SAS nearline | |
| Large form-factor 3.5-inch disk drives: | |
| - 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB and 2.4 TB @ 10k rpm, SAS (2.5-inch drive in a 3.5-inch drive carrier) | |
| - 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 12 TB, 14 TB, 16 TB, 18 TB @ 7.2k rpm | |
| 2.5-inch flash drives: | |
| - 800 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB and 30.72 TB | |
| Maximum drives supported | Maximum of 504 drives per system and 1,008 drives in two-way clusters: |
| - Small form-factor enclosure: 24 x 2.5-inch drives | |
| - Large form-factor enclosure: 12 x 3.5-inch drives | |
| - High-density expansion enclosure: 92 x 3.5 inch drives | |
| Maximum expansion enclosure capacity | - Up to 20 standard expansion enclosures per controller |
| - Up to 8 high-density expansion enclosures per controller | |
| RAID levels | Distributed RAID 1, 5 and 6 |
| Fans and power supplies | Fully redundant, hot-swappable |
| Warranty | Expert Care Advanced 3 Years. 24x7 |