The ibm ds8870 is the most advanced model in the ibm ds8000r series and is equipped with ibm power7 tm based controllers various configuration options are available that scale from dual 2 core systems up to dual 16 core systems with up to 1 tb of cache. This ibmr redbooksr publication describes the concepts architecture and implementation of the ibm ds8870 the whitepaperredpaperbook provides reference information to assist readers who need to. This ibmr redbooksr publication describes the concepts architecture and implementation of the ibm ds8870 the book provides reference information to assist readers who need to plan for install and configure the ds8870 the ibm ds8870 is the most advanced model in the ibm ds8000r series and is equipped with ibm power7 tm based controllers. This ibmr redbooksr publication describes the concepts architecture and implementation of the ibm ds8870 the book provides reference information to assist readers who need to plan for install and configure the ds8870 the ibm ds8870 is the most advanced model in the ibm ds8000 series and is equipped with ibm power7 tm based controllers