348 Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 V6.3
To enable this migration between MDisks with different tier levels, the target storage pool
must consist of different characteristic MDisks. These pools are named
multitiered storage
pools
. IBM Storwize V7000 Easy Tier is optimized to boost the performance of storage pools
containing HDDs and SSDs.
To identify the potential benefits of Easy Tier in your environment before actually installing
higher MDisk tiers, such as SSDs, it is possible to enable the Easy Tier monitoring volumes in
single-tiered storage pools. Even though the Easy Tier extent migration is not possible within
a single-tiered pool, the Easy Tier statistical measurement function is. Enabling Easy Tier on
a single-tiered storage ...