Storage for BladeCenter

Introducing storage solutions for IBM BladeCenter
IBM delivers a wide range of easy-to-install, high-capacity, tested storage products to meet your demanding business needs. Choose from among the product categories below.

Entry level disk storage servers Product details Designed to deliver advanced functionality at a breakthrough price, these systems provide an exceptional solution for workgroup storage applications such as email, file, print and Web servers, as well as collaborative databases and remote boot for diskless servers.

Mid-range disk storage systems Product details This family includes the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) and the FAStT products, now called the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 series.

Enterprise disk storage systems Product details Designed for high reliability, scalability, performance and multiplatform support, the new DS6000 and DS8000 series offers compelling enterprise storage solutions with superior business value.

Network attached storage Product details IBM NAS Gateway is designed to bring NAS capabilities to IBM Disk Storage products like DS4000 family and IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server and the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller allowing NAS access to non-IBM Disk Storage.

Storage area networking Product details IBM TotalStorage SAN solutions provide integrated SMB and enterprise solutions with multi-protocol local, campus, metropolitan and global storage networking.

iSCSI SW boot Product details IBM iSCSI BladeBoot™ enables iSCSI boot through standard Ethernet connection without the need for an adapter card. This is an attractive, low cost alternative for customers moving their storage off of the blade, and is available to BladeCenter customers at no charge from IBM.

SCSI and RAID controllers Product details Whether you're protecting your storage network, enterprise databases or application network, the ServeRAID family of SCSI Controllers delivers the benefits to fit your requirements. IBM offers the choice of integrated single-channel, dual-channel or four-channel RAID controllers.

IBM Modular Tape Library Base Product details Your data needs to be protected. IBM Tape Backup and Automation solutions help protect your business with a full complement of tape technologies and software offerings.

Hard disk drives Product details IBM offers SAS Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), providing increased performance, simplified cabling, and better fault isolation than parallel SCSI without a cost premium on your IBM BladeCenter and System x servers. For lower cost alternatives, IBM offers SATA HDDs to provide high capacity at affordable prices. No matter what your needs are, IBM provides the scalability in HDD offerings to complement your system.

Solid state storage Product details IBM now offers solid state drives for higher levels of reliability, durability and power savings on select servers. This storage solution can be a practical component in balancing datacenter cost and complexity.