Skip to main content

 
IBM Power Systems software  >  IBM i  > Hardware resources  > 

IBM i Storage Solutions

Simply integrated

  
Overview Key Benefits Hardware Software HA Resources

Power System servers are regarded as one of the industry's most scalable and highly integrated servers. IBM i automates a majority of the storage management tasks with state of the art disk storage subsystems, self-managing and easy to use interfaces, and sophisticated software automation such as:

  Backup Recovery Media Services for IBM i
  IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
  Independent Disk Pools
  IBM PowerHA High Availability Solution
  Virtual I/O Server support
  Copy Services for System i with DS8000 and DS6000 (FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror) (PDF, 189KB)

Power Systems IBM i servers are renowned for high volume transaction workloads that are typical in the commercial computing environment. This scalability and performance can be provided by either the self-optimizing integrated storage management architecture of IBM i or through SAN attached storage.

Enhancements for 3Q 2009:

  IBM i support of TS7650 Virtual Tape Library (ProtecTIER)
  IBM i support of XIV Disk Storage through VIOS

With the introduction of POWER6 and IBM i 6.1, IBM i moves into a new generation of Storage Area Network (SAN) attach. This release increases the attach density by a factor of 8X (Logical Unit Numbers/Slot). The new fibre channel adapters also include enhancements to improve SAN performance giving it the ability to perform on par with the high performing integrated storage offering in certain configurations.

IBM i supports the following SAN attach platforms:

Storage Offering Attach mechanism
DS3400 Through Virtual I/O Server
DS4700 Through Virtual I/O Server
DS4800 Through Virtual I/O Server
DS5100 Through Virtual I/O Server
DS5300 Through Virtual I/O Server
DS6800 Direct Attach
DS8100/DS8300 Direct attach
Through Virtual I/O Server
SAN Volume Controller Through Virtual I/O Server
XIV Storage Through Virtual I/O Server

Learn more






 
Additional info

IBM i and System i Redbooks

IBM System Storage®


Articles

IBM i Storage Solutions

Backup and recovery

Disk management

Tape management

Work management

Get Adobe® Reader®