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Technology-based solutions
IBM is a trusted partner offering agile System Storage solutions that deliver the performance, reliability and long-term investment protection that you need to compete in today's dynamic business environment and to be prepared for growth in the future.
Superior remote copy services
Secure solutions
Flexibility to help you manage growth
- IBM System Storage DS4000 is available in models scalable to 168TB of raw capacity allowing for storage growth as your customer needs dictate and the performance to make the storage compliment the application. The high performance capability of the DS4800 has been substantiated by the industry-standard SPC-1 benchmark. 3
- IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) builds on this by providing the ability to combine multiple IBM and even non IBM disk storage devices providing a multi-tier single point of management for practically unlimited scalability and support for up to 1024 servers
- Beyond its significant capabilities that apply to all supported servers, IBM System Storage DS8000 has additional synergies with IBM system servers. IBM will generally be the first – and sometimes the only – vendor to support these synergistic disk storage functions. Some examples:
- For System i, IBM supports the System i Copy Services Toolkit for ease of management.
- For System p, HACMP-XD provides integrated support for DS8000 Metro Mirror (remote copy) to coordinate server failover with disk system remote mirroring for enhanced availability.
- For System z, IBM has previewed DS8000 support for ultra-large 3390 disk volumes to provide increased scalability and ease-of-management.
Migration pathways
| Migrate from EMC | Migrate to IBM Systems Storage |
|---|---|
| EMC Symmetrix | IBM DS8000 |
| EMC CLARiiON FC/CX/CX3 | IBM DS4000 |
| EMC CLARiiON CX300 SATA | IBM DS4200 |
| EMC CLARiiON AX | IBM DS3400 |
| EMC CLARiiON CX3-10 | IBM DS3300 |
| EMC Centera | IBM DR550 |
| EMC Control Center | IBM TotalStorage® Productivity Center |
| EMC Invista | IBM SAN Volume Controller |
W & W Informatik
W & W Informatik needed outstanding IT performance and reliability to service an industry that demands it. Existing storage systems were causing data processing bottlenecks, and the company wanted to find cost-effective ways to move ahead of the competition. DS8000 was the solution.
University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics
With IBM System Storage Enterprise Storage Server® devices and IBM System Storage McDATA SAN Fibre Channel Switches, a healthcare system gains 24x7 performance and availability for its new picture archiving and communication system (PACS)
1 IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drives, IBM Data Encryption Newscenter—IBM System Storage, http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/news/center/data_encryption/index.html, accessed 1/5/07, Text: "IBM Tape Data Encryption solution: the industry's first comprehensive tape-security solution."
2 "Four-year costs of employing EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 and IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo systems and software are compared for three large installations…Four-year costs for use of DS8000 Turbo systems and software range from 32.7 percent to 40.1 percent less than those for DMX-4 equivalents in individual installations, and average 36.5 percent less overall…Lower DS8000 Turbo costs are due to lower hardware and software costs, particularly for upgrades, and to longer IBM warranty periods." (Source: Business Case for IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo Series: Reducing the Costs of Enterprise Disk Storage, International Technology Group, October 2007.)
3 See http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_all/#A00050
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