The IBM System Storage DR550 is designed to help businesses meet the growing challenge of managing and protecting business critical information with operational efficiency.
Supported by IBM and non-IBM enterprise content-management applications, IBM System Storage DR550 is designed to provide a secure, scalable and cost-effective information retention solution for all kinds of data.
Archiving with the IBM System Storage DR550 can help companies:
Address their data growth challenges by retaining inactive business data in a cost-effective, secure repository
Manage data throughout its life cycle, supporting data retention, data security and end-of-life destruction
Reduce the cost of storing data over the long-term through the usage of multiple low-cost storage tiers (disk, tape, optical)
Increase operational efficiency
Address regulatory, non-regulatory data retention requirements
Award-winning, industry-proven
Data Protection Summit—Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)—Best of Show, 2007
AIIM (The Enterprise Content Management Association)—Best in Show, 2005, 2006
Highlights
Repository for all kinds of content—structured and unstructured
Policy-based and event-based data management
Maintains data as non-erasable and non-rewritable until deletion is permitted by retention policy
Scales up to 168 TB with disk and petabytes with attached tape
Offers low TCO by using multiple storage tiers (disk, tape, optical) within an archive
Enhanced security and protection with disk and tape encryption options
Deletion Hold feature to retain content for legal or audit reasons
Supports major archiving applications
Award winning and industry proven
Faster deployment
IBM Global Technology Services and IBM Business Partners can assist clients in developing and implementing strategies for managing, sharing, storing and securing information across the enterprise. IBM DR550 can be installed by GTS or a global network of IBM resellers.
