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IBM System Storage DS8000 series

High-performance disk storage for the world’s most demanding customers

IBM System Storage DS8000 series. Flexiblility, automation, scalability and optimized performance for an increased storage efficiency.

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Through its extraordinary flexibility, reliability, and performance, the IBM® System Storage® DS8000® series is designed to manage a broad scope of storage workloads that exist in today’s complex data center and do it effectively and efficiently. This flagship IBM disk system can bring simplicity to your storage environment by supporting a mix of random and sequential I/O workloads for a mix of interactive and batch applications, regardless of whether they are running on one of today’s popular distributed server platforms or on the mainframe.

Imagine how much more efficient and effective your IT staff could be if your storage system could manage all of these workloads simultaneously while adapting automatically to meet your application requirements as they change throughout the day. The DS8000 series can help you accomplish this with a range of features that provide adaptable performance through automated storage tiering, automated quality of service management, broad server support and outstanding scalability.

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IBM System Storage DS8000 series

The IBM System Storage® DS8000® offers an advanced storage solution that builds on a longstanding foundation of smart storage architecture and design. Recent enhancements of the DS8000 series include:

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Tony Pearson

Senior IT Storage Consultant

Tony Pearson presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line as well as various Tivoli storage software products.
He also leads client workshops to help with strategic planning for IBM's integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products. He is author of the book "Inside System Storage: Volume I".*


Tony's blog - Inside System Storage

This blog is for the open exchange of ideas relating to storage and storage networking hardware, software and services. It was rated one of the top 10 blogs of 2006 for the IT storage industry by "Networking World" magazine. It has been published in book form as "Inside System Storage: Volume I", and is available to order in Hardcover or Paperback versions.


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IBM System Storage DS8000 Series

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Tony Pearson. IBM Systems and Tecnology Group.

Tony Pearson is a Senior IT Storage Consultant and Master Inventor for the IBM System Storage product line with over 20 years experience in IBM storage.

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