IBM XIV Storage System series

Storage reinvented: Powerful, virtualized, easy-to-manage enterprise storage for a dynamic world

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Feature	Benefits
Distributed highly paralleled architecture	Provides excellent hotspot-free consistent performance with self-tuning through full exploitation of system resources, including disks, RAM, central processing units (CPUs), cache, optional SSD caching and switches, combined with unique caching algorithms
Active-active with N+1 redundancy	Ensures highest levels of reliability with redundancy of all system components and through rapid rebuild times. Also: UPS hardware protection, redundant power supply and fans; concurrent multipath host connectivity support; remote mirroring between models of different generations; nondisruptive code, hardware, and firmware upgrades
Easy storage management	Dramatically reduces storage administration and overhead by virtualizing storage, automating balancing, capacity utilization, and complex tasks. Planned future support of IPv6*, a highly intuitive GUI, centralized administration of up to 81 systems, powerful CLI, and management tools. The IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard brings unprecedented flexibility with anytime performance and capacity monitoring from the Apple iPhone® and Apple iPad®
Wide host and application interoperability	Multiplatform support including: OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - 2008, IBM AIX, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM iSeries (via ViOS) Server virtualization platforms: VMware ESX/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and IBM PowerVM Storage virtualization platforms such as: IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM ViOS Databases such as: Oracle (9i-11g), IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, Informix, MySQL Enterprise applications such as: Oracle BI, Oracle EBS, SAP, SAS, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SharePoint Storage management platforms: IBM Tivoli and Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Archive de-duplication: ProtecTIER Support for multipathing with Symantec Veritas and operating system native multipathing drivers and for clusters with Symantec Veritas and operating system native clustering
Linear scaling	Fully scalable in all key elements, including disk capacity, interfaces, cache, SSD caching (optional), CPU power, and internal bandwidth, enabling system performance to grow proportionally to capacity; XIV automatic load balancing immediately acts to incorporate the new modules in the system-wide data distribution scheme.

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Anthony Vandewerdt

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Anthony Vandewerdt is an IBM Storage Specialist based in Melbourne, Australia. Anthony's expertise spans the entire IBM Storage portfolio, with specialization in creating solutions that use Enterprise Disk, SAN and Storage Virtualization. Anthony joined IBM in 1989 and started his career working in post-sales technical delivery and support. In 1999 Anthony started working with the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (commonly known as the IBM Shark) and has since had roles working with nearly all of IBM's System Storage products. Anthony currently works as a pre-sales Field Technical Support Specialist.

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