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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
Active-active with N+1 redundancy
Easy storage management
Wide host and application interoperability Multiplatform support including:
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

Anthony Vandewerdt

Storage Solution Specialist

Anthony Vandewerdt. Storage Solution Specialist.

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.


Anthony's blog - Aussie Storage Blog

Anthony Vandewerdt works for IBM Australia as a Storage Solutions Specialist. His goal is to share his knowledge and experience of using IBM Storage solutions and learn more along the way. You can also find him on the IBM developerWorks System Storage forum.


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