Analyst reports
- Clipper Group: Storwize V7000 capitalizes on Real-time Compression and other extended features for IT Optimization as the best mid-range platform for key business applications
- Edison Group: A Validation and Comparison of Storage Efficiency Technology: Compression Appliance
- ESG Anaylst Report: The Real Time Has Come for Data Compression’s High Value IBM Real-time Compression Appliance
- ESG: IBM delivers extraordinary efficiencies via primary storage compression appliance
- ESG Lab Validation Report: Reducing Storage capacity and costs without compromise
- ESG Report: The Long-term Benefits of Optimizing Storage Capacity with Primary Data Reduction
- ESG: Storwize V7000 and Real-time Compression Lab Validation Report
- Forrester Consulting Study: The total economic impact of IBM’s Real-Time Compression Appliance solution
- Forrester: The Total Economic Impact Of IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
- IBM Storwize V7000 Unified: Real-time Compression (RTC) for Oracle databases
- IBM boils the enterprise storage buying decision - Real-time Compression Appliance (163KB)
- SSG: Real-time Compression Appliance: Achieving Storage Efficiency Throughout the Data Lifecycle
- StorageIO: Innovating by optimizing primary storage to reduce data protection recovery (DPR) costs without compromise for the IBM Real-time Compression Appliance
- Storage Switzerland: Smarter Primary Storage Through Real-time Compression
- Storage Switzerland: Storwize V7000 with Real-time Compression provide major cost savings for Cloud
- Storage Switzerland: What is Real-time Data Compression? (123KB)
- Taneja: Optimizing primary storage with Real-Time Data Compression Appliance (176KB)
- The Tod Point Group: IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Provides Enterprise-Class Value in a Oracle Environment
- The Kusnetzky Group: Maximizing the benefits of Virtualization with Real-time Compression Appliance
Articles
Demos
IBM Real-time Compression and Storwize V7000 and SVC demo (00:04:20)
Solution Brief
IBM Real-time Compression and ProtecTIER Deduplication (656KB)
Success stories
Ben-Gurion University with IBM Real-time Compression
Ben-Gurion University reduced its data capacity requirements with IBM Real-time Compression by 65 - 83 percent.
Snowball VFX with IBM Real-time Compression
This case study describes how IBM Real-time Compression Appliances automated Snowball's data compression process and lowered costs, improved performance, and provided higher-quality animation at more competitive prices.
Tools
IBM Real-time Compression Appliance calculator
See a recommendation solutions with potential IT cost reductions.
Comprestimator Utility
Estimate the expected compression rate for block devices.
IBM Storwize V7000 Business advantage calculator
Calculate your ROI and TCO.
Videos
White papers
- Comparison of compression technologies: See how IBM stands up to EMC and NetApp
- IBM Real-time Compression Appliance: Integrating seamlessly into high-availability for storage environments
- IBM Real-time Compression Solutions for VMware Environments
- IBM Real-time Compression technical validation report
Contact IBM
- Request a quote
- Email IBM
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Related links
IBM Real-time Compression Appliance TCO Calculator
Find out the potential total cost of ownership savings and business value from implementing an IBM RtCA data compression solution