IBM Real-time Compression

Optimize storage capacity with IBM Real-time Compression technology

Feature Benefits
Multiple 10 GbE and 1 GbE ports
  • Flexible port options
  • 10 GbE option: Eight 10 GbE ports to support four high-throughput 10 GbE connections between NAS systems and network switches
  • 1 GbE option: Sixteen 1 GbE ports to support eight 1GbE connections between NAS systems and network switches
  • Mixed port option: Four 10 GbE ports and eight 1 GbE ports to support two 10 GbE connections and four 1 GbE connections between NAS systems and network switches
Integrated appliance
  • No compression overhead on application servers or storage systems
  • Compression occurs before data is sent to the storage system so both disks and disk system cache can be more efficient
  • Appliance cache and read-ahead capability can improve performance
  • Agnostic approach supports multiple storage systems and servers
  • Easy to order, deploy and administer
Shrinks data up to 80 percent
  • By significantly reducing storage requirements, organizations can keep up to five times more information online for analytics, use the improved efficiency to reduce storage costs, or a combination of both
  • Downstream data, such as backups, copies and archives, is also up to 80 percent smaller, increasing storage efficiency throughout the information lifecycle
Works in real time, without degrading performance
  • IBM Real-time Compression can be used on most workloads, including active databases, IBM Lotus® Notes®, user file systems and active archives
  • Busy systems can see an increase in throughput and user response time because applications don’t wait as long for disk requests
Works on primary, active data
  • Supports multiple workloads without changing user or IT processes
  • No extra administrator overhead to decide which data to compress
  • One simple solution can replace database compression features that operate differently across brands, and replace old compression processes that can make data harder to access
Automated call home support
  • Autosupport for error reporting and resolution

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