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.
Tony also recommends
*Postings on non-IBM sites are independent of IBM and do not necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
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IBM's Premier enterprise disk storage system DS8000, adds Thin Provisioning in version R4.3. Thin Provisioning helps clients curtail capital expenditures by increasing existing disk capacity utilization. Clients can add capacity when they actually need it, rather than dedicating vast amounts of spare capacity unnecessarily. Higher capacity utilization can also lower operating costs associated with energy use and data center floorspace. Other enhancements include multitrack support for High Performance FICON for System z and quicker LUN initialization.
- Thin Provisioning for open systems
- Volume initialization up to 2.6x faster than the previous method
- Multitrack support for High Performance FICON for System z
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IBM XIV Storage Systems adds new mirroring, performance, security and management functionality to the revolutionary scale-out and grid architectures of XIV that enable rapid scalability and simplified management. IBM’s next generation open systems storage system, XIV, adds availability, security, and dual processors, delivering improved price and performance for more demanding client workloads. XIV enables clients to reduce capital expenses for storage without lowering service level expectations.
Learn more about XIV Storage Systems
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IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication solutions have been enhanced with native replication capabilities to improve Disaster Recovery and business continuity operations by electronically transmitting deduplicated data to a remote site, eliminating the need to physically transport and store tapes.
Powerful Deduplication and Native Replication technologies combine to:
- Dramatically reduce the bandwidth required to transmit data by up to 95% or more!
- Recover mission critical data quickly from high speed disk
- Eliminate risks associated with transporting physical tapes
- Enable more frequent and complete testing of Disaster Recovery plans
Learn more about TS7650 ProtecTIER Deduplication
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Storage management software
IBM Tivoli Security Information & Event Manager adds a Compliance Management Module for North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager adds role-based separation of duties.
IBM FileNet Compliance Framework integrates IBM’s information compliance software solution stack with a single IBM ordering number.
IBM SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator now uses IBM BladeCenter HS22 servers and pre-installs the SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator software stack.
IBM Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) now ships preconfigured for faster client deployment. GMAS uses standard high efficiency components in a grid design, which reduces costs and energy consumption, and supports on-line upgrades.
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Services
IBM Proventia® server for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 helps reduce the burden of security management through centralized control of a broad array of network security agents and devices.- Security alerts allow access control and confidential data changes to protect customer data and intellectual property.
- Leverages IBM SiteProtector as a single management console for multi-layered protection.
- Windows and Linux® support.
IBM Proventia® Management SiteProtector®. The convergence of risk management with regulatory compliance and reporting drive the need for a variety of security management devices, but this diversity can increase IT cost and complexity. IBM Proventia Management SiteProtector offers a scalable solution designed to help you control, monitor, analyze and report on your enterprise security posture through a single, centralized console.
- Reduces the costs and complexity of security management through central control of diverse network and host security devices
- Leverages existing investments by integrating into current systems
- Promotes a security-rich environment that can facilitate regulatory compliance and streamline documentation
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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.