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IBM® Storwize® Rapid Application Storage

This innovative new storage solution helps improve storage efficiency and application availability, integrates closely with key existing applications, and can be deployed with minimal disruption to applications and to staff. IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage brings together the latest in innovative storage technology, powerful management software, and IBM world-class services to help you manage your business applications and the information explosion.

IBM FastBack for Storwize V7000

IBM FastBack for Storwize V7000 provides IP-based replication capabilities to support cost-effective disaster recovery requirements. It also includes advanced local block-level application backup and near-instant recovery functionality, and optional integration with Tivoli Storage Manager.

IBM XIV® Storage System

XIV Storage System enhancements provide increased performance/efficiency in VMware environments. New features ensure critical applications have the highest priority to help maintain quality of service. Enhancements also include the ability to setup remote mirroring without time, cost, or performance impact of sending data online.

IBM Real-Time Compression Appliances STN6500 and STN6800

Optimize the efficiency of active data with an innovative solution for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and reduce storage requirements up to 80% without performance degradation. Compressing primary data can optimize data protection and retention processes by reducing workload and improving throughput.

IBM System Storage® N6000

Featuring an 8 GB Fibre Channel PCI adapter (HBA), the N6000 offers more processing power, more memory, and higher capacity systems to address fast-growing file storage needs. These storage systems consolidate block and file-based storage into a single platform, while maintaining performance, availability, scalability and efficiency.

IBM System Storage DS3500 Express – DC Powered model

The new DS3500 DC powered models enable efficiency by generating savings in energy costs. Available in enclosures of 24 drives, the DS3500 meets the standard 48V DC requirements for telecommunications and related industries. Also, NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) certification is available for DS3500 AC and DC models. Together, these enhancements provide to your organization savings in energy expenses, meet telecommunications and federal standards, and assurance of resiliency in the most intense and harsh environments.

Information Archive

A simple and flexible archiving solution that enables customers to more efficiently search their archived information with the index and search capability.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments

Leverage advanced technologies to off-load the backup process from virtual machines for improved backup frequency (RPO) and faster, more flexible recovery (RTO). TSM for VE is integrated with Tivoli Storage Manager and can perform near-instant file-level, volume-level or image-level recovery from a single-pass VM image backup.

Mid-range tape (LTO)

New LTO half-high tape drives expand customers’ options for tape autoloader and library connectivity and help reduce backup windows.

IBM Services offerings

IBM Intelligent Storage Service Catalog

The IBM Intelligent Storage Service Catalog improves service levels & storage utilization, optimizes and standardizes the way storage is requested, reduces staffing requirements, and lowers costs. It also increases productivity and reduces the risk of staff turnover. In addition, the consistent backup procedures help ensure data availability and its common auditable procedures reduce the risk of non-compliance.