Data expands. Storage needs increase. IT staff works to manage more storage devices and shrinking backup windows.
Management observes climbing energy costs.
Now:
Grow.
IBM brings you advancements in technology that can help manage your growth while being able to store and retrieve the
data you need. IBM innovations have produced outside-the-box technology such as the first disk system, tape encryption
and storage virtualization. And now? More innovation that matters.
How can innovations such as these affect your environment?
Innovation that Scales!
DS8000 Extended Address Volumes* is a function designed to help enable up to 4x more information storage capacity
for IBM System z environments than before! This capability will utilize z/OS v1.10*, to help enable volume growth
beyond the existing 65,520 cylinder cap limit (55 GB) to enable volumes up to 223GB to address the need for
information storage growth for IBM System z customers.
Innovation that Saves!
IBM System z customers can look forward to leveraging the IBM Basic HyperSwap solution* to help enable a lower cost
solution for single-site automated volume failover. IBM Basic HyperSwap utilizes IBM enterprise disk -
DS8000, DS6000, or ESS and IBM System Storage Metro Mirror function designed to protect information availability from planned and unplanned disk outages.
Innovation that Protects!
z/OS Global Mirror (XRC), an outstanding business continuity solution, now gets even better. With new support for
z/OS Global Mirror Multiple Reader, Extended Distance FICON, z/OS Global Mirror enabled for IBM System z10™
Integrated Information Processor and IBM System z9™ Integrated Information Processor (zIIPs), the DS8000 has
never been more capable of ensuring the highest availability for your System z environment.
