For businesses of all sizes, the key to controlling the information explosion is not just to meet today’s demanding open–system requirements, but to establish a base for meeting the ever–expanding challenges in the years ahead. A well–planned information infrastructure employs data storage systems and technologies designed to protect investments and enable easy migration and upgrading as information usage requirements change and physical storage media is upgraded.
DS5000 offers unprecedented life cycle longevity
IBM announces the IBM System Storage™ DS5000 series storage system, designed to meet today’s and tomorrow’s demanding open-systems requirements while establishing a new standard for performance and life cycle longevity. Building on many decades of design expertise, the DS5000 series’ seventh-generation architecture delivers relentless performance, real reliability, multi-dimensional scalability and unprecedented investment protection.
The IBM System Storage DS4000 series offers outstanding capacity and highly–flexible storage management to meet the needs of small and medium–sized businesses.
Multi–dimensional scalability enables the DS5000 series storage system to extend beyond the normal three– to four–year life cycle, protecting your storage investment by delaying (or even eliminating) the expense of migrating data to a new system and allowing its acquisition costs to be amortized over extended periods of time. This life cycle longevity enables the DS5000 series to continue delivering value long after other systems have been retired.
New high–capacity 1000 GB (1 TB) 7.2K rpm SATA disk drives are available for the IBM System Storage DS4200, DS4700, DS4800, EXP420, and EXP810 storage systems. Selected models can now offer total system capacities up to 224 TB with 1000 GB drives in all available slots in base units and attachable expansion units.
Software enhancements for the IBM System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager are designed to support centralized management of local and networked series systems. Quickly configure and monitor storage using a Java™ technology–based Web browser interface without interrupting user access to data.
DS6800 offers enterprise-class storage at midrange size and affordability
IBM announces 15K rpm disk drives for the DS6000 series that will support up to a 50% increase in data throughput. The IBM System Storage DS6800 is designed to provide medium and large businesses with low-cost, enterprise-class storage to help manage growth, complexity and risk. The DS6800 unit is only 5-1/4 inches high—3U of rack space, making the system extremely compact— and its pricing is intended to match its compact size. The DS6800 is the choice for a low-cost entrance to the powerful DS Family of enterprise-class storage.
