IBM System Storage for IBM System z environments

The IBM System z platform represents decades of innovation in delivering powerful industry-leading computing capabilities. IBM System Storage, with a tradition of innovation, offers a family of storage solutions designed, developed and tested together with System z for extraordinary value.

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IBM System Storage Tape Controller for System z with TS1140 4TB drives
Marketplace and customer demands require applications that rely on high capacity, fast access to data and/or long-term data retention. The IBM System Storage® TS1140 Tape Drive features storage capabilities to help you establish easy, rapid access to data, better security, long-term retention and data governance and regulatory compliance. The TS1140 tape drive offers high-performance flexible data storage with support for data encryption. The TS1140 tape drive can help you protect your investments in tape automation by offering compatibility with existing automation.

IBM System Storage DS8000 series
Leveraging 50 years of technological innovation in disk storage, IBM announces several new features that help simplify storing and protecting vast amounts of data. Included in the announcement is the z Distributed Data Backup capability that permits multiple open-platform backup processes to be consolidated into a single process, managed by System z and utilizing the IBM DS8000 platform. IBM also announces the ability to automatically configure DS8000 disk arrays when attached to System z platforms. When combined with smart storage management offerings, such as EasyTier, the DS8000 provides a high-performance, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective storage solution.

IBM System Storage TS7680 ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z
The IBM System Storage TS7680 ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway for System z has been enhanced to provide automated IP-replication of deduplicated data to a remote site for disaster recovery purposes. This feature when coupled with the scalability, performance, and ease of management inherent in the IBM ProtecTIER family makes the TS7680 an ideal disk-based target for tape-oriented data.

IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
The IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library combines IBM automation technology and high-performance IBM tape drives to deliver a robust storage solution for open systems and System z mainframes. To meet the highest standards for availability, the TS3500 tape library supplements proven technology with redundancy, including redundant control paths, grippers, power supplies, and AC feeds. Automatic control path and data path failover further support continuity and accelerate disaster recovery.

IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive
The IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive features storage capability to help you establish easy access to data, better security, long-term retention and data governance, and regulatory compliance. The TS1130 tape drive offers high-performance flexible data storage with support for data encryption.