Introducing a new approach to the design and deployment of storage
We live on a Smarter Planet where systems are highly instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Data is coming from new places, in greater volumes and at faster rates. Companies able to harness data unlock patterns faster, serve customers better and outpace competitors.
IBM® Smarter Storage, a more efficient, automated and intelligent approach to storage, is Efficient by design, Self-optimizing, and Cloud agile.
Efficient by design
With Smarter Storage, essential storage technologies are built in and tightly integrated. Efficiency is effortless – requiring no manual intervention. Management is intuitive.
Benefits: Reduce space requirements for active data by up to 80 percent. Save up to 47 percent of administrator time and reduce complexity by up to 30 percent.
- IBM Real-time Compression technology is now built into IBM Storwize® V7000 and V7000 Unified and SAN Volume Controller.
- The intuitive user interface from IBM XIV® and IBM Storwize V7000 and V7000 Unified is now in Tivoli® Storage Productivity Center
Self-optimizing
Smarter Storage analyzes data access patterns, adapts and improves performance. Sophisticated internal analytics automatically place data on the appropriate storage tier.
Benefits: Increase performance up to three times with only 3 percent of data on SSDs
- IBM Storwize V7000 and V7000 Unified, DS8000® and SAN Volume Controller have IBM Easy Tier® built in.
- IBM XIV has automated load balancing, Quality of Service Management, self-healing and Flash optimization.
Cloud agile
Smarter Storage fully participates in highly virtualized cloud environments. IBM and non-IBM storage are managed as one virtual pool. All systems inherit IBM's advanced capabilities. Data is automatically synchronized. Files flow to users wherever they are.
Benefits: Reduce disk space needs by up to 50 percent. Speed storage deployment up to 26 percent. Improve application availability by up to 29 percent.
- IBM SmartCloud™ Storage Access eases private storage cloud deployments.
- IBM XIV quickens cloud implementations and offers predictable high performance - with minimal management.
- IBM Storwize V7000 and V7000 Unified and SAN Volume Controller manage IBM and non-IBM storage as one pool.
- Existing storage systems inherit advanced capabilities such Real-time Compression
- IBM Active Cloud Engine™ automatically synchronizes data between facilities.
Contact IBM
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Smarter Storage is cloud ready
Introducing IBM SmartCloud™ Storage Access
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