Installing and implementing a new storage device can often be complex and overwhelming. When you need an efficient SAN and storage solution that will enhance and work with your emerging IT environment, IBM can help you maximize your existing resources.
IBM Implementation Services for SAN Volume Controller are designed to assist you in planning and configuring your storage infrastructure needs. This services offering provides a storage and virtualization solution that is designed to work with your new or existing Fibre Channel network. An IBM services specialist will be onsite to perform this service to help ensure a quick and smooth implementation, and get your system up-and-running quickly and effectively.
With IBM Implementation Services for SAN Volume Controller and SAN File System you get:
Assistance in project planning, configuration planning, logical configuration, skills transfer and testing of your virtualization solution.
Skills training for your technical staff as the service is being performed
Services specialist(s) to assist the customers' technical staff in the planning and configuration of their virtualization solution, including hosts, storage and SAN fabric.
In addition to your storage virtualization needs, IBM can also help you assess, plan and implement all of your existing storage software with services such as:
Storage Strategy and Planning(56 KB) - to help align long term business needs and the enterprise data / storage strategy, helping customers design and implement a data infrastructure with increased cost savings and easier storage management
Managed storage services - to help provide flexible, scalable storage services: storage capacity on demand, backup/ restore and management services -- available and priced on a usage basis, helping customers receive the benefits of storage networking and management while relieving them from the need to match and test the best-of-breed hardware and software components and integrate them into a complete system.
