Transform IT for insight and efficiency

IBM Smarter Storage

for Smarter Computing

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. IT teams are stressed to the limit, using old processes and technologies to manage growing workloads and new solutions like cloud and analytics. Something has to change.

IBM® Smarter Storage, a more efficient, automated and intelligent approach to storage, is Efficient by design, Self-optimising, and Cloud agile.

Announcement webcast

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IBM's unique value

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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 and easy – improving the efficiency of your most important asset, your people.

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.

Smarter Storage is efficient by design

When storage is “efficient by design,” efficiency features are designed in from the beginning. Advanced features are pre-installed, ready to deploy, and operate consistently.

Self-optimising

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

Smarter Storage is self-optimising

“Self-optimising” storage is able to analyze data access patterns and automatically adapt to balance performance and cost.

Cloud agile

Smarter Storage fully participates in highly virtualised cloud environments. Both IBM and non-IBM storage are managed as one virtual storage pool. Existing storage systems inherit IBM's latest, most advanced capabilities. Data is automatically synchronised between facilities. Files flow to users wherever they are.

Benefits: Reduce disk space needs by up to 50 percent, speed storage deployment up to 26 percent, and improve application availability by up to 29 percent.

Smarter Storage is cloud agile

When storage is cloud agile, it enables rapid deployment of cloud environments and adapts to constantly changing requirements. Virtualisation is the first step to cloud.

  • IBM XIV accelerates cloud implementations and provides predictable high performance - with little-to-no management.
  • IBM Storwize V7000 Unified and SAN Volume Controller external virtualisation manages both IBM and non-IBM storage as one pool.
  • Existing storage systems inherit advanced capabilities such Real-time Compression
  • Active Cloud EngineTM automatically synchronises data between facilities.

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This new approach supports strategic IT initiatives

Whether your aim is to unlock insights, transform your organisation, or distance yourself from competitors, you’ll be more successful when your storage helps your organisation adapt to change.

Workload optimisation

  • Optimise application performance
  • Balance workloads
  • Reduce and control costs
  • Simplify administrative tasks
  • Speed time to market

Cloud

  • Gain universal connectivity
  • Quickly respond to changing requirements
  • Implement new services quickly
  • Better manage capital and operating expenses

Big data

  • Quickly access and analyze vast amounts of various types of data
  • Automatically feed results to analytic applications
  • Easily accommodate new growth

Smarter Storage is made for workload optimisation, cloud and big data

Workload optimisation

Smarter Storage helps maintain performance as the amount of data grows – while reducing complexity.

Cloud

Smarter Storage enables rapid cloud deployments.

Big data

Smarter Storage helps you get insights from your data faster by delivering high performance.

Infrastructure optimisation

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