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Storage and Server Upgrade

Storage and Server Upgrade for a Dynamic Infrastructure

Storage and Server Upgrade for a Dynamic Infrastructure

Does your organization need to consider server upgrades? Your data center is an interconnected set of critical components that must work together as a flexible, secure, dynamic infrastructure that efficiently capitalizes on the interconnected digital world and helps your company to reduce costs, improve service, and manage risk.

But interdependent IT systems are only as secure, fast, and resilient as the weakest link. That’s why you need to consider server upgrades, targeting aging or underperforming components. When you do so, the value resonates beyond the new asset area, improving functionality and extending business value across the entire enterprise.

IBM Services can help you at any stage of your upgrade, from strategy and planning to implementation and on-going support and management. Our services can help you implement new hardware quickly and smoothly to help realize a faster ROI.

If you’ve already identified a server upgrade path, contact your IBM representative today. If you’re just beginning your analysis, check out the options below for an overview of popular server upgrades that are delivering big benefits for many of our customers.

Servers

System z
IBM System z10™ Enterprise Class (EC) lets you leverage the benefits of high performance, consolidation, improved security, resiliency and enhance capacity for workload processing. The IBM System z10™ Business Class (BC) delivers the scalability, flexibility, and performance you need—at the lower capacity entry point you want.

Power Systems
From IBM Power™ 595 down to IBM BladeCenter® JS12 Express, these servers support UNIX (AIX®), Linux®, and IBM i environments on a single Power system, all using POWER6™ processor technology.

Operating systems

IBM i 6.1
IBM i 6.1 sets new standards in business processing with expanded options for virtualization, upgraded storage and availability management, breakthrough Java performance, new support for POWER6™ processors and BladeCenter®, and middleware and tools to help drive SOA transformation.

AIX 6
AIX® 6 prepares you to take advantage of the latest processor technology with new features for virtualization, security, availability and manageability.

z/OS 1.10
z/OS 1.10 provides economies of scale, reduces downtimes, eases workload management and delivers advanced security features.

z/VSE 4.2
z/VSE 4.2. supports IBM System zTM servers including the newest-IBM System z10™ Business Class, and delivers scalability, security, interoperability, and supports service-oriented architecture.

z/VM 5.4
z/VM 5.4 allows you to leverage power of Linux applications and delivers high availability and security, and reduces the number of network resources.

Storage

Enterprise Disk DS8000
Virtualized, resilient, high-performance disk storage for business-critical enterprise workloads. Through virtualization, you can simplify management, allocate system resources more effectively and better control application quality of service.

Midrange Disk DS5000
DS5000 delivers increased performance scalability and responsiveness to business critical applications and helps you meet your Service Level Agreements.

Data Encryption
The IBM System Storage TS1120 and Ultrium 4 Tape drives offer encryption at the device level to protect data without impacting server performance. Solutions are compatible with IBM and non-IBM Systems.

TS7700 Virtual Tape Server
The IBM Virtualization Engine™ TS7700 is a mainframe virtual-tape solution designed to optimize tape processing for faster backup and restore operations, easier tape management, and lower storage costs.

TS3400 Tape Library
The IBM System Storage™ TS3400 Tape Library is designed to offer high capacity and performance advantage in a smaller automation footprint.

Services for your hardware

Server Services
From planning to implementation, and on-going support and management, IBM offers services that help you get the most out of a new server purchase while improving ROI.

Storage Services
IBM has exciting new capabilities to help you at any stage of your storage hardware lifecycle. Check out our capabilities to help you optimize your storage infrastructure and migrate your data without taking down your production environment.

Networking
We know that your network needs to adapt as you change your hardware environment. IBM can help you with as much or as little help that you need to ensure a smooth implementation.

Maintenance and Technical Support
Our comprehensive hardware and software support services are designed to protect your multi-vendor environment during both in-warranty and post-warranty periods. Our managed support services provide single point of contact to support your multi-vendor environment.