IBM Storage: Product Guide
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IBM Storage Product guide Contents 3 Introduction 5 Portfolio 7 Storage for Data and AI 11 Storage for hybrid multicloud 71 Modern data protection 12 Storage for IBM Z 52 Storage for SAP HANA 92 Storage for containers 33 Storage networking 73 Converged infrastructure 40 IBM Services for storage 41 Conclusion Storage made simple Helping is the right foundation for your data-driven make hybrid multicloud. storage simple. Introduction Throughout the world, IBM Storage has the broadest portfolio in What’s possible Hybrid multicloud the industry that can enable organizations to Reduce complexity with container-enabled organizations in different effectively deliver data-driven IT services across with IBM Storage enterprise storage, deployed seamlessly their hybrid multicloud environments. Using across on-premises and hybrid cloud industries are using IBM® IBM solutions, enterprises can more efficiently storage environments. Storage and software-defined use their compute and storage resources to help achieve their goals. Whether it’s human storage (SDS) solutions for big genome research for cancer treatments and AI and data personalized medicine, aerodynamics testing Simplify your infrastructure with optimized data, analytics, AI and deep for race cars, or stock portfolio analysis for risk efficiency to drive faster results that are learning, high-performance assessment, IBM Storage can help enterprises massively scalable and globally available become more agile, modern and security-rich. from edge to inference. computing and the cloud to improve business results in Data protection and cyber resiliency their digital transformation. Maximize backup storage efficiency, data security and performance with maximum uptime and resiliency while lowering costs. Cloud paks and containers Surpass your business goals with speed, productivity and agility, all enabled by a security-rich, persistent storage infrastructure with enterprise-class services for private cloud and Red Hat® OpenShift® container storage. Introduction Portfolio Storage for Storage for Modern data Storage Storage for Storage for Storage Converged IBM Storage More Data and AI hybrid multicloud protection for IBM Z SAP HANA containers networking infrastructure services information < 4 > IBM Storage Portfolio Storage for Data and AI Storage for hybrid multicloud Modern data protection Storage for IBM Z ® IBM Spectrum® Scale IBM FlashSystem® Family IBM Spectrum Protect IBM DS8000® storage systems IBM Cloud® Object Storage IBM FlashWatch IBM Spectrum Protect Plus IBM Spectrum Scale for Z IBM Spectrum® Discover IBM SAN Volume Controller IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management IBM Virtual Tape Library IBM Elastic Storage® Server (ESS) IBM Storage Insights IBM Spectrum Archive IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud IBM Tape Solutions IBM Spectrum Control IBM Spectrum Storage™ Suite Storage for SAP HANA Storage for containers Storage networking Converged infrastructure IBM FlashSystem Family IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift SAN b-type family VersaStack IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Pak® SAN c-type family VersaStack for Hybrid Multicloud IBM Spectrum Protect IBM FlashSystem Family IBM DS8900F IBM Spectrum Virtualize IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition IBM Cloud Object Storage Introduction Portfolio Storage for Storage for Modern data Storage Storage for Storage for Storage Converged IBM Storage More Data and AI hybrid multicloud protection for IBM Z SAP HANA containers networking infrastructure services information < 5 > Storage for Data and AI Challenges Benefits Offerings Keeping pace with the rapid growth and sprawl The Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a destination venue Faster time to insights IBM Spectrum Scale of data is a challenge organizations face to more for fans of major sports, concerts and other live events. Unify data in a single global namespace IBM Cloud Object Storage efficiently and securely manage their data and IBM solutions provide a wide array of technologies IBM Spectrum Discover leverage it for AI analysis. As the adoption rate of integrated into a single, seamless, state-of-the-art Accurate insights and analytics IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) AI accelerates, teams require greater data science system that provides fans with a unique, personalized Employ a consolidated interface to more IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 productivity, increased workload flexibility, faster experience that enhances the action on the field or precisely manage data insights time to insight, and increased scalability and stage. The system includes both on-premises and performance of workloads. cloud-based IBM Storage solutions. IBM and Flagship Increased efficiency and performance Solutions Group created a powerful hybrid storage Experience full use of graphics processing Why IBM? landscape built around IBM Elastic Storage Server units (GPUs) with high throughput IBM Storage for Data and AI offers end-to-end with IBM Spectrum Scale, IBM FlashSystem 7200 storage solutions that help streamline and transform and IBM Cloud Object Storage. Flexible data pipelines data-intensive AI and large-scale analytics workloads Provide a software-defined foundation on into actionable insights. With a scalable and flexible which to build flexible and efficient end-to-end data service built on IBM SDS, you can collect, data pipelines across your hybrid multicloud organize and manage AI-infused data across your infrastructure enterprise. By providing advanced data management tools designed for speed and efficiency, these Scalable AI infrastructure offerings can address skills gaps that would otherwise Leverage the ability to start small and scale limit AI adoption across your organization, and help with virtually no limits your enterprise better manage data volume and quality in a smarter and more efficient way. Optimized data flow efficiency Reduce “copy sprawl” for on- and off-premises cloud integrated architectures with higher levels of reuse Introduction Portfolio Storage for Storage for Modern data Storage Storage for Storage for Storage Converged IBM Storage More Data and AI hybrid multicloud protection for IBM Z SAP HANA containers networking infrastructure services information < 7 > Storage for Data and AI Offerings IBM Spectrum Scale IBM Cloud Object Storage IBM Spectrum Discover IBM Spectrum Scale is an ideal foundation for building IBM Cloud Object Storage is designed to support IBM Spectrum Discover simplifies data and AI Did you know? your AI pipeline and infrastructure and can deliver exponential data growth with simplicity, high durability, organization with a high volume catalog and Did you know? IBM Elastic Storage System insights faster, while managing rapid infrastructure security and efficiency for cloud-native and object- index that provides a 360-degree view for higher 3000 is the one of the simplest ways to growth. This solution helps support big data analytics, based workloads. With a unique shared-nothing parallel productivity and helps optimize data for faster deploy IBM Spectrum Scale. Learn more AI, machine learning and deep learning workloads architecture, this solution can help you maintain and AI analysis. about IBM Elastic Storage System 3000. along with traditional high-performance computing improve performance. In addition to cost efficiencies, applications. IBM Spectrum Scale is designed to meet as the solution grows from terabyte to petabyte or even Learn more about IBM Spectrum Discover → the demanding capacity, performance and data to exabyte scale it’s designed to never go down with management needs of these workloads efficiently, geo-dispersed data protection. Commonly deployed reliably and with extreme scalability. The solution also as a storage solution for large data deployments with includes in-place archive and analytics, data-aware multiple concurrent applications or users, IBM Cloud intelligence, global collaboration and data integrity. Object Storage is also used for data archiving and backup for many traditional applications. Learn more about IBM Spectrum Scale → Learn more about IBM Cloud Object Storage → Introduction Portfolio Storage for Storage for Modern data Storage Storage for Storage for Storage Converged IBM Storage More Data and AI hybrid multicloud protection for IBM Z SAP HANA containers networking infrastructure services information < 8 > Storage for Data and AI Offerings IBM Elastic Storage Server IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS) is a modern imple- IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 is a powerful data Did you know? mentation of SDS and combines IBM Spectrum Scale management solution that can speed time to value for AI, IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 is one of the software with POWER8® processor-based deep learning and high-performance computing workloads. simplest ways to deploy IBM Spectrum Scale. I/O-intensive servers and storage enclosures. This Using all Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) storage this Learn more about IBM Spectrum Scale. solution can increase system throughput with each offering can provide simple installation and management new server, while still providing you a single name and helps accelerate time to insights. Each 2U system space. The scale-out capability of ESS, combined with delivers 40 GB per second of data throughput and is in-place analytics, helps eliminate data silos and available in a wide range of capacities from tens to hundreds simplify storage management. of terabytes. Capacity and throughput can be quickly