IBM Turbocharges Storage Portfolio

IBM Turbocharges Storage Portfolio

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced one of the single largest expansions of its storage portfolio with the introduction of new and faster systems, enhanced products across its storage product line, and a new Enterprise Choice warranty service option for the IBM System Storage DS6000 series. Spanning IBM’s high-end disk systems, as well as its N series portfolio, data retention solutions, and offerings for SMBs, the new and enhanced storage products are designed to provide customers with increased performance and management capabilities, infrastructure simplification, and lower costs.

“The storage industry’s broadest portfolio of products and solutions just got broader,” said Andy Monshaw, general manager, IBM System Storage. “We’re turbocharging our storage systems and accelerating our NetApp relationship to help customers manage their information on demand needs. Today’s announcement further demonstrates IBM’s commitment to provide our clients with increased flexibility and increased choice that enables them to take control of their storage infrastructures. The choice for customers is clear — more powerful and faster storage solutions from IBM, versus proprietary solutions from EMC.”

Introducing the IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo: At the high-end, IBM is introducing the new IBM System Storage DS8000 Turbo models, updating its flagship DS8000 series. The new models — the IBM System Storage DS8100 Turbo and DS8300 Turbo systems — are based on POWER5+ processors, and demonstrate a performance improvement of up to 15 percent for transaction processing workload environments, as compared to the previous IBM System Storage DS8000 storage system. The addition of 4Gbps Fibre Channel and FICON technology allows for the reduction of the number of network resources supporting simplified management and reduced infrastructure costs. With this offering, IBM is now the first vendor to deliver 4Gbps FICON support.

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