ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
today announced new, cost-conscious, enterprise class, all-flash
storage designed to provide small, midsized organizations and
global enterprises with primary storage for cloud or cognitive
applications and workloads.
Also announced today is IBM's "Flash In," a storage migration
program designed to help companies looking to leverage IBM's
expertise, like Dell and EMC clients, easily transition to IBM
storage solutions as part of a journey to become cloud and
cognitive businesses.
Clients today are embracing all-flash storage to deliver speed
and response times necessary to support growing data workloads
across public, private and hybrid cloud environments, as well as
the demands of cognitive applications and workloads. IBM Storwize
V7000F and IBM Storwize 5030F are all-flash arrays that meet the
needs across the wide breadth of primary storage applications,
workload and use cases at cost effective price points.
Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize, the Storwize all-flash
solutions reduce the cost and complexity of data center and cloud
environments. The award-winning IBM management software improves
storage efficiency with features such as real-time data
compression, thin provisioning, and snapshotting across nearly 400
different storage arrays from a multitude of vendors. IBM Spectrum
Virtualize also optimizes data security, reliability and
operational costs. The software automatically tiers, migrates data
from one storage array to another, provides secure data at rest
encryption, and remotely replicates data for disaster recovery and
business continuity purposes.
"This announcement addresses a clear need for clients that
require a substantial increase in storage performance but at a
price that's in line with the reality of today's datacenter
budgets," said Ed Walsh, general
manager of IBM Storage and Software Defined Infrastructure. "As an
essential part of a company's primary storage strategy, IBM's new
all-flash solutions provide robust security and the reliability
that organizations need as they move to cloud and cognitive
environments."
IBM Storwize V7000F and IBM Storwize 5030F also bring
enterprise-class availability and function to mid-range and
entry-level all-flash storage delivering greater performance and
requiring less time to provision and optimize systems.
- Affordable all-flash mid-range storage: IBM Storwize
V7000F improves performance by up to 45 percent¹ and supports four
times clustering for scale-out and scale-up growth to help
organizations manage rapidly growing datasets.
- Entry-level all-flash storage: IBM Storwize 5030F offers
high performance and availability at an attractive entry point to
help clients control costs.
The all-flash Storwize V7000F and Storwize V5030F are also built
to manage a variety of primary storage workloads, from database
management systems such as SQL Server and MySQL to digital media
sources that include broadcast, real-time streaming, and video
surveillance. The new technology can also handle huge volumes of
Internet of Things (IoT) data.
Availability and pricing
The new IBM Storwize storage solutions will be available
worldwide from IBM and through IBM Business Partners beginning
early September. Pricing begins at $19,000.
Introducing installation services to easily transition
clients from Dell/EMC to IBM
IBM's "Flash In" is a no-cost migration initiative providing
organizations that are not current IBM customers with a smooth
transition path from storage deployments to the IBM family of
all-flash arrays. Under the new program, clients will receive data
migration and installation services for five consecutive days for
either on-site replacement or upgrades.
Business Partners looking to add IBM as a strategic vendor to
provide more long term stability and broaden their solutions
portfolio will find a set of comprehensive benefits that compare
very favorably to what they may experience today.
Up to 80 percent of all-flash storage is sold by IBM Business
Partners. The IBM Flash In initiative will amplify the
company's all-flash offensive to help Business Partners reach new
clients not currently served by IBM, and clients who may face
potential disruption if there are product portfolio integrations
with Dell and EMC.
"With any merger or acquisition, there is unrest in the industry
creating uncertainty for channel partners," said Mark Wyllie, chief executive officer, Flagship
Solutions Group, a premier IBM Business Partner dedicated to
helping clients with data center strategic planning and hybrid
cloud implementations. "It's critical that Business Partners have a
strong relationship with a company like IBM that is committed to
the channel and has proven leadership across key investment areas
like flash and software defined storage, in addition to providing
resources for ongoing development, training and support that opens
the doors to growth."
Clients choosing to migrate from Dell or EMC can also select
from the following IBM storage solutions to meet their needs across
the wide breadth of primary storage applications, workloads and use
cases. These include:
IBM FlashSystem A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R, IBM
FlashSystem V9000, IBM FlashSystem 900, IBM DS8888, IBM Deep Flash
150 with Spectrum Scale and VersaStack offerings with IBM
FlashSystem V9000, IBM Storwize V7000F and IBM Storwize V5030F.
"With ever increasing volumes of customer and operational
information, flexible and secure data storage is crucial to keeping
our operation afloat as our company expands to hundreds of
destinations worldwide," said Leonardo
Irastorza, Technology Revitalization & Global Shared
Services Manager, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. "That is why we
depend on IBM Flash technology, which plays a critical role in
ensuring exceptional guest experiences across our brands.
It's all about the guest experience, which is a foundational pillar
in our company's continued innovation."
For more information about IBM Storage, visit
www.ibm.com/systems/storage. Follow IBM Storage on Twitter at
@IBMStorage or @IBMSystemsISVs.
1 - IBM engineering measurements comparing 48-drive all-flash
configurations of Storwize V7000 Gen2 using RAID5 with Storwize
V7000F using distributed RAID6 – August
2016
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