Originally posted by: Ingrida_Cazers

The IBM Spectrum Protect™ Version 3.2 Blueprint books and scripts are now available to help you lay a strong foundation for your storage environment and build it right from the ground up. The Blueprint books provide detailed hardware and software requirements, based on trusted IBM technologies, for small, medium, and large configurations. Run the Blueprint scripts to streamline the installation and configuration process. After the storage environment is up and running, compare your performance results against the Blueprint benchmarks to evaluate your environment and optimize system performance.

If you are planning to install IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.4, which was released this week, why not start by reviewing the Blueprints before you do anything else? The Blueprints can help you get off to a good start with this new product release.

What's new in the V3.2 Blueprints? The scripts and documentation are updated, and instructions are provided for deploying state-of-the-art hardware and software:

• Hardware upgrades for IBM Elastic Storage™ Server configurations
  Instructions are provided for configuring a large system that uses IBM Elastic Storage Server model GL6S with IBM Spectrum Scale™ Version 4.2.3 or later.
• Hardware upgrades for small and medium Storwize® configurations
  For small and medium configurations, Storwize V3700 systems are now replaced with Storwize V5010. By using Storwize V5010 hardware, you can switch to distributed arrays for the IBM Spectrum Protect database and storage pools. Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 10k rpm drives are eliminated.
• Introduction of Supermicro SuperServer technology for Linux and Microsoft Windows users
  For small, medium, and large Storwize systems, a Supermicro SuperServer reference is provided in addition to a Lenovo server reference. The Supermicro SuperServer technology is available to users who install IBM Spectrum Protect on a Linux x86_64 or Microsoft Windows operating system.

Don't build your skyscraper without a blueprint -- and don't leave your storage environment to chance. At every step along the way, rely on the experience and expertise provided by the storage specialists at IBM.