We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks ๐ highlighting all of the great content, events, and announcements in IBM Storage. Enjoy our curated content to stay informed and in the loop!
๐ฃ Announcements & Highlights
@Vincent Hsu shares how IBM is working with NVIDIA to unlock scalable, high-performance LLM inference by integrating IBM Storage Scale's global namespace and locality-aware placement with the NVIDIA Inference Context Memory Storage Platform powered by BlueField-4 in the blog Accelerating NVIDIA Dynamo with IBM Storage Scale and NVIDIA BlueFieldโ4โPowered Inference Context Memory Storage Platform
@Sandeep Prajapati walks through the hidden challenge in Kubernetes Backup & Restore and why Resource Inventory matters in the blog Storage Scale: The Front Door to AI's Token Economy
@Matthew Geiser showcases how IBM Storage Scale is the right unstructured data platform for AI's token economy in the blog Frontend Modernisation and Performance Enhancements
๐ก๏ธIBM Storage Defender Product Release Updates
๐Upcoming ATG Webinar Sessions:
๐ Accelerate with ATG: Storage Defender - Data Protect Vault โ 1/22/26 at 12:00 PM ET
Join IBM to learn more about IBM Defender Data Vault and how it provides advanced Cyber-vaulting capabilities including greater isolation and immutability of critical backups. One of the most common tactics used during a cyber attack is to corrupt or destroy backups and archive data so that a victim cannot rebuild their corrupted data and is forced to pay the ransom instead. Cyber Vaults are air-gapped copies of data separate from the production data and primary backups. This data is protected with immutability features and strict access controls which follows zero trust principles. Register today!
๐ Accelerate with ATG: Revolutionize Data Storage for AI and the Enterprise: What's new with Storage Scale for 2026 โ 1/27/26 at 12:00 PM ET
High Performance Computing (abbreviated as AI) requires high-performance storage, and Storage Scale is IBM's flagship Global Data Platform for the unstructured data that AI and enterprise computing require. But IBM keeps improving Storage Scale and its hardware relative, the Storage Scale System. With the recent emergence of Storage Scale 6.0.0 and the Storage Scale System software stack 7.0.0, now would be a great time to join the Advanced Technology Group for this session and learn about some of these recent changes. Register today!
๐ Accelerate with ATG: IBM Storage Ceph 9.0 Update โ 2/3/26 at 12:00 PM ET
IBM Storage Ceph is an open-source software-defined storage solution that supports block, file, and object storage services in a single unified platform. Join the Advanced Technology Group for a detailed update on the latest IBM Storage Ceph 9.0 enhancements in the latest feature release. The key topics will cover RADOS core enhancements, as well as updates to Ceph's NVMe block and S3 object storage services. The presentation will also introduce a new level 2 topic that will focus on the new "Fast EC" Erasure Coding capability in the Ceph data protection rulesets. It is highly recommended that the participant have a basic understanding of IBM Storage Ceph or, in the alternate, a viewing of the following IBM Storage Ceph demos. See the 10-minute recorded demonstrations of the IBM Storage Ceph Dashboard. Register today!
๐New IBM Redbooks
๐IBM Storage Scale System Introduction Guide: This IBMยฎ Redpaper publication provides an overview of the IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Scale System (Formally known as IBM Elastic Storageยฎ Server (IBM ESS) and IBM Elastic Storage System (also formally IBM ESS)). These scalable, high-performance data and file management solution, are built on IBM Storage Scale technology. Providing reliability, performance, and scalability, can be implemented for a range of diverse requirements. The latest IBM Storage Scale System 6000 is the most innovative system that provides investment protection to expand or build a new Global Data Platform while integrating with existing storage. The system allows enhanced, non-disruptive upgrades to grow from flash to hybrid or from hard disk drives (HDDs) to hybrid. IBM Storage Scale System can scale up or out with two different storage mediums in the environment, and it is ready for technologies like 200 Gb Ethernet or InfiniBand NDR-400 connectivity. This publication helps you to understand the solution and its architecture. It describes ordering the best solution for your environment, planning the installation and integration of the solution into your environment, and correctly maintaining your solution.
๐Getting Started with IBM Z Cyber Vault: Cyberattacks and data corruption threats continue to escalate, which makes cyber resiliency a critical component of an enterprise IT strategy. Although traditional disaster recovery (DR) focuses on physical failures, cyber resiliency addresses logical corruption that is caused by ransomware, malware, or insider threats. This IBM Redbooksยฎ publication introduces the IBM Zยฎ Cyber Vault solution, which is a comprehensive approach to safeguarding IBM Z environments through immutable backups, isolated recovery systems, and automated validation processes. This publication provides practical guidance for planning, designing, and deploying the IBM Z Cyber Vault solution, including architecture decisions, storage sizing, automation scripts, and validation frameworks. It also explores advanced capabilities such as offline backups, offensive security (OffSec) testing, and IBM Db2ยฎ rollforward recovery. Intended for IT managers, architects, system programmers, and security professionals, this publication equips organizations to strengthen cyber resiliency and help ensure business continuity (BC) in the face of evolving threats.
๐IBM TS7700 R6 DS8000 Object Store User's Guide: The IBM TS7700 features a functional enhancement so that an IBM TS7700 can act as an object store for IBM DS8000ยฎ Transparent Cloud Tiering for an IBM DS8000, DFSMShsm (hierarchical storage management (HSM)), and native DFSMSdss (DSS). You can use this function to move datasets directly from a DS8000 to a TS7700. This IBM Redpaper publication provides a functional overview of the features, provides client value information, and walks through DFSMS, DS8000, and TS7700 setup steps. This paper is targeted at anyone looking to implement transparent cloud tiering (TCT) in their environment or looking for more information about how to manage their storage with the IBM DS8000 by offloading data to a TS7700 by using TCT.
๐ฌ Trending Discussions
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๐ Events
20 January | Webinar: Resilience Reinvented: How to Build a Future-Ready, AI-Driven Cyber-Resilience Strategy
22 January | ATG Webcast - Storage Defender - Data Protect Vault
26 โ 29 January | Osaka, Japan - SCA/HPCAsia 2026
27 January | ATG Webcast - Revolutionize Data Storage for AI and the Enterprise: What's new with Storage Scale for 2026
3 February | ATG Webcast - IBM Storage Ceph 9.0 Update
10 February | Live from Warsaw - The future of storage: AI-Driven Dynamic Storage from IBM that is Designed to Protect. Engineered to Adapt. Built to Perform.
24 - 25 March 2026 | London, United Kingdom - Storage Strategy Event
๐ IBM Storage Corner
@Christopher Maestas shares details on IBM Storage's upcoming presence at SCA/HPCAsia 2026 on 26 โ 29 January in Osaka, Japan!
Don't miss these sessions:
- January 27th 12:30-13:30: "Toward Quantum Advantage / Data-Centric Architecture"
- January 28th 9:00-12:30: Scale User Group!
- January 29th 11:30am-12:30pm: BoF - Managing and sharing large scientific data sets
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