We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks 🚀 highlighting all of the great content, events, and announcements in IBM Storage. Enjoy our curated content to stay informed and in the loop!

📣 Announcements & Highlights

@Mike Kieran shares the announcement that IBM Scale System 6000 is now an approved storage solution for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD in the blog IBM Storage Scale System 6000 Receives NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Approval.

Are you engaged with or considering IBM FlashSystem technology for your organization? Join the IBM Advanced Technology Storage Group for an immersive technical workshop on September 18-19, 2024, in Paramus, NJ, to explore the cutting-edge capabilities of the IBM FlashSystem. If you are interested in more details or attending this in-person workshop, please reach out to your IBM Representative, Business Partner, or the IBM Advanced Technology (ATG) Storage Group. @Roy Peek shares more details in the blog Discover the Power of IBM FlashSystem: Deep Dive into Advanced Functions Client Workshop.

Explore the latest videos added to the IBM Advanced Technology Group - Storage Channel! These videos are 12 minutes or less and feature demos and presentations on storage topics. The level up videos collection are focused on IBM Cloud Object Storage and IBM Storage Ceph. @BethAnn Stugis shares more details in the blog Level Up in Just 12 Minutes: Essential ATG Storage Videos.

Accelerate with ATG: Ongoing Innovation - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1 Technical Update – 10/10/24 at 1:00 PM ET
Ongoing Innovation - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1 Technical Update – October 10th, 2024
Join the Advanced Technology Group to learn about IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1's Policy-based HA 3-site configuration from expert Byron Grossnickle. This feature offers flexibility and ease of use compared to traditional configuration methods, enabling the extension of existing policy-based replication environments with HA and adding DR to current Policy-based HA setups. Don't miss out and register now!

IBM Storage Success Story Videos of the Week

Check out these videos showcasing IBM Storage success stories:

👉 Customer success video using IBM Storage Ceph: A golf association create easy-to-consume and immersive fan experience using Red Hat® OpenShift® to create an open Hybrid Cloud.
👉 The Future is Now with IBM Storage Fusion: uptownBasel Infinity Corp selected IBM Storage Fusion as the perfect hybrid solution for data management between quantum and classical computing systems.
👉 watsonx.data & IBM Storage Fusion: IBM architect Ben Randall highlights how IBM Storage Fusion appliance form factor accelerates deploying Gen AI watsonx.

💬 Trending discussions

Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise: 

👉 3-Site Replication posted in Primary Storage
👉 FlashSystem 7300 PB-HA performance issue posted in Primary Storage
👉 CSM keeps generating duplicated scheduled tasks (SVC safeguarded Copies) posted in the Global Storage Forum

Access self-service IBM Storage demos!

👉 See a live, read-only demo of IBM Storage Insights – monitor, view live instance! See more about Storage Insights here. See tutorials about Storage Insights here.
👉 See a FlashSystem Product Tour here. Explore management, copy services, cyber resiliency, performance, much more!
👉 New updates have been added to the IBM Fusion online demo, check it out here!

New or Updated IBM Storage Redbooks

👉 Unleash the Power of Flash: Getting Started with IBM Storage Virtualize Version 8.7 on IBM Storage FlashSystem and IBM SAN Volume Controller
👉 Ensuring Business Continuity: A Practical Guide to Policy-Based Replication and Policy-Based HA for IBM Storage Virtualize Systems
👉 Data Resiliency Designs: A Deep Dive into IBM Storage Safeguarded Snapshots
👉 Do More with Less: Automating IBM Storage FlashSystem Tasks with REST APIs, Scripting, and Ansible
👉 The Definitive Guide to IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 Port Configuration
👉 IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500 Product Guide: Updated for IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7  (new edition)
👉 IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 Product Guide: Updated for IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7  (new edition)
👉 Accelerating IBM watsonx.data with IBM Fusion HCI
👉 IBM Storage Scale System Introduction Guide (ESS)
👉 IBM Storage Ceph Concepts and Architecture Guide
👉 IBM FlashCore Module (FCM) Product Guide: FCM4 with AI-ransomware detection
👉 IBM Diamondback Tape Library Guide
👉 Unlocking Data Insights and AI: IBM Storage Ceph as a Data Lakehouse Platform for IBM watsonx.data and Beyond

@Gucer Vasfi showcases seven new Redbooks about IBM Storage FlashSystem and IBM Storage Virtualize in his blog in the Global Storage Forum. 

See all the latest IBM Redbooks here!

📆 Events

10-11 September | Darmstadt, Germany - IBM Storage Strategy Days 2024

10 September | Webinar: Experience the quickest way to protect sensitive data and ensure business continuity

10 September | Washington D.C. - IBM Storage Virtualize User Group

10 September | New York, NY - Introducing IBM Storage DS8000 G10

12 September | Houston, Texas - IBM TechXchange: Storage Virtualize Houston User Forum Event

18 September | Webinar: IBM Storage Defender: A safer tomorrow is just a backup away!

18 - 19 September | Paramus, NJ - IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive and Advanced Functions Workshop

24 September | Vienna, Austria - EMEA Fusion Exploration Day [For NEW Clients]

25 - 26 September | Vienna, Austria - EMEA Fusion User Group [For EXISTING Clients]

25 September | San Francisco, California - IBM TechXchange: AI Academy

📝 Blogs of the week

👉 @Jaideep Singh Chauhan walks through the steps involved during a Spectrum Control Server migration in a Linux Environment in the blog Migration of IBM Spectrum Control in a Single Server Linux Environment

👉 @Daniel Alexander Parkes outlines how to configure Multi-Factor Authentication and Single Sign-on on the IBM Storage Ceph Dashboard using the new IBM Security Verify Connector in the blog IBM Storage Ceph Dashboard MFA with IBM Security Verify

👉 @Chebrolu Harika provides step-by-step instructions to set up a Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) cluster, ensuring a seamless deployment and configuration process in the blog Setting Up a Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE) Cluster - Part 1

👉 @Madhu Punjabi highlights the features supported for CES S3 with IBM Storage Scale 5.2.1 GA and performance benchmark results with IBM Storage Scale 5.2.1 in the blog Great News ! IBM Storage Scale S3 is now Generally Available

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🚀 IBM Storage Corner 

@SANDEEP PATIL, IBM Distinguished Engineer (Storage), CTO - ISDL Storage shares IBM Ceph ready nodes at VMware Explore held this week at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center 26-29 August in Las Vegas, Nevada! VMWare Explore is the industry's essential cloud event that provides attendees with access to technical content and product expertise with a focus on helping attendees to modernize their infrastructure, accelerate app development, and protect their systems.

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Kat Jarvis & John Sing
IBM TechXchange Community Team
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