As mainframe organizations’ storage demands grow, many are looking for high-performing, cost-saving and resilient storage solutions. One strong option is migrating to the latest IBM® DS8000® storage solution. IBM Technology Expert Labs has a non-disruptive storage migration offering featuring Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF®) z/OS® and supporting all heterogeneous environments.
TDMF for z/OS helps execute a non-disruptive migration from non-IBM or IBM storage environments to the latest IBM DS8000 mainframe storage environment while maintaining your disaster recovery environment. IBM Expert Labs experienced storage consultants use TDMF z/OS and other proven migration tools to migrate data quickly and easily, while maintaining data integrity and performance of critical mainframe applications. TDMF z/OS has a dynamic swap capability between the old source to the new target IBM DS8000 storage with a switch back facility designed to protect performance and availability of the applications during the migration. A discounted TDMF-Service-use-only-License (SUOL) can be bundled with the service.
Consider these use cases:
- For clients looking to modernize or refresh their hardware, DS8000 offers to alleviate concerns of unsupported storage or storage that companies may no longer be investing in. Clients also gain ultra-low latency and faster application response times, and new FICON for faster networking and connection.
- For clients looking to consolidate their mainframe storage environments, DS8000 offers hybrid cloud integration for additional storage tiers for archiving, data protection and disaster recovery, without requiring additional servers or gateways.
- For clients looking to meet regulations of the US Federal Government, the EU’s DORA legislation or other regulations, DS8K offers three- and four-site replication, 99.99999 (“seven nines”) availability, 100% data encryption, cyber resilience and rapid recovery.
A lack of skills or people shouldn’t deter organizations from making the move. Technology Expert Labs has successfully executed data migrations hundreds of times, bringing proven IBM best practices and deep expertise. We can help clients minimize the risks, costs and potential for application outages. Contact us today at Systems-Expert-Labs@ibm.com to learn more.