- IBM Storwize V5030F and V7000F all-flash high-density expansion enclosure
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The 5U-high, 92-drive expansion enclosure introduced for the IBM Storwize V5000 and V7000 is now available for the all-flash models V5030F and V7000F. High-density expansion enclosure Model A9F requires IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.8, or later, for operation.
The enclosure allows any mix of "Tier 0" write-endurance SSD at 1.6TB and 3.2TB capacities, and "Tier 1" read-intensive SSD at 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB and 15.36TB capacities.
Storwize V5030F control enclosure models support attachment of up to 40U of expansion enclosures, which equates to eight high-density expansion enclosures, up to 760 drives per control enclosure, and up to 1,056 per clustered system.
Storwize V7000F control enclosure models support attachment of up to eight high-density expansion enclosures, up to 760 drives per control enclosure, and up to 3,040 drives per clustered system.
To learn more, see [IBM Storwize V5030F and V7000F all-flash high-density expansion enclosure] press release.
- Spectrum Virtualize 7.8.1 Announcement
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IBM has adopted "Agile" process for all of its IBM Spectrum Storage software. Spectrum Virtualize is offered in a variety of forms. IBM offers the FlashSystem V9000, SAN Volume Controller, Storwize family, and Spectrum Virtualize as software that runs on Lenovo and SuperMicro servers. This means quarterly delivery of new features and functions!
Lots of small enhancements were added in this release:
- Apply Quality-of-Service (QoS) to a Host Cluster in terms of IOPS and or MB/s throughput.
- SAN Congestion reporting, via buffer credit starvation reporting in Spectrum Control and via the XML statistics reporting, for the 16Gbps FCP Host Bus Adapter (HBA).
- Resizing for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror remote copy services of thin provisioned volumes.
- Consistency Protection for Metro Mirror and Global Mirror. You can now define "Change Volumes" to be used in the event of problems with MM or GM, it will switch over to GMCV mode.
- Increased FlashCopy Background Copy Rates
- Proactive Host Failover during temporary and permanent node removals from cluster
To learn more, read fellow IBM blogger Barry Whyte's summary in his [Spectrum Virtualize 7.8.1 Announcement] blog post.
- IBM Aspera Files Elite edition
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IBM Aspera® Files cloud service helps to enable fast, easy, and secure exchange of files and folders of any size between users, even across separate organizations. Aspera Files is currently available in three all-inclusive editions of Personal, Business, and Enterprise. Clients can subscribe either to a committed amount of data transferred on a monthly or annual basis or as a pay-per-use option.
- Personal edition now includes 20 authorized users and a single workspace.
- Business edition now includes 100 authorized users, 100 workspaces, support for IBM Aspera Drive, support for IBM Mobile applications, and support for Single-Sign-On.
- Enterprise edition now includes 500 authorized users, no limit on number of workspaces, support for IBM Aspera Drive, support for IBM Mobile applications, and support for Single-Sign-On.
IBM is now introducing a new "Elite edition" includes 2500 authorized users, no limit on number of workspaces, support for IBM Aspera Drive, support for IBM Mobile applications, support for Single-Sign-On, and access to IBM Aspera Developer Network and nonproduction organization.
With the addition of the new Elite edition, clients have the flexibility to subscribe to additional functionality in Aspera Files that helps provide higher value and greater differentiation. The Elite edition is available as a subscription and on a pay-per-use basis.
In addition to the existing charge metric of data transferred, a user subscription metric is now included for all four editions. Each edition comes with an included number of authorized users in addition to other key features and capabilities.
To learn more, see [ IBM Aspera Files expands Cloud Service offering with new Elite edition] press release.
Whether you buy storage solutions as software, as pre-built systems, or as cloud service, IBM has something for you!