We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks π highlighting all of the great content, events, and announcements in IBM Storage. Enjoy our curated content to stay informed and in the loop!
π£ Announcements & Highlights
@Harshit Jain, system software developer in IBM Flash system team at IBM Systems Labs explains the deployment configuration of HyperSwap in the blog Identify a suitable deployment configuration for IBM HyperSwap in Ethernet data centers with co-authors @Shrirang Bhagwat, @Abhishek Jaiswal, and @Veerendra Risbud
π¬ Trending discussions
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π ICOS unable to get object lock status posted in File and Object Storage
π Remote Copy Disk failed with code CMMVC6024E the auxiliary volume entered is invalid posted in the Global Storage Forum
π Events
12 - 16 May | Hamburg, Germany β ISC High Performance 2024 + Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2024 (13 May)
14 May | New York City β STAC (Strategic Technology Analysis Center) Summit NYC 2024 [featuring @Matthew Klos, Senior Solutions Architect, IBM]
14 May | Webinar: Backup is not enough β it's time to move to Data Resilience
23 May | BΓΆblingen, Germany β IBM Storage Virtualize User Group (FlashSystem and SVC customers and partners- if interested in attending, please email Markus.Standau@de.ibm.com)
29 May | Webinar: Mainline & IBM: Delivering cyber resilience for all
29 May | Webinar: Accelerating Fusion HCI with Intel CPU's
29-30 May | Kista, Sweden β IBM Storage User Group Sweden
π Blogs of the week
π @Lindsay Todd shares a recap of the successful Midwest Scale User Group held last week at the Big Ten Conference Center in Rosemont, IL [See the full story featured below in the "IBM Storage Corner"]
π @Jason Paquette shares how IBM Fusion has unveiled its latest release, Fusion 2.8, bringing a wave of innovation and enhancements to the world of OpenShift applications and AI capabilities in the blog IBM Fusion β the easiest way to deploy OpenShift applications and watsonx β adds more powerful AI and advanced Virtual Machine support
π @Rogelio Rivera Gutierrez highlights how IBM Storage Protect ver.8.1.18 introduces support of WORM Object storage using S3 object lock in the blog IBM Storage Scale CES S3 (Tech preview) Performance evaluation of large and small objects using COSBench
π @Audrey O'Donnell outlines the high-level benefits of the IBM Storage Assurance Perpetual offering in the blog IBM Storage Assurance Perpetual Contract Details and Country Availability
π @Harichandana Kotha shares how Active File Management (AFM) within IBM Storage Fusion HCI platform is experiencing a significant evolution in the blog Outdated Hardware: Evolution of Active File Management in IBM Storage Fusion HCI
π @Sandeep Prajapati highlights a special feature of exec hook in the blog Fusion Recipe Tips - How to undo an operation in case of a failure in the Recipe workflow [See the full series of "Fusion Recipe Tips" in IBM Storage Fusion]
π @Ramakrishna Vadla describes the Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) standard and how they have been used in IBM Storage Insights in the blog IBM Storage Insights Uses Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) Standard for Auditing
π IBM Storage Corner
@Lindsay Todd and @Kira Schoof held the first-ever Midwest Scale User Group at the Big Ten Conference Center in Rosemont, IL featuring Topic Sessions on Tuesday, April 30 and a Mini-Workshop on Thursday, May 2. Presentations highlighted the new features and directions for IBM Storage Scale, the IBM Scale System, and deep dives into selected product features such as Active File Management (AFM). Customers from research universities, financial institutions, and national labs had an opportunity to connect, network, and attend sessions featuring presentations by IBM, customers, and Business Partner Sycomp.
Thank you to all of the speakers, end users, and specialists who attended on the day and a huge thank you to @Kira Schoof who was the driving force in organizing and making the event happen. Check out the great recap in the Global Storage Forum!
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Kat Jarvis
Senior Consultant, IBM TechXchange Community
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