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! Conveniently access the most recent IBM Storage Rocks 🚀Weekly News post here and all of the previous posts here.
📣 Announcements & Highlights
Thank you to two of our amazing IBM Storage Champions who wrote blogs about the Sept 10th Announcement of IBM Storage DS8000 10th Generation!
@John Wolfgang highlights the enhanced performance and innovation of the IBM Storage DS8000 10th Generation in the blog What's new in the next IBM DS8000?
@Laura Tuller shares the most exciting updates of DS8000 G10 in the blog IBM Announces DS8000 Enterprise Storage Gen 10
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:
👉 Regional Energy trader uses IBM FlashSystem and IBM DS8000 to solve performance requirements, along with SafeGuarded Copy immutable copies to assure robust Data Resiliency.
👉 The Future is Now IBM Storage Fusion: IBM customers deploy modernized container applications quickly, reliability and enterprise recoverability, using IBM Fusion.
👉 We Were Able to Recovery Quickly - IBM Storage with Data Resiliency: Shows the ransomware or attack scenario that we all must be able to protect against. IBM customers briefly discuss how they were protected and recovered using IBM Storage - components include (but not limited to) SafeGuarded Copy, Tape, DS8000, Storage Protect, and more.
💬 Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
👉 Displaying the FlashSystem volume name under Linux posted in Primary Storage
👉 IBM Storwize v5010 canister node not displaying in lscandidatenodes posted in Primary Storage
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
IBM watsonx.data and IBM Storage Scale:
👉 watsonx.data 2.0.2 release notes
👉 Accelerating AI and Analytics with IBM watsonx.data and IBM Storage Scale Blog
👉 IBM Redbook: Accelerating AI and Analytics with IBM watsonx.data and IBM Storage Scale
👉 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
18 September | Webinar: IBM Storage Defender: A safer tomorrow is just a backup away!
18 September | San Jose, California - Beyond the Buzz: An Infrastructure Future with GenAI and What Comes Next (hosted by IBM & Ars Technica)
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
1 October | New York, NY - IBM Storage Scale User Group
1 October | Webinar: Reducing total cost of ownership with IBM Fusion and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
📝 Blogs of the week
👉 @Tami Deedrick showcases IBM Technology Expert Labs' non-disruptive storage migration offering featuring Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF®) z/OS® in the blog Migrate your IBM Z storage to the latest IBM DS8000 technology with no disruption
👉 @Kalyani Kulkarni, @Harishkumar Bhokare, and @Mahendra Takwale outline one of the authentication models with zero trust approach, Multifactor authentication (MFA) and how it is used as an additional layer of authentication method to protect access for both local, including superuser, and remote users in the blog Tighten access to your storage infrastructure with IBM Storage FlashSystem Multi Factor Auth and IBM Security Verify
👉 @Randhir Singh walks through creating a Kubernetes cluster in a production-like set-up for local development and testing including creating a K8s cluster with Minikube on Mac and creating a K8s cluster with Kubeadm on Ubuntu in the blog Setting up a local Kubernetes environment
👉 @Rogelio Rivera Gutierrez describes the performance evaluation executed on a bare-metal CES S3 environment, including high-level configuration details, performance tunings applied, and results in the blog IBM Storage Scale CES S3 evaluation of large and small objects using COSBench
IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
Check out the new IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 video!
This is not about the technology. It's about you. Join us for IBM TechXchange Conference 2024, the ultimate learning event, October 21-24, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. This is an immersive learning experience designed to fuel your AI journey. We'll equip you with the practical skills to apply gen AI to your role and unlock the full potential of the IBM technology you rely on. See all of the IBM Storage sessions offered and most importantly - Save, Share with your colleagues, and use the special Storage 30% discount rate! See last year's TXC 2023 here.
🚀 IBM Storage Corner
IBM Storage Strategy Days 2024 was held this week in Darmstadt, Germany showcasing IBM Storage leading IT into the future with the announcement of the new IBM Storage DS8000 10th Generation! Learn more in the announcement on the IBM Newsroom and watch the IBM Storage DS8000 Gen 10 introduced live to the public for the first time in this video and see the full launch event here. It's quite spectacular!