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 of IBM Storage Scale 5.2.1, which adds high-performance S3 object access to files and directories via Cluster Export Services for S3 (CES S3) and is designed for data-intensive workflows that need S3 object access to data stored in Storage Scale filesystems, such as AI, analytics, and watsonx workloads in the blog IBM Storage Scale Software Delivers Next-Generation High-Performance S3 Object Access.
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 on IBM Storage Ceph – 08/27/24 12 Noon ET
Boost your IBM Storage Ceph Knowledge: New Ceph 7.1 Features – August 27th, 2024
Join the Advanced Technology Group for a detailed update on the new IBM Storage Ceph 7.1 features that were released in July 2024. This session begins at an intermediate level about IBM Storage Ceph and proceeding into the latest 7.1 features. Specific details will be presented about new object storage capabilities in the RADOS Gateway (RGW). In addition, the session will present the block storage feature updates with NVMe over TCP including alignment with VMware workloads. The IBM Storage Ready Node with NVMe will be discussed, plus a demonstration of the updated Ceph Dashboard UI.
DS8000 G10 Customer Roadshows
28 August - São Paulo | Register here: http://briefingsource.edst.ibm.com/register/70EGHRNO
10 September - New York | Register here: http://briefingsource.edst.ibm.com/register/CVEOSYZF
IBM Storage Success Story Videos of the Week
Check out these videos showcasing IBM Storage success stories:
👉 German Insurance and Financial Services: Large German insurance and financial services organization updates storage environment to reduce costs with eight SAN Volume Controller SV3 (with EHA), two FlashSystem FS7300, one TS7770 and TS4500 tape systems along with expansion of an existing DS8K Storage.
👉 New York University Medical Research Center: Turns to IBM Lab Services Cyber Vault Architectural Workshop to develop and implement a strategy that protects against data corruption, meets regulatory requirements and expands support for growing provider network.
👉 German Automotive Research Center: Automotive research center accelerates the development and testing of algorithms for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) collects data on European and Chinese roads relies on 1 Petabyte of IBM Storage Scale-Out File & Object (ESS3500).
💬 Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
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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
26-29 August | Las Vegas, Nevada – VMware Explore
27 August | ATG Webcast - Boost your IBM Storage Ceph Knowledge: New Ceph 7.1 Features
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
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
📝 Blogs of the week
👉 @Akash Kushwah outlines how Storage Copy Data Management and IBM Storage FlashSystem effectively combat cyber-attacks and other unforeseen threats
in the blog Detect ransomware threats on VMware VMs with Storage Copy Data Management
👉 @Krishna Ramaswamy walks through how to configure mTLS on both the NVMe-oF server and client side in the blog Securing IBM Storage Ceph 7.1z1 Cluster of NVMe-oF Service with Mutual TLS (mTLS)
👉 @Chelsey Gosse outlines how organizations can benefit from IBM's new Policy-Based Multi-Site Replication and IBM FlashSystem in the blog IBM Expands Operational Resiliency Capabilities with Intelligent and Autonomous Multisite HA and Regional DR Support in IBM FlashSystem Portfolio
👉 @Madhu Punjabi features multi-protocol data access support with IBM Storage Scale in the blog Multi-protocol data access with IBM Storage Scale S3, NFS, SMB, POSIX and CSI
IBM Storage Champion Spotlight
IBM Champions are non-IBMers who love to advocate. The IBM Champions program, including the IBM Rising Champions Advocacy Badge program, exists because of outstanding IBM technology advocates - clients, business partners, consultants, and educators – most of whom are just great IT people like yourself. They inspire and motivate us all to share and exchange their and our stories, knowledge, and expertise with the world, all beyond the scope of just their jobs. They embody Community!
Become an IBM FlashSystem Champion - for more information see @Kyle Cline's fantastic blog in the Global Storage Forum: Be an Insider: Shape the Future and Grow Your Network as an IBM FlashSystem Champion
We are excited to announce the expansion of the IBM Champion program with the addition of new IBM Storage FlashSystem Champions. Get recognized for your skills and knowledge in a growing community of top experts and become an advocate for IBM FlashSystem.
What are IBM Champions?
IBM Champions are individuals who demonstrate practical expertise in IBM technologies while providing extraordinary support and advocacy in both digital and local communities. The IBM Champions program recognizes these innovative thought leaders in the technical community and offers numerous benefits, including:
- Invitations, discounts, and VIP perks at IBM conferences and events
- Gear with the IBM Champion logo
- Digital badge credentials
- Visibility, recognition, and networking opportunities
- Exclusive access to IBM product development teams
- Special recognition on their IBM TechXchange Community profile
- Access to exclusive online IBM communities
Advocates for IBM FlashSystem are offered additional benefits related to IBM FlashSystem including:
- Participation in periodic workshops to discuss roadmap and influence upcoming features
- Local in-person networking events
- Expertise built around FlashSystem and storage, developing career and technical eminence
- Influence over roadmap, enablement on new features and education on wider storage portfolio from workshop with technical teams
- Opportunity to join a FlashSystem specific LinkedIn group and Slack channel
- Discounts and VIP access to IBM conferences, such as TechXchange
- Invitation to join the IBM Storage Technical Client Council and the IBM Storage Board of Advisors
- IBM FlashSystem specific swag!
You too can become an IBM Champion! See more about the IBM Champions program here. See the IBM Champions Community home page here. Nominations start September 2024.
🚀 IBM Storage Corner
@Fraser MacIntosh, IBM Storage Customer Success Manager who has worked across the Storage portfolio at IBM for the best part of a decade shares the backstory on how he came to develop an Ceph Home Lab based on Raspberry Pi small single-board computers:
John: How long did it take to assemble your IBM Storage Ceph Home Lab?
Fraser: I suppose end-to-end the project has taken about four or five years, but that's to get it in the form it is at the moment. At the very start, it was a single Raspberry Pi running IBM's Node Red software to do home automation. Commonly available mass storage was used for network attached SMB from a Windows VM at this point. The initial Node Red on Raspbian Linux, transformed into a "learn containers" project on CentOS Linux, which opened up the option to run more nodes.
In terms of the nodes' configuration - the Raspberry Pi 4 has SSD to USB3 for Mass Storage and is passive cooled – there are no moving parts and it's silent in operation!
See the full conversation between Fraser MacIntosh and John Sing in the blog An Inside Look: My IBM Storage Ceph Home Lab!
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Kat Jarvis & John Sing
IBM TechXchange Community Team
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