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! Conveniently access the most recent IBM Storage Rocks πWeekly News post here and all of the previous posts here.
π£ Announcements & Highlights
@Elvia RamΓrez and @Mike Kieran highlight the new capabilities in Storage Ceph 8.0 in the blog Cloud Repatriation Done Right β Announcing IBM Storage Ceph 8.0
See @Marcel Hergaarden's blog for a technical deep dive into the new features and enhancements of IBM Storage Ceph, version 8.0. in the blog IBM releases IBM Storage Ceph 8.0
Remove Referencehighlights the new features, functions and enhancements, made available with the new major release of IBM Storage Ceph, version 8.0. in the blog IBM releases IBM Storage Ceph 8.0
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π Accelerate with ATG: IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded β A review and feature update β 12/12/24 at 12:00 PM ET
IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded β A review and feature update - December 12th, 2024
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π ATG Workshops:
Advanced Technology Group Storage Team provides technical sales support to IBM Storage Sellers and Business Partners exclusively in the Americas. The ATG Storage Team offers workshops for IBMers, Business Partners and with clients looking to invest in new IBM Storage solutions. If you are interested in attending one of the following workshops, please reach out to your IBM Representative or Business Partner to find out how you can register.
IBM FlashSystem Deep Dive & Advanced Functions: December 3-4 - Herndon, VA
This workshop is intended for Americas clients with an immediate requirement to upgrade from disk, first generation SSD and Flash storage systems, to the high-performance feature rich IBM FlashSystem line. This workshop covers FlashSystem 5200, 7300, and 9500 products.
π£ IBM Storage Updates of the week
IBM Storage Ceph
π Storage Ceph 8.0
Official release date was November 21, 2024
- Release highlights
- Fully supported unified Storage Ceph release: File, Block and Object.
- Enhanced Block storage functionalities for VMware vSphere.
- NFS v4.2 support for CephFS, file access for non-native Ceph clients.
- SMB v2 and v3 Windows filesharing for CephFS (Tech Preview)
- Ceph Object storage, RADOS Gateway (RGW) multiple updates.
- New IBM Storage Ceph Dashboard UI functionalities.
IBM Storage Ceph 8.0 release assets
All other resources can be found at the Storage Ceph Seismic Sales kit page.
IBM Tape
π @Shawn Brume, Tape Evangelist and Strategist at IBM, created an amazing podcast series on IBM Tape. Check it out below!
Introducing TS7780: Learn all about IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape for Mainframe
π¬ Trending discussions
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πTS4300 posted in Tape Storage
π Events
5 December | Webinar: Revolutionize your infrastructure: IBM Fusion 2.9 for cost reduction and value acceleration
10 December | Webinar: Unleash AI agility with IBM Fusion and watsonx
12 December | ATG Webcast - IBM Storage Ceph Reloaded β A review and feature update
19 December | Webinar: Object Storage for Modern Applications with IBM Storage Ceph
π Blogs of the week
π @Daniel Alexander Parkes covers transitioning cold data to a more cost-effective storage class using tiering and lifecycle policies and archiving it to IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) in the blog IBM Storage Ceph Object Storage Tiering Enhancements. Part One
π @Elvia RamΓrez and @Venkat Kolli share details on the upcoming webinar Object Storage for Modern Applications with IBM Storage Ceph on December 19th, 2024 11:00 AM EST in the blog Object Storage for Modern Applications with IBM Storage Ceph
π @Krishna Ramaswamy shares walks through how to optimize Ceph cluster deployment for Veeam and Kasten backups in OCP applications in the blog Ceph Cluster Deployment Strategies for Veeam and Kasten OCP Backup Solutions and outlines the specifics of how encryption attributes like KMSMasterKeyID will stay the same without overriding encryption settings in the blog Understanding SSE Behaviour During S3 Object Copy Within the Same Bucket
π IBM Storage Corner
Check out the remarkable IBM Storage events that happened this past week across the globeπ: IBM Storage EMEA BP StudyTour in Lisbon, 2024 IBM Cyber College in Melbourne, and the IBM Cyber Academy at the IBM Innovation Center in Dallas!
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