We're back with our series IBM Storage Rocks ๐ 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 ๐Weekly News post here and all of the previous posts here.
๐ฃ Announcements & Highlights
@Jason Paquette showcases how IBM Fusion, coupled with Red Hat OpenShift, provides a compelling solution for organizations looking to reduce their TCO while modernizing their infrastructure in the blog Reducing Total Cost of Ownership with IBM Fusion: A Path to Modernization
Accelerate with ATG: Ongoing Innovation - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1 Technical Update โ 10/10/24 at 1:00 PM ET
Ongoing Innovation - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1 Technical Update โ 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!
Accelerate with ATG: Announcing the 10th Generation IBM DS8000 Enterprise Storage System โ 10/17/24 at 12:00 PM ET
Announcing the 10th Generation IBM DS8000 Enterprise Storage System โ October 17th, 2024
Join the IBM Advanced Technology Group's DS8000 Subject Matter Expert team to learn about the 10th generation DS8000 Enterprise Storage System. i.e., the "G10". This webinar will be an overview of the G10 product family and its features and functions. The G10 platform is designed to be always available, always performing, always innovating, and always ready. The DS8000 product family is the most advanced disk system on the market an offers the best-in-class solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and cyber resiliency. Don't miss out and register now!
IBM Storage Success Story Videos of the Week
Check out these videos showcasing IBM Storage success stories:
๐ IBM CyberVault - large California produce producer realizes that their IT environment is exposed to ransomware and other cyber resiliency issues turns to IBM Lab Services to assist in resolving their challenges. Cyber Vault workshop assessment is used to identify issues and optimal solutions. IBM Safeguarded Copy and IBM FlashSystem 7300 are employed to provide immutable backups and data isolation.
๐ IBM FlashSystems, IBM Cyber Vault, Chilli IT's FlashCopy and Chilli IT's CopyAssure - automate saving backup snapshots of critical operational data in a retail environment for the preservation and restoration data in the event of Ransomware, Malware or Cyber Attacks. If you are a retailer adopting "zero trust policy", IBM and Chilli IT UK can help you protect and recover your data in this complex world of evolving attack strategies.
๐ Massive amounts of data to store, manage, and *Archive* - even with all of today's online access, IBM Tape continues to play essential role in making affordable to store and archive Massive Amounts of Data
๐ฌ Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
๐ DS8300 Unable to connect to DS Storrage Manager: CMUN80000E Error: The DS Network server is unavailable posted in Mainframe Storage
๐ Moving Vdisks (with a FlashCopy mapping) to another IO-Group posted in Primary Storage
Access self-service IBM Storage demos!
๐ See a live, read-only demo of IBM Storage Insights โ monitor, view live instance! See more about Storage Insights here. See tutorials about Storage Insights here.
๐ See a FlashSystem Product Tour here. Explore management, copy services, cyber resiliency, performance, much more!
๐ 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:
๐ watsonx.data 2.0.2 release notes
๐ Accelerating AI and Analytics with IBM watsonx.data and IBM Storage Scale Blog
๐ IBM Redbook: Accelerating AI and Analytics with IBM watsonx.data and IBM Storage Scale
๐ Unleash the Power of Flash: Getting Started with IBM Storage Virtualize Version 8.7 on IBM Storage FlashSystem and IBM SAN Volume Controller
๐ Ensuring Business Continuity: A Practical Guide to Policy-Based Replication and Policy-Based HA for IBM Storage Virtualize Systems
๐ Data Resiliency Designs: A Deep Dive into IBM Storage Safeguarded Snapshots
๐ Do More with Less: Automating IBM Storage FlashSystem Tasks with REST APIs, Scripting, and Ansible
๐ The Definitive Guide to IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 Port Configuration
๐ IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500 Product Guide: Updated for IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7 (new edition)
๐ IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 Product Guide: Updated for IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7 (new edition)
๐ Accelerating IBM watsonx.data with IBM Fusion HCI
๐ IBM Storage Scale System Introduction Guide (ESS)
๐ IBM Storage Ceph Concepts and Architecture Guide
๐ IBM FlashCore Module (FCM) Product Guide: FCM4 with AI-ransomware detection
๐ IBM Diamondback Tape Library Guide
๐ 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!
๐ Events
7-9 October | Washington D.C. - NVIDIA AI Summit
10 October | Webinar: Navigating the regulatory landscape and the impact on data protection and storage
10 October | ATG Webcast - Ongoing Innovation - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.1 Technical Update
16 October | Red Hatยฎ Summit: Connect in Huntington Beach, California
17 October | ATG Webcast - Announcing the 10th Generation IBM DS8000 Enterprise Storage System
21 - 24 October | Las Vegas, NV - IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
23 October | Red Hatยฎ Summit: Connect in San Jose, California
30 October | Webinar: Modernizing data lakes with IBM Storage Ceph
14 November | San Francisco, California - IBM TechXchange: AI Academy
17 - 22 November | Atlanta, Georgia - SuperComputing 2024
๐ Blogs of the week
๐ @Meghan Grable shares how IBM Storage Defender provides a comprehensive solution to help financial institutions meet regulatory requirements while ensuring data resilience in the blog Overcoming Data Compliance Challenges in the Financial Sector
๐ @Daniel Alexander Parkes and @Kyle Bader outline how IBM Storage Ceph integrates with Splunk SmartStore to optimize data storage for large-scale deployments in the blog Leveraging IBM Storage Ceph for Scalable, Secure, and Efficient Splunk SmartStore
IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
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See all of the IBM Storage sessions offered and most importantly - bookmark the link and share with your colleagues!
@Guillaume Legmar shares how the IBM Storage team will deliver a whole host of sessions on IBM Storage FlashSystem, Storage Virtualize and Storage Insights at the upcoming IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 in the blog Storage Virtualize and FlashSystem in Focus at TechXchange 2024
@Christopher Maestas shares how there will be a Storage Scale User Group meeting on Monday Oct 21 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT, with special guests, Storage Scale speakers, and expanded information on the Storage Scale sessions at the upcoming IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 in the blog Storage Scale User Group at IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
@MADHAV PONAMGI highlights IBM Storage sessions related to IBM watsonx at IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 in the blog Storage for watsonx at IBM TechXchange Conference 2024
@Joshua Blumert shares his session Application Resiliency for the Hybrid Cloud (Session ID: 2666) on Thursday, Oct 24, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT at IBM TechXchange Conference 2024 in the blog IBM Fusion Application Resiliency at IBM TechXchange Conference 2024!
๐ IBM Storage Corner
@Sanjay Patel shares a recap of the IBM Storage Scale Day that took place this week on October 1, 2024 at the new IBM office at One Madison Avenue sponsored by Data In Science Technologies. Shailesh Shenoy, CIO Albert Einstein College of Medicine shared insights on Data Resiliency for AI and Hybrid Cloud highlighting the significance of high-performance computing and AI in ensuring data continuity.
A keynote from Ted Hoover Wayne Sawdon featured IBM Storage solution with NVIDIA - Optimizing NVIDIA DGX and NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD environments for training and inferencing with IBM Storage Scale System 6000.
Matt Klos shared valuable insights on AI journey across hundreds of customers. Key takeaways included:
- Multi-Protocol Data Access: Supporting simultaneous access and GPU Direct, enabling global collaboration regardless of location or format.
- Storage Acceleration: Automatic caching of storage systems to speed up data queries and enhance economics.
- Storage Abstraction: Providing a consistent experience with a single global namespace to boost efficiency and security.
- Storage Assurance: Ensuring data security, governance, and integrity for seamless business continuity.
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Kat Jarvis & John Sing
IBM TechXchange Community Team
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