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!
๐ฃ Announcements & Highlights
@Shawn Brume illustrates how IBM Storage Deep Archive is the solution to reduce the cost of information technology along with the benefit of reduced complexity for storing data in the hybrid infrastructure in the blog The S3 Glacier Storage Classes Bring the Benefits of Tape into the Mainstream
DS8000 G10 Customer Roadshows
21 August - Dallas | Register here: http://briefingsource.edst.ibm.com/register/8EOSZJGU
28 August - Sรฃo 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 Fusion Announcements
IBM Storage Fusion HCI 2.8.1 and IBM Storage Fusion 2.8.1 was released on 29 July:
- Red Hatยฎ OpenShiftยฎ Container Platform 4.16
- Fusion Data Foundation 4.16
- Encryption for Data Foundation provider mode
- Remote mount Global Data Platform file systems with a multi-rack deployment
- Online backup for Maximo Suite using recipes
- Critical Fixes
What's New:
Check out @ANSHU Garg's blog on Addressing App Modernisation Challenges with IBM Fusion HCI: A Reliable, Highly Available, and Resilient OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Storage Success Story Videos of the Week
Check out these videos showcasing IBM Storage success stories:
๐ IBM Storage Strategy Days 2024 Sept 10-11 in Darmstadt, Germany: IBM Storage Strategy Days 2024 on September 10 and 11 in Darmstadt is our main event in Germany, Austria, Switzerland for Storage Strategy areas of data management, storage systems, cyber resilience and AI. There will be an IBM Storage Announcement at the event! Register to attend IBM Storage Strategy Days at Darmstadtium in Germany 10.-11. September 2024: https://www.ibm.com/de-de/events/storage-strategy-days
๐ Francis Crick Institute: World renowned UK life sciences research center deploys two IBM FlashSystem 5300s to back up massive data generated from research studies stored on IBM Scale Storage System 3500 to IBM TS4500 & TS1160 tape library systems. IBM can help you preserve critical data in complex environments ensuring your data is protected and accessible when you need it!
๐ US Healthcare Insurance Provider: Large US based healthcare Insurance provider embraces IBM Cyber Vault leveraging the IBM DS8950 with IBM Protect software to store and protect critical data against ransomware attacks and other security breaches with immutable copies allowing for fast recovery and prevention against lost and / or corrupt data.
๐ฌ Trending discussions
Check out these discussions in IBM Storage and share your expertise:
๐ IBM V7000 Gen 1 issue posted in Primary Storage
๐ 5015 4680-2P4 VS IBMi posted in the Global Storage Forum
๐ TS3200 connect AIX issue posted in Tape 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 See the new self-service IBM Fusion online demo here!
New or Updated IBM Storage Redbooks
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
13 August | Webinar: IBM Storage Defender and Storage Sentinel: Protection for your VMware workloads
26-29 August | Las Vegas, Nevada โ 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 | 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!
๐ Blogs of the week
๐ @Mike Burkhart shares the exciting announcement that IBM Storage Ceph 7.1 is VMware Certified (both the NVMeoF Gateway and VMware vSphere Plugin have cleared the hurdles and joined the VMware Compatibility List) in the blog IBM Storage Ceph 7.1 is VMware Certified!
๐ @Abhishek Mehta, @Anushka Gupta, @Nilesh Khankari, and @Shubham Srivastava share the highlights and major updates of IBM Storage Virtualize Plugin for vSphere 1.3.0 in the blog Introducing IBM Storage Virtualize Plugin for vSphere 1.3.0
๐ @Mihaela Nedelescu shares an opportunity to submit a review of IBM Storage FlashSystem and as a thank you TrustRadius will send you a $25 gift card in the blog Review IBM FlashSystem. Get a $25 Gift Card!
IBM Storage Champion Spotlight
Check out Season 2 of โญMeet the Championsโญ featuring @Salomรฉ Valero, @Fredric Travaglia, @Gregor Frimodt-Mรธller, @Youssef LARGOU, @Diego D'Addeo, and @Heidi Schmidt!
๐ IBM Storage Corner
The IBM Saudi Arabia Storage Technical Sales team held an IBM/SBM Event in AlJubail City Eastern Region showcasing IBM Storage solutions for Hybrid cloud based on IBM Fusion HCI system to build modern Hybrid cloud solutions on Red Hat OpenShift. For more details see @Amr Elbakry's LinkedIn post.
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Kat Jarvis & John Sing
IBM TechXchange Community Team
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