Originally posted by: TonyPearson

Well it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means? IBM announcements!

Today, IBM announced a few things related to storage.

IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management

This new member of the IBM Spectrum Storage family helps manage all of those snapshot and FlashCopy images made to support DevOps, data protection, disaster recovery, and Hybrid Cloud computing environments.

The software automates the creation and catalog the copy data on existing storage infrastructure, such as snapshots, vaults, clones, and replicas. This can be especially useful with Oracle, Microsoft SQL server, and other databases that are often copied to support application development, testing, and data protection.

Initially, the following storage devices are supported:

• IBM storage systems running IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ Software V7.3, and later, including IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize®, and IBM FlashSystem® V9000
   
• Storage systems running IBM Spectrum Accelerate™ 11.5.3, and later, including IBM FlashSystem A9000, A9000R, and IBM XIV® and the Supermicro Hyperconverged Appliance
   
• NetApp and EMC VNX storage systems

For more information, read the [IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management Announcement Letter].

IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (SKLM) V2.7

IBM SKLM is IBM's lead offering for creating and managing encryption keys used by various Flash, Disk, Tape and SAN products.

This software release enhances the separation of duties for better alignment with regulatory requirements, simplifying the administrative access, LDAP integration, and device certificate TrustStore management. Device-group key import and export improves the flexibility in key management across multiple organizations.

For those using Hardware Security Modules [HSM], this software now offers HSM-based backup and restore of the encryption key database.

IBM is also enhancing its support of the Key Management Interoperability Protocol [KMIP], an industry standard to support encryption keys and the products that use them. This release now supports integration with any KMIP-compliant device from any vendor, including the introduction of KMIP Opaque and Suite B profiles.

For more information, read the [IBM IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager V2.7 Announcement Letter].

IBM Storage Networking MDS 9000 24/10-port SAN Extension Module

The new MDS 9000 24/10-port SAN Extension Module is supported on MDS 9700 Series Multilayer SAN Fabric Directors. It supports 24 Fibre Channel Ports (auto-negotiating 2/4/8/10/16 Gbps), eight (1/10) GbE Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) for long-distance replication, and two 40 GbE FCIP ports.

The modules support virtual SAN (VSAN), Hardware-based encryption to help secure sensitive traffic with Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), and hardware-based compression to dramatically enhance performance for both high-speed and low-speed links. This can help reduce costs for long-distance replication over expensive WAN infrastructure.

For more information, read the [IBM Storage Networking MDS 9000 24/10-port SAN Extension Module Announcement Letter].

Exciting stuff!

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