Barry Whyte and Andrew Martin : IBM Storage
Combining "An exchange and discussion of Storage Virtualization" & "Musings of the SVC, Storwize and FlashSystem Support Architect"
Supported Clustering Hardware Configurations Please note, this is aimed to provide guidance and is correct at the time of publishing. Update - 21st July 2021 - as a result of this post, my friends in support thought this a worthy topic and have created an official support document that will be kept up to date.... Continue Reading →
As a lot of you know, IBM helps to run a set of world-wide user groups across many of its products. Pre-COVID I had the pleasure of meeting many of our Virtualize family world-wide, and over the last 18 months we've continued these events, all be it in a virtual form. The Nordic User Group,... Continue Reading →
We often get asked what is the recommended code level that a client should use. While this isn't as difficult a question as anything performance related, I'm afraid the answer still often starts with "it depends" ! V.R.M.F - Version Release Maintenance Fix First off its worth ensuring you understand the code numbering. Everything Spectrum... Continue Reading →
IBM's most compact, high capacity & performant entry FlashSystem to date. February 9th 2021 IBM introduced the latest member of the Spectrum Virtualize based FlashSystem family, somewhat unique in the mainstream storage industry coming in at just 1U high, but with power, performance, capacity and functionality that makes this a huge box in a tiny... Continue Reading →
I hope everyone is staying safe and well in these unusual times (COVID-19 year 2 if reading this in the future!). As some of you may know, one of my hobbies is writing EDM style music, having built up a synth and drum machine collection over many years. During the lockdowns and force travel restrictions... Continue Reading →
Join us on the 9th February for a special announcement webinar where we bring you details of a brand new member of the Spectrum Virtualize and FlashSystem family... It’s time to revolutionize the entry-enterprise storage space. You are challenged to deliver more with less budget. You need to optimize your IT infrastructure to drive growth... Continue Reading →
First off, I wrote about this seven years ago... but it seems the usual suspects and some newcomers are back on the FUD spreading band-wagon trying to say that ALUA must mean active/passive ... it doesn't! Secondly lets get the main fact on the table straight away : Spectrum Virtualize, hence SVC, Storwize and FlashSystem... Continue Reading →
This question has come up a few times in recent conversations, and was asked at the recent German virtual Storage Strategy Days event. Evelyn Perez covered this in the Q&A session, but I thought it was worthy of a post to help explain. The question comes in various guises, either "When will you support", "Does... Continue Reading →
No, I'm not talking about part-time electric vehicles, but I struggled to use the Cloud word in the title.... I find it's often overused and seen as the answer to world peace in IT these days. However, it has to be said that I saw first hand the value of a hybrid cloud environment as... Continue Reading →
By popular request we have added one more session to our Back to School series. Over the last two months we have covered everything from IBM's unique advantages with FCMs, through saving you money and footprint with IBM Power Systems, managing exabytes of data with ease to simply backing up data. The sessions are all... Continue Reading →
