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 →
The NVMe Revolution
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 →
Save the date : 9th February – Revolutionize the entry-enterprise storage space.
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 →
The Ongoing Need for Tiering
Its always amusing to be pinged by several people asking for comment on the same topic. This time it seems that Pure are trying to use their lack of function (there are several) and sell it as an advantage, while attacking the competition that do have it. I know reverse psychology worked on my kids... Continue Reading →
Introducing FlashSystem 5000, 7200 & 9200. FCM Gen2 & SCM
On February 11th/12th 2020 (depending which timezone you are in!) IBM announced that it was updating the entire modular entry, midrange and enterprise block portfolio. The family name of Storwize being replaced with the FlashSystem family. For the 5000 range, this really is a name change, since we only updated the hardware during 2019, so... Continue Reading →
Introducing Spectrum Virtualize 8.3.1, FlashSystem 7200, 9200 and SVC Platform updates
Hopefully by now you will have all seen the new updates across pretty much the whole Spectrum Virtualize Family. The new 8.3.1 software GA'd a week early on the 29th February 2020, and 8.3.1.1 is available for download. At the same time as I discussed in part 5 of my potted history partwork, the Storwize... Continue Reading →
A Brief History of “recent” Time – Part 5
2008-2020 The "Storwize" Years It seems fitting for my first officially new post on the new site to actually be a historical retrospective. At the same time however, it brings us right up the to recent IBM Storage annoucements made on 11th/12th February 2020. So its 2008, and for probably the previous decade the Hursley... Continue Reading →
NVMe-FC Proof of Technology Demo
ORIGINALLY POSTED 4th September 2018 5,688 views on developerworks There is a lot of talk - dare I say Hype - around NVMe, and I've found that a lot of people don't understand what it means, not only in terms of the technology, but also why is it important from a business, getting things done,... Continue Reading →
NVMe-FC in action, TechU Sydney wrap and FS9100 AP Launch – what a week!
ORIGINALLY POSTED 15th August 2018 IBM Technical University - Sydney Wrapup This time last week, IBM’s Sydney Technical University was in full flow. I wanted to provide a quick summary of last week, including our ‘stand room only’ AP FlashSystem 9100 launch event and thank everyone involved, from the organising committee, through our local and... Continue Reading →
Spectrum Virtualize, FlashSystem and SCMs
ORIGINALLY POSTED 13th July 2018 7,785 views on developerworks Its been great to see all the interest over the last week on the new FlashSystem 9100 products announced on July 10th. Interesting too on the register with the battlecard information, and some of the usual ‘anonymous’ comments that seem to miss the point – particularly that we... Continue Reading →