IBM Real-time Compression in IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM Storwize V7000

An IBM Redpaper publication

Published 30 March 2015, updated 16 May 2018

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ISBN-10: 0738454176
ISBN-13: 9780738454177
IBM Form #: REDP-4859-01
(140 pages)

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Authors: Jon Tate, Christian Burns, Bosmat Tuv-El, Jorge Quintal

Abstract

IBM® Real-time Compression™ software that is embedded in IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and IBM Storwize® V7000 solution addresses all the requirements of primary storage data reduction, including performance, by using a purpose-built technology called . This IBM Redpaper™ publication addresses the key requirements for primary storage data reduction and gives real world examples of savings that can be made by using compression.

SVC and Storwize V7000 is designed to improve storage efficiency by compressing data by as much as 80% through supported real-time compression for block storage. This process enables up to five times as much data to be stored in the same physical disk space. Unlike other approaches to compression, IBM Real-time Compression is used with active primary data, such as production databases and email systems. This configuration dramatically expands the range of candidate data that can benefit from compression. As its name implies, IBM Real-time Compression operates as data is written to disk, avoiding the need to store data that is awaiting compression.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Compression technology
Chapter 3. IBM Real-time Compression
Chapter 4. Planning
Chapter 5. Configuring compressed volumes
Chapter 6. Performance guidelines
Chapter 7. Compression savings reporting
Chapter 8. Reliability, availability, and serviceability

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