IBM System Storage Solutions Handbook

This IBM Redbooks® publication provides overviews and pointers for information about the most current IBM System Storage products, showing how IBM delivers the right mix of products for nearly every aspect of business continuance and business efficiency. IBM System Storage products can help you store, safeguard, retrieve, and share your data. We cover the following topics:

First, we introduce the IBM Dynamic Infrastructure® and the Smarter Planet™ Strategy.

Part 1 describes disk products that include IBM System Storage DS® Series (entry-level, midrange, and enterprise offerings), IBM XIV® Storage System, IBM System Storage N Series, and the IBM Information Archive.

Part 2 presents an overview of the IBM TotalStorage® and System Storage Tape Drives, IBM Tape Automation Products, and IBM Tape Virtualization Solutions Products.

Part 3 describes storage networking infrastructure and presents the switches and directors to form SAN solutions. Also provided is an overview of the recently introduced IBM Ethernet switches and routers.

Part 4 discusses the IBM System Storage software portfolio.

Part 5 describes the z/OS® storage management software and tools.

This book is intended as a reference for basic and comprehensive information about the IBM System Storage products portfolio. The book provides a starting point when establishing your own enterprise storage environment.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Dynamic Infrastructure and IBM Smarter Planet Strategy
Part 1. Disk systems
Chapter 2. Entry-level disk storage
Chapter 3. Midrange disk systems
Chapter 4. Enterprise Disk Systems
Chapter 5. IBM System Storage N series
Chapter 6. IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage
Chapter 7. IBM Information Archive
Part 2. Tape Systems
Chapter 8. IBM TotalStorage and System Storage Tape Drives
Chapter 9. IBM Tape Automation products
Chapter 10. IBM Tape Virtualization products
Chapter 11. Complementary storage products
Part 3. Storage Networking
Chapter 12. Introduction to storage networking
Chapter 13. Storage Area Network products
Chapter 14. Data Center Networking
Part 4. IBM System Storage software
Chapter 15. IBM System Storage Virtualization
Chapter 16. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
Chapter 17. IBM Storwize V7000
Chapter 18. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Chapter 19. IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Chapter 20. IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager
Chapter 21. IBM GPFS and SoFS
Part 5. z/OS storage management
Chapter 22. Data management with DFSMS and data sorting with DFSORT
Chapter 23. z/OS Storage Management Tools
Chapter 24. Smart Business Storage Cloud
Appendix A. Simplified Storage Management
Appendix B. Introduction to SMI-S and CIM/WBEM
Appendix C. High Performance Storage System (HPSS)
Appendix D. Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
Appendix E. Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks (RAID)
Appendix F. Withdrawn products

• Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 V6.3, SG24-7938-01
• IBM Midrange System Storage Implementation and Best Practices Guide, SG24-6363-04
• IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940-04

Publish Date
26 May 2011

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Author(s)

Sangam Racherla is an IT Specialist and Project Leader working at the International Technical Support Organization (ITSO), San Jose Center. He holds a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and has ten years of experience in the IT field. Sangam has been with the ITSO for the past seven years and has extensive experience installing and supporting the ITSO lab equipment for various Redbooks publication projects. His areas of expertise include Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX, System x, and System p servers, and various SAN and storage products.

• Sangam Racherla

Libor Miklas is a Team Leader and experienced IT Specialist working at IBM Global Services Delivery Center in the Czech Republic. He demonstrates 10 years of practical experience within the IT industry, during last 6 years mainly focused on the backup/recovery and storage management. Libor and his team support midrange and enterprise storage environments for the various global and local customers worldwide. He is an IBM Certified Deployment Professional of the Tivoli Storage Manager family of products and holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications.

• Libor Miklas

Thiago Montenegro is an accredited IT professional and Technical Business Manager at LanLink Informatica, a major IBM Business Partner in Brazil. He has six years of experience in IBM Storage and POWER products. Currently, he manages the Solution Engineering Product Managers team. His department supports sales and pre-sales teams and defines the company's portfolio. His responsibilities include planning and design of new products, training and supporting critical and complex projects on Business Continuity, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Communications, High Availability, and Collaboration. He is certified on IBM System Storage, System x, POWER Systems, and Tivoli Storage Manager solutions sales. He is also a VMware VSP and VTSP. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Ceara (UFC) and an Executive MBA from COPPEAD at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

• Thiago Montenegro

James M Mulholland is an experienced IT Specialist working with the IBM Global Technology Services organization in Portugal and previously in Ireland. He has 14 years of practical experience within the IT industry. During the last 8 years focusing mainly on SAN, Storage implementation and management. James supports a wide variety of storage technologies for various customers within Portugal. He has been responsible for various implementation and support projects for customers across Portugal. He holds a Masters Degree in IT (Information Security).

• James M Mulholland

ISBN

0738435465

IBM Form Number
SG24-5250-08

Number of pages
844