Storage as a Service Offering Guide
An IBM Redpaper publication
Published 29 October 2021, updated 16 November 2021
ISBN-10: 0738459992
ISBN-13: 9780738459998
IBM Form #: REDP-5644-00
(34 pages)
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Authors: Hartmut Lonzer, Markus Standau, Vasfi Gucer
Abstract
IBM® Storage as a Service (STaaS) extends your hybrid cloud experience with a new flexible consumption model enabled for both your on-premises and hybrid cloud infrastructure needs, giving you the agility, cash flow efficiency, and services of cloud storage with the flexibility to dynamically scale up or down and only pay for what you use beyond the minimal capacity.
This IBM Redpaper provides a detailed introduction to the IBM STaaS service. The paper is targeted for data center managers and storage administrators.
Table of contents
STaaS drivers and customer expectations
Three performance tier levels
Life cycle of the solution
Metering
Hybrid cloud use cases
Storage pay-per-use market overview
Data security and high availability considerations
Supporting the solution
Planning