IBM Storage solutions Redbooks

30 November 2025, Redpaper

The IBM DS8000® supports encryption-capable drives. They are used with key management services (local or external) to allow encryption for data-at-rest (DAR). The use of encryption technology involves several considerations that are critical for you to understand to maintain the security and accessibility of encrypted data. This edition of this IBM Redpaper publication focuses on IBM Security® ...

13 November 2025, Draft Redpaper

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides an in-depth overview of the IBM Storage DS8000® Safeguarded Copy function. Safeguarded Copy enables organizations to strengthen their cyber resilience by creating frequent, immutable, point-in-time backups of critical data—minimizing operational impact while optimizing resource utilization. This paper is intended for IT security and storage architects ...

30 October 2025, Draft Redpaper

IBM Storage Insights is a cloud-based service providing essential observability for analyzing, protecting, and optimizing your storage infrastructure. It gives administrators critical metadata-derived metrics on performance, capacity, and security. To enhance operational efficiency and proactive issue resolution, this metadata can be disseminated to various ecosystem services throughout your ...

29 October 2025, Redbooks

IBM® Storage Ceph delivers high-performance, scalable block storage designed to efficiently manage large data sets. This IBM Redbooks® publication offers a comprehensive examination of IBM Storage Ceph Block Storage, exploring its architecture and core components to provide readers with a deep understanding of its functionality and scalability. It highlights a wide range of practical use cases, ...

20 October 2025, Redbooks

IBM® Fusion HCI as a Catalyst explores how IBM Fusion Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) serves as a strategic enabler for the IBM watsonx® platform, transforming infrastructure from a passive resource layer into an active catalyst for AI-driven enterprise innovation. This Redbook provides a comprehensive roadmap for planning, deploying, and managing watsonx solutions on Fusion HCI, covering ...

30 September 2025, Draft Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication covers IBM TS7700 R6.0. The IBM TS7700 is part of a family of IBM Enterprise tape products. This book is intended for system architects and storage administrators who want to integrate their storage systems for optimal operation. Building on over 25 years of experience, the R6.0 release includes many features that enable improved performance, usability, and ...

19 September 2025, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you plan, install, configure, and manage Copy Services on the IBM DS8000® operating in an IBM Z® or Open Systems environment. This book helps you design and implement a new Copy Services installation or migrate from an existing installation. It includes hints and tips to maximize the effectiveness of your installation, and information about tools and ...

11 September 2025, Draft Redbooks

The IBM FlashSystem® grid is an innovative and efficient solution for overcoming data storage management challenges. This federated, scalable storage platform enables unified management of multiple IBM FlashSystem and IBM Storage Virtualize (IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)) controllers. Its key strengths include unmatched scale-out capability and streamlined, non-disruptive management across ...

15 August 2025, Redpaper

This IBM Redpaper publication describes IBM’s new cyber resiliency solution, IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS). By using DRS, users can leverage new detection mechanisms for their environment to detect threats early, and get a full view of the infrastructure by connecting primary storage arrays like IBM FlashSystem® and auxiliary storage solutions for backup, such as IBM Defender ...

14 August 2025, Redpaper

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is a leading enterprise-grade container orchestration platform that is designed for the rapid deployment of web applications, databases, and microservices. As a Container Orchestration platform as a service (PaaS), it uses open industry standards like CRI-O and Kubernetes, you can focus on code while the platform manages complex IT operations. This IBM ...