IBM Storage software Redbooks

IBM Storage Fusion Multicloud Object Gateway
Storage solutions

Redpaper, published 30 Jan 2024, last updated 31 Jan 2024

This Redpaper provides an overview of IBM Storage Fusion Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) and can be used as a quick reference guide for the most common use cases. The intended audience is cloud and application administrators, as well as other technical staff members who wish to learn how MCG works, how to set it up, and usage of a Backing Store or Namespace Store, as well as object caching.

IBM Storage Virtualize 3-Site Replication (for IBM Storage Virtualize 3-Site Orchestrator 4.1)
Storage software

Redbooks, published 24 Jan 2024, last updated 25 Jan 2024

IBM® Storage Virtualize software running on IBM Storage products provides clients an opportunity to maintain two independent copies of a single data volume across two sites by using the IBM Storage Virtualize Metro Mirror feature. Starting with Storage Virtualize V8.3.1.1, two site replication can be extended to a third site. The use of a three-site setup means data can be replicated asynchronously to an independent system in a third site. This three-site setup is called IBM Storage Virtualize 3-Site Replication. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we describe IBM Storage Virtualize 3-Site ... [more]

IBM Storage Ceph Concepts and Architecture Guide
Storage solutions

Draft Redpaper, last updated 28 Nov 2023

IBM® Storage Ceph is an IBM-supported distribution of the open-source Ceph platform that provides massively scalable object, block, and file storage in a single system. IBM Storage Ceph is designed to operationalize AI with enterprise resiliency and consolidate data with software simplicity and run on multiple hardware platforms to provide flexibility and lower costs. Engineered to be self-healing and self-managing with no single point of failure and includes storage analytics for critical insights into growing amounts of data. IBM Storage Ceph can be used as an easy and efficient way to ... [more]

IBM Storage Virtualize and VMware: Integrations, Implementation and Best Practices
Storage software

Draft Redbooks, last updated 19 Nov 2023

This IBM® Redbooks® publication details the configuration and best practices for using the IBM Storage FlashSystem® family of storage products within a VMware environment. Topics illustrate planning, configuring, operations, and preferred practices that include integration of IBM Storage FlashSystem storage systems with the VMware vCloud suite of applications:
- VMware vSphere Web Client (vWC)
- vSphere Storage APIs - Storage Awareness (VASA)
- vSphere Storage APIs – Array Integration (VAAI)
- VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
- VMware vSphere Metro Storage ... [more]

Cyber Resiliency with IBM Storage Sentinel and IBM Storage Safeguarded Copy
Storage solutions

Redbooks, published 18 Oct 2023, last updated 23 Oct 2023

IBM Storage Sentinel is a cyber resiliency solution for SAP HANA, Oracle, and Epic healthcare systems, designed to help organizations enhance ransomware detection and incident recovery. IBM Storage Sentinel automates the creation of immutable backup copies of your data, then uses machine learning to detect signs of possible corruption and generate forensic reports that help you quickly diagnose and identify the source of the attack. Because IBM Storage Sentinel can intelligently isolate infected backups, your organization can identify the most recent verified and validated backup copies, ... [more]

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The above is a list of IBM Redbooks and Redpapers on Storage software, showing most recently published first. IBM Redbooks publications are available for download in PDF and EPUB formats and most are also available on Google Play Books and Apple Books.