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IBM FlashSystem A9000 Product Guide (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Stephen Solewin,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,IBM Redbooks

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IBM FlashSystem A9000 Product Guide (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Stephen Solewin,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide is an overview of the main characteristics, features, and technology that are used in IBM FlashSystem® A9000Model 425, with IBM FlashSystem A9000 Software V12.3.2. Software version 12.3.2, with Hyper-Scale Manager version 5.6 or later, introduces support for VLAN tagging and port trunking. IBM FlashSystem A9000 storage system uses the IBM FlashCore® technology to help realize higher capacity and improved response times over disk-based systems and other competing flash and solid-state drive (SSD)-based storage. The extreme performance of IBM FlashCore technology with a grid architecture and comprehensive data reduction creates one powerful solution. Whether you are a service provider who requires highly efficient management or an enterprise that is implementing cloud on a budget, FlashSystem A9000 provides consistent and predictable microsecond response times and the simplicity that you need. The A9000 features always on data reduction and now offers intelligent capacity management for deduplication. As a cloud optimized solution, FlashSystem A9000 suits the requirements of public and private cloud providers who require features, such as inline data deduplication, multi-tenancy, and quality of service. It also uses powerful software-defined storage capabilities from IBM SpectrumTM Accelerate, such as Hyper-Scale technology, VMware, and storage container integration.

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0738457329

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IBM XIV Security with Data-at-Rest Encryption

By: Bert Dufrasne,Dietmar Dausner,Roger Eriksson,Roman Fridli,Itzhack Goldberg,Markus Oscheka,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

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IBM XIV Security with Data-at-Rest Encryption

By: Bert Dufrasne,Dietmar Dausner,Roger Eriksson,Roman Fridli,Itzhack Goldberg,Markus Oscheka,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

With the ever-growing landscape of national, state, and local regulations, industry requirements, and increased security threats, ensuring the protection of an organization's information is a key part of operating a successful business. Encrypting "data at rest" is a key element when addressing these concerns. Most storage products offer encryption at an additional cost. As with all of its features, the IBM® XIV® Storage System provides data-at-rest encryption at no charge. This gives clients the opportunity to take advantage of encryption and still enjoy the lower total cost of ownership that XIV offers. This IBM RedpaperTM publication explains the architecture and design of the XIV encryption solution and how it must be configured and implemented. It can help clients and Storage Administrators who want to enable data encryption on XIV storage systems.

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0738453552

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IBM FlashSystem 9100 Architecture, Performance, and Implementation

By: Jon Tate,Andrew Greenfield,Jon Herd,Corne Lottering,Tony Pacheco,Jagadeesh Papaiah,Thomas Ploski,Stephen Solewin,Leandro Torolho,Alexander Watson,IBM Redbooks

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IBM FlashSystem 9100 Architecture, Performance, and Implementation

By: Jon Tate,Andrew Greenfield,Jon Herd,Corne Lottering,Tony Pacheco,Jagadeesh Papaiah,Thomas Ploski,Stephen Solewin,Leandro Torolho,Alexander Watson,IBM Redbooks

IBM® FlashSystem 9100 combines the performance of flash and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) with the reliability and innovation of IBM FlashCore® technology and the rich features of IBM SpectrumTM Virtualize — all in a powerful 2U storage system. Providing intensive data driven multi-cloud storage capacity, FlashSystem 9100 is deeply integrated with the software-defined capabilities of IBM Spectrum StorageTM, which allows you to easily add the multi-cloud solutions that best support your business. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we discuss the product's features and planning steps, architecture, installation, configuration, and hints and tips.

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0738457485

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Block Storage Migration in Open Environments

By: Francesco Anderloni,Matthew DiVito,Bert Dufrasne,Roger Eriksson,Christopher Moore,Markus Oscheka,Duncan Simpson,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

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Block Storage Migration in Open Environments

By: Francesco Anderloni,Matthew DiVito,Bert Dufrasne,Roger Eriksson,Christopher Moore,Markus Oscheka,Duncan Simpson,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

Companies need to migrate data not only when technology needs to be replaced, but also for consolidation, load balancing, and disaster recovery (DR). Data migration is a critical operation, and this book explains the phases and steps to ensure a smooth migration. Topics range from planning and preparation to execution and validation. The book explains, from a generic standpoint, the appliance-based, storage-based, and host-based techniques that can be used to accomplish the migration. Each method is explained through practical migration scenarios and for various operating systems. This publication addresses the aspects of data migration efforts while focusing on fixed block storage systems in open environment with the IBM® FlashSystem 9100 as the target system. Therefore, the book also emphasizes various migration techniques using the Spectrum Virtualize built-in functions. This document targets storage administrators, storage network administrators, system designers, architects, and IT professionals who design, administer or plan data migrations in large data Centers. The aim is to ensure that you are aware of the current thinking, methods, and products that IBM can make available to you. These items are provided to ensure a data migration process that is as efficient and problem-free as possible. The material presented in this book was developed with versions of the referenced products as of February, 2020.

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0738458708

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Solid-State Drive Caching in the IBM XIV Storage System

By: Bertrand Dufrasne,In Kyu Park,Francesco Perillo,Hank Sautter,Stephen Solewin,Anthony Vattathil,IBM Redbooks

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Solid-State Drive Caching in the IBM XIV Storage System

By: Bertrand Dufrasne,In Kyu Park,Francesco Perillo,Hank Sautter,Stephen Solewin,Anthony Vattathil,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication provides information about the implementation and use of solid-state drives (SSDs) in IBM XIV® Storage System XIV Generation 3 (Gen3), running XIV software version 11.1.0 or later. In the XIV system, SSDs are used to increase the read cache capacity of the existing DRAM memory cache, and are not used for persistent storage. This paper begins with a high-level overview of the SSD implementation in XIV and a brief review of the SSD technology, with focus on the XIV system. It explains the SSD Caching design and implementation in XIV. Then it examines typical workloads that can benefit from the SSD Caching extension and introduces the tools and utilities to help you analyze and understand the workload. In particular, it highlights the block tracing facility that was designed and developed by IBM Research. Then this paper explains the process that authorized IBM services representatives use to install SSD Caching. It reviews the changes made to the XIV GUI and the XCLI to support SSD Caching. Finally this paper provides a listing of the new alert-generating events and monitoring options that are provided for SSD support. This paper is intended for users who want an insight into the XIV SSD Caching implementation and architecture, its capabilities, and usage. For more information about the IBM XIV Storage System, see the IBM Redbooks® publication, "IBM XIV Storage System: Architecture, Implementation, and Usage," SG24-7659.

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IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R, IBM XIV, and IBM Spectrum Accelerate with IBM SAN Volume Controller Best Practices

By: Markus Oscheka,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

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IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R, IBM XIV, and IBM Spectrum Accelerate with IBM SAN Volume Controller Best Practices

By: Markus Oscheka,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes preferred practices for attaching members of the IBM SpectrumTM Accelerate family, including the IBM XIV® Gen3 Storage System, IBM FlashSystem® A9000, IBM FlashSystem A9000R, and other IBM Spectrum AccelerateTM based deployments, to either an IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller or IBM Storwize® V7000 system. The paper also explains what to consider for data migration when done in combination with a SAN Volume Controller or a Storwize V7000 system. In addition, this publication describes data reduction, and where it is appropriate to enable data reduction.

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0738456519

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IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R Architecture and Implementation (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

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IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R Architecture and Implementation (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,Stephen Solewin,IBM Redbooks

Version 12.3.2 This IBM® Redbooks publication presents the architecture, design, concepts, and technology that are used in IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R. FlashSystem A9000 and FlashSystem A9000R deliver the microsecond latency and high availability of IBM FlashCore® technology with grid architecture, simple scalability, and industry-leading IBM software that is designed to drive your business into the cognitive era. The Hyper-Scale Manager highly intuitive user interface simplifies management. Comprehensive data reduction capabilities, including inline deduplication and a powerful compression engine, help lower total cost of ownership. With software version 12.3.1 and Hyper-Scale Manager version 5.5.1 (or later) the system can compute reclaimable and attributed capacity information, without performance impact. Software version 12.3.2, with Hyper-Scale Manager version 5.6 or later, introduces support for VLAN tagging and port trunking. From a functional standpoint, FlashSystem A9000 and FlashSystem A9000R take advantage of most of the software-defined storage features that are offered by the IBM SpectrumTM Accelerate software, including multi-tenancy and business continuity functions. FlashSystem A9000 and FlashSystem A9000R supports HyperSwap and Multi-site High Availabilty / Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) configurations. This publication is intended for those individuals who need to plan, install, tailor, and configure FlashSystem A9000 and FlashSystem A9000R. For detailed information about configuration, management, host attachment, and replication functions and their usage, see the following publications: IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family Storage Configuration and Usage for IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM FlashSystem A9000R, and IBM XIV Gen3, SG24-8376 IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R Business Continuity Solutions, REDP-5401 IBM HyperSwap and Multi-site HA/DR solution for IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R, REDP-5434 IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family: Host Attachment and Interoperability, SG24-8368.

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073845740X

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IBM HyperSwap and Multi-site HA/DR for IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R

By: Bert Dufrasne,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Andrew Greenfield,Lisa Martinez,Stephen Solewin,Vadim Steckler,IBM Redbooks

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IBM HyperSwap and Multi-site HA/DR for IBM FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R

By: Bert Dufrasne,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Andrew Greenfield,Lisa Martinez,Stephen Solewin,Vadim Steckler,IBM Redbooks

IBM® HyperSwap® is the high availability (HA) solution that provides continuous data availability in case of hardware failure, power failure, connectivity failure, or disasters. The HyperSwap capability is available for IBM FlashSystem® A9000 and IBM FlashSystem A9000R, starting with software version 12.2.1. Version 12.3 introduces a function that combines HyperSwap and Asynchronous replication, which creates a solution that entails HA and Disaster Recovery (DR). One side of the HyperSwap pair has an active async link to the third system, and the other side has a standby link. Known as Multi-site HA/DR, this configuration provides HyperSwap active-active HA while keeping data mirrored to a third copy to ensure two levels of business continuity. This IBM RedpaperTM publication gives a broad understanding of the architecture, design, and implementation of HyperSwap and Multi-site HA/DR solution. It also discusses and illustrates various use cases pertaining to their use and functionality. This paper is intended for those users who want to deploy solutions that take advantage of HyperSwap and Multi-site HA/DR for FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R.

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0738457442

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IBM FlashSystem A9000R Product Guide (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Stephen Solewin,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,IBM Redbooks

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IBM FlashSystem A9000R Product Guide (Version 12.3.2)

By: Bert Dufrasne,Stephen Solewin,Francesco Anderloni,Roger Eriksson,Lisa Martinez,IBM Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide is an overview of the main characteristics, features, and technology that are used in IBM FlashSystem® A9000R Model 415 and Model 425, with IBM FlashSystem A9000R Software V12.3.2. Software version 12.3.2, with Hyper-Scale Manager version 5.6 or later, introduces support for VLAN tagging and port trunking.. IBM FlashSystem A9000R is a grid-scale, all-flash storage platform designed for industry leaders with rapidly growing cloud storage and mixed workload environments to help drive your business into the cognitive era. FlashSystem A9000R provides consistent, extreme performance for dynamic data at scale, integrating the microsecond latency and high availability of IBM FlashCore® technology. The rack-based offering comes integrated with the world class software features that are built with IBM SpectrumTM Accelerate. For example, comprehensive data reduction, including inline pattern removal, data deduplication, and compression, helps lower total cost of ownership (TCO) while the grid architecture and IBM Hyper-Scale framework simplify and automate storage administration. The A9000R features always on data reduction and now offers intelligent capacity management for deduplication. Ready for the cloud and well-suited for large deployments, FlashSystem A9000R delivers predictable high performance and ultra-low latency, even under heavy workloads with full data reduction enabled. As a result, the grid-scale architecture maintains this performance by automatically self-optimizing workloads across all storage resources without manual intervention.

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