(For those unfamiliar with "Object storage", think of it like valet parking for your data. This has now been resolved, with full integration of OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3 object-protocol interfaces. IBM supported it, but it was basically Do-it-Yourself DIY implementation.
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IBM published a "Redbook" on how to implement OpenStack Swift and Amazon S3 interfaces to an existing Spectrum Scale deployment. Spectrum Scale is the software-only flavor, and Elastic Storage Server and Storwize V7000 Unified are pre-built systems based on that software. IBM plans to offer all of its solutions in any of three flavors: software-only that you can deploy on your own server hardware, pre-built system appliances, and cloud services on IBM SoftLayer, IBM Cloud Managed Services or third-party cloud providers. This can run on any cloud service provider as well, such as IBM SoftLayer, that both buildings have connectivity.Ī minor improvement worth mentioning is that the IBM "Comprestimator" tool that estimates the capacity savings of Real-time Compression is now integrated into Spectrum Virtualize v7.6 command line interface (CLI), allowing you to run the tool on demand, as needed, on any virtual volume. The "quorum disk" is just a little Java program. To address this, IBM now allows the quorum disk to be based on Internet Protocol (the IP portion of TCP/IP), which can be any bare-metal or virtual machine that is LAN or WAN attached. This often met having to dedicate a single 2U disk system in a closet somewhere, with expensive Fibre Channel cables connecting to the other two buildings. For clients using Stretched Cluster or HyperSwap across two buildings, best practices suggests keeping the quorum disk in a third building. This is one of those line-items that we have told clients that it was "just around the corner" and "coming soon, watch this space", and finally it is available. This week, IBM extends this support to other storage hypervisors. There are three major improvements:Įarlier this year, IBM delivered data-at-rest encryption for the Storwize V7000 and V7000 Unified.
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It is NOT available separately as software-only that you can install on any other hardware. When you buy an SVC, you will license Spectrum Virtualize software on it. Spectrum Virtualize is the new name of the "storage hypervisor" code that resides in IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and Storwize family products. IBM announced various updates to its Spectrum Storage product line. In any case, the usual disclaimer applies: I currently work for IBM, and this blog post can be considered a "paid celebrity endorsement" of the IBM products mentioned below.) Well it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means? IBM Announcements! ( FCC Disclosure: This official launch also includes October 6 announcements.