theCUBE host Dave Vellante (@Dvellante) is joined by Ed Walsh from IBM for a CUBEConversation from our Boston studios
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https://siliconangle.com/2020/02/12/ibm-simplifies-storage-new-flashsystem-family/
IBM aims to simplify storage with new FlashSystem family
IBM Corp. is trying to eliminate some of the complexity of data storage with a new family of flash storage products it introduced today to meet the needs of a large array of enterprises, including entry-level, midrange and high-end systems that extend to hybrid and multicloud environments.
The new IBM FlashSystem is a family of products meant to address the varying storage requirements of organizations ranging from startups to large-scale enterprises. As the company explains, different businesses have different needs for their storage, with things such as performance, scalability, data services, functionality and high availability just some of the considerations.
Traditionally storage vendors have solved this the easy way, simply by providing a massive range of different storage products for different purposes. That’s all well and good, but as the number of storage platforms an organization uses rises, so does the level of complexity they need to deal with.
Complexity is never a good thing when it comes to information technology. In the case of storage, it means using different management systems for each storage platform, different ways to troubleshoot problems, different application programming interfaces in order to interact with those systems, different paths to the cloud and many other headaches.
Add to that, most enterprises use several systems from multiple providers, adding to the headaches they need to deal with. The complexity means that organizations often have to delay the deployment of new storage technologies, while it also limits their flexibility and drives up costs.
In an exclusive interview with Wikibon analyst Dave Vellante on SiliconANGLE’s mobile livestreaming studio theCUBE, Ed Walsh, IBM’s general manager of Storage and Software Defined Infrastructure, said the storage landscape has evolved into the complicated mess it is today because in the past, there was really no other way of doing things.
“There’s always been a difference between high-end solution sets and low-end solution sets,” Walsh said. “Everything was based upon the features people needed, for example right availability, the right price points, features, functions, availability. It made sense that you had to have a unique thing. But because of the innovation we’ve driven, you no longer have to do that.”
Perhaps the single-most important innovation with the new IBM FlashSystem family is that each system runs the same software stack. IBM Spectrum Virtualize provides the same “enterprise class data services” for entry-level all the way up to its high-end systems, while also enabling “nondisruptive data movement” and cloud and container deployments with supported storage, the company said.
FlashSystem also provides consistent APIs for automating the provisioning and management of storage, supporting approaches including bare metal, virtualized, containerized and hybrid/multicloud workloads.
“Our platforms are now one: It’s going to be one software and one API to manage,” Walsh said. “We’re going to do simplification without compromise we’re gonna give you what you need. You’re going to need an entry level packaging, midrange and high-end, but it’s going to be one software allows you to meet every single price requirement and functionality.”
The new storage family comprises the IBM FlashSystem 9200, a high-end system for the most demanding of enterprise storage requirements; IBM FlashSystem 9200R, which is for customers that need a system that’s fully assembled, installed and configured by IBM’s engineers; IBM FlashSystem 7200, which provides hybrid and multi-cloud functionality for midrange enterprise deployments; and a number of entry-level offerings, including FlashSystem 5010, 5030 and 5100.
IBM further promises “six nines” availability across all price points, with two- and three- site replication, cross-site high-availability configurations and the option for guaranteed 100% data availability. FlashSystem is managed in the cloud with IBM Storage Insights, which provides artificial intelligence-based analytics for insights into best practice recommendations plus 24/7 access to support when it’s needed.
AI also powers the IBM EasyTier capability that helps to make sure the right data is placed in the right tier at the right time. With it, the “hottest” or most-used blocks of data move up the tiers as necessary when they’re more frequently accessed, while “cooler” blocks of data move down.
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Ed Walsh, IBM | CUBE Conversation February 2020
theCUBE host Dave Vellante (@Dvellante) is joined by Ed Walsh from IBM for a CUBEConversation from our Boston studios
#theCUBE #CUBEConversation
https://siliconangle.com/2020/02/12/ibm-simplifies-storage-new-flashsystem-family/
IBM aims to simplify storage with new FlashSystem family
IBM Corp. is trying to eliminate some of the complexity of data storage with a new family of flash storage products it introduced today to meet the needs of a large array of enterprises, including entry-level, midrange and high-end systems that extend to hybrid and multicloud environments.
The new IBM FlashSystem is a family of products meant to address the varying storage requirements of organizations ranging from startups to large-scale enterprises. As the company explains, different businesses have different needs for their storage, with things such as performance, scalability, data services, functionality and high availability just some of the considerations.
Traditionally storage vendors have solved this the easy way, simply by providing a massive range of different storage products for different purposes. That’s all well and good, but as the number of storage platforms an organization uses rises, so does the level of complexity they need to deal with.
Complexity is never a good thing when it comes to information technology. In the case of storage, it means using different management systems for each storage platform, different ways to troubleshoot problems, different application programming interfaces in order to interact with those systems, different paths to the cloud and many other headaches.
Add to that, most enterprises use several systems from multiple providers, adding to the headaches they need to deal with. The complexity means that organizations often have to delay the deployment of new storage technologies, while it also limits their flexibility and drives up costs.
In an exclusive interview with Wikibon analyst Dave Vellante on SiliconANGLE’s mobile livestreaming studio theCUBE, Ed Walsh, IBM’s general manager of Storage and Software Defined Infrastructure, said the storage landscape has evolved into the complicated mess it is today because in the past, there was really no other way of doing things.
“There’s always been a difference between high-end solution sets and low-end solution sets,” Walsh said. “Everything was based upon the features people needed, for example right availability, the right price points, features, functions, availability. It made sense that you had to have a unique thing. But because of the innovation we’ve driven, you no longer have to do that.”
Perhaps the single-most important innovation with the new IBM FlashSystem family is that each system runs the same software stack. IBM Spectrum Virtualize provides the same “enterprise class data services” for entry-level all the way up to its high-end systems, while also enabling “nondisruptive data movement” and cloud and container deployments with supported storage, the company said.
FlashSystem also provides consistent APIs for automating the provisioning and management of storage, supporting approaches including bare metal, virtualized, containerized and hybrid/multicloud workloads.
“Our platforms are now one: It’s going to be one software and one API to manage,” Walsh said. “We’re going to do simplification without compromise we’re gonna give you what you need. You’re going to need an entry level packaging, midrange and high-end, but it’s going to be one software allows you to meet every single price requirement and functionality.”
The new storage family comprises the IBM FlashSystem 9200, a high-end system for the most demanding of enterprise storage requirements; IBM FlashSystem 9200R, which is for customers that need a system that’s fully assembled, installed and configured by IBM’s engineers; IBM FlashSystem 7200, which provides hybrid and multi-cloud functionality for midrange enterprise deployments; and a number of entry-level offerings, including FlashSystem 5010, 5030 and 5100.
IBM further promises “six nines” availability across all price points, with two- and three- site replication, cross-site high-availability configurations and the option for guaranteed 100% data availability. FlashSystem is managed in the cloud with IBM Storage Insights, which provides artificial intelligence-based analytics for insights into best practice recommendations plus 24/7 access to support when it’s needed.
AI also powers the IBM EasyTier capability that helps to make sure the right data is placed in the right tier at the right time. With it, the “hottest” or most-used blocks of data move up the tiers as necessary when they’re more frequently accessed, while “cooler” blocks of data move down.
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