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IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model 800

Designed for maximum scalability, the IBM ESS 800 sets new standards in performance, automation, and integration capabilities in a machine designed for storage consolidation. Designed to support the advanced copy and mirroring functions designed to maximize performance and improve uptime, the IBM Enterprise Storage Server 800 provides the high availability resiliency to support enterprise mission-critical business applications. Compatible with the IBM pSeries, iSeries, zSeries, and xSeries, the ESS Model 800 supports the consolidation and backup of all over your storage over multiple operating systems including UNIX, Linux and Intel file systems. Centralized management features help reduce TCO (total cost of ownership) of this storage server.

The IBM ESS Model scales from 582 GB to 55.9 TB, and supports fast data transfer rates in a mixed server environment with a variety of host attachment interfaces. It can support up to 16 Fibre Channel/FICON ports, and up to 32 SCSI or ESCON ports and intermix them. The ESS 800 can be added to Storage Area Networks with high-speed 2 Gigabit Ethernet attachments, with built-in support for LUN masking for SAN security. The ESS 800 can also be integrated in NAS environments , supporting a NAS gateway designed to allow the ESS to handle traditional block I/O for SANs, as well as file I/O over TCP/IP.

The cache size is customizable to fit your enterprise needs, allowing for 8, 16, 32, or 64 GB caches. The ESS supported intermixable disk sizes, as well as RAID-5 and RAID-10 protection. You control the size of logical volumes, and can reassign capacity among servers online. Availability is enhanced with hot-swappable disk drives, mirrored write cache, as well as redundant power and cooling. Self-diagnostics improve uptime with features like Predictive Failure Analysis, which proactively notifies you of any pending issues with hardware, so you can fix problems before they occur.

Advanced Copy Functions with the IBM ESS Model 800

FlashCopy v1

Designed to help reduce application outages for backup and other data copy applications, FlashCopy v1 includes a NOCOPY option as well. This “copy on write” functionality allows for flexible reuse of disk capacity that would otherwise be dedicated to copy operations. The only data copied to the target is the changed data, or data overlaid by the application, providing a more intelligent application than byte-for-byte copy of the source resource.

FlashCopy v2

This advanced, fast replication facility includes all of the functionality of FlashCopy v1, and adds on with the enhancements of Data Set FlashCopy, Multiple Relationship FlashCopy, and Incremental FlashCopy.

The Data Set FlashCopy enhancement is designed to allow the source and target to be different sizes, and allows the copied data to reside in a different location where the source data was originally located in the volume, further allowing the storage server to maximize and conserve space.

The Multiple Relationship FlashCopy enhancements allows a volume to participate in up to 12 simultaneous FlashCopy relationships, so that multiple copies of the same data can be made for testing, backup, and other applications.

Incremental FlashCopy is designed to track changes made to the source and target volumes once the FlashCopy relationships are established. This decreases the refreshing of LUNs and volume by using only the changed data, and allows you to refresh from the source to the target, or the target to the source.

Peer-To-Peer Remote Copy v1 (PPRC)

PPRC V1 mirrors application data to a remote site, and includes a synchronous remote data-mirroring technique (MetroMirror) as well as PPRC-XD (Extended Distance). PPRC V1 provides asynchronous global distance copy functions for remote data migration off-site backup, and transmission of inactive database logs over unlimited distances.

Peer-To-Peer Remote Copy v2 (PPRC)

PPRC V2 includes all of the functionality and includes the asynchronous PPRC functions Global Mirror and Metro/Global Copy. These asynchronous mirroring functions are designed to provide long-distance, high-performance data replication for high availability/disaster recovery applications. You can maintain remote copy any distance away via two- and three-site implementations.

PPRC V2 also includes Fibre Channel support, allowing the Fibre Channel to be the communications link between the Enterprise Storage Server, maximizing throughput and reducing PPRC infrastructure of networking hardware/communications lines.

North American Systems has IBM-certified experts that can help you configure a disk system that meets your IT infrastructure needs. We can help you size, configure, test, stage, install and implement a disk solution that meets your business's performance, capacity and budget requirements. Whether you need a new disk system, or need to upgrade the performance, capacity, or capabilities of your current disk solution, North American Systems can ensure you maximize ROI, minimize TCO, and optimize efficiencies.

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