IBM DS4700 Express Disk Storage Virtualization, IBM TotalStorage Expert Family, Dfsms Family

Disk Storage Systems/System Storage Software

IBM System Storage DR550 and DR550 Express

Model

An award-winning information archiving and retention solution designed to:

Highlights	●	store, retrieve, manage, share and secure all types of data (e-mail, database, documents, images, files, etc.)
	●	provide non-erasable, non-rewritable archival storage. Prevents deletion or alteration of data stored on the
		system.
	●	support multiple storage tiers for long term archiving (disk, tape and optical)
	●	provide the facilities to migrate archive data from aging disk or tape subsystems to new ones
	●	offer automatic provisioning, migration, expiration and archiving capabilities
	●	offer scalability up to 112 TB raw physical capacity and supports petabytes of storage with attached tape and
		optical
	●	offer chronological and event-based data retention
	●	offer high availability option to avoid single points of failure
	●	provide security and protection through data encryption and data shredding options
	●	support and integrate with broad set of IBM and non-IBM content management applications
	●	provide file archiving through the new IBM System Storage DR550 File System Gateway
	●	protect customer data against disasters through Synchronous or Asynchronous Replication
	●	offer low TCO through the use of multiple storage devices for long period archiving
	●	Carefree Services—for onsite software/firmware upgrades and three year warranty repair and maintenance
		(24x7, four hour response)

Scalability	DR550: Single engine: 8 TB and 16 TB, Dual engine: 8, 16, 32, 56, 112 TB of raw physical storage, up to
	petabytes with attached tape and optical storage.
	DR550 Express 1.1, 5.1 and 9.1 TB configurations.
Nodes	Single- or dual-server configurations Dual-server configuration offers failover protection
Processors	DR550: 2-way 2.1 GHz POWER5+™ Processor Card, 36 MB L3 Cache
	DR550 Express: 1-way 1.65 GHz POWER5+ Processor Card, no L3 Cache
Network protocol support	IBM System Storage Archive Manager (SSAM) application programming interface (API) v5.4
Operating system	IBM AIX, Version 5.3
Performance	Performance testing results: ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/dr/performance.html
PCI slots available	N/A
Network connectivity	2 port Gigabit Copper or Fibre Ethernet (upgrades available)
ECC SDRAM	1 GB per node
memory (max)
Data protection	Mirrored OS, RAID-5, RAID-10 (opt.) for user data
	Data Encryption for enhanced security for disk and tape via 128-bit AES or 56-bit DES encryption technology.
	Encryption keys can be managed by the application or by the DR550. Maintains data as non-erasable and non­
	rewritable until deletion is permitted by retention policy.
Redundancy/high	IBM HACMP 5.3 (Dual-server configuration), redundant DS4700 controllers, RDAC driver to provide path failover,
availability	RAID
Backup	External tape (recommended IBM 3592 WORM tape)
RAID levels	RAID-5, RAID-10 (opt.)
Systems management	SMIT, DS4000 Storage Manager GUI, SNMP
Storage management	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client and storage agent

*Please visit ibm.com/storage/nas for additional N3700 performance information.

**Please visit ibm.com/storage/dr550 for current DR550 performance results.

† For more information on third-party product support, please refer to “IBM NAS Interoperability” at ibm.com/storage/nas.

Disk Storage Virtualization

Create a tiered storage environment and help increase the flexibility and efficiency of your storage infrastructure by introducing solutions based on IBM System Storage virtualization software.

Product	Function and Value	Highlights
IBM System Stora	Based on virtualization technology, the	●	Manage storage volumes from a central point: SVC is designed to
ge SAN Volume	IBM System Storage SAN Volume		enhance the flexibility of your storage environment. It can combine the stor­
Controller (SVC)	Controller is designed to increase the		age capacity from multiple disk systems from different suppliers into a sin­
	efficiency and flexibility of your storage		gle pool of storage that can be managed from a central point. In this way,
	infrastructure by pooling storage and		fewer skills are required and storage administrators can become more pro­
	centralizing management, and enabling		ductive.
	changes to the physical storage while	●	Virtually eliminate downtime related to storage: SVC enables data
	avoiding disruption to		migrations, maintenance and upgrades to the SVC system itself, and
	applications.		changes to the physical storage without impacting host applications.
		●	Improve storage resource utilization: By combining the storage capacity
			from multiple disk systems into a single pool, SVC uses existing storage
			capacity more efficiently, which can defer additional storage purchases to
			save costs.
		●	A single, cost-effective set of advanced copy services: SVC can apply
			copy services across all the managed storage, regardless of the disk system
			supplier. This capability helps simplify the environment, reduce the costs of
			implementing disaster recovery solutions, increases flexibility in using stor­
			age and increases personnel productivity.
		●	Create a tiered storage environment: Using virtualization technology, SVC
			enables customers to match the cost of the storage to the value of their
			data. For example, mission-critical data can be stored on high-performance,
			highly available Fibre-Channel disks while non-mission-critical data can be
			stored on serial-ATA disks. Data can easily be moved from one tier to
			another without application disruption.

IBM TotalStorage Expert Family

Adds value to the storage subsystem solution by providing information for better management.

Product	Function and Value
IBM TotalStorage ETL Expert	Provides a high-performance monitoring tool to help simplify the management of IBM tape subsystems that
	include the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library, Virtual Tape Server and Peer-to-Peer Virtual Tape Server
IBM TotalStorage XRC	Provides the ability to monitor and evaluate the performance of a running XRC configuration; the monitor func-
Performance Monitor	tion provides information at the real-time, historic and summary levels

DFSMS Family

Provides automated and central storage management in the z/OS environment

Product	Function and Value
DFSMSdfp™	Provides data access, program and device management functions that furnish effective management of active
	data
DFSMSdss™	Provides data movement, copy, backup and space management functions
DFSMShsm™	Provides backup, recovery, migration and space management functions that furnish effective management of
	inactive data
DFSMSrmm™	Provides a policy-driven solution for the management of removable media, such as tape cartridges and reels
DFSORT™	Provides a solution for faster and easier data sorting, reporting and analysis
DFSMStvs	Enables batch jobs and IBM CICS® (Customer Information Control Systems) online transactions to update
	shared VSAM data sets concurrently

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