DR550 DR550
Product IBMSystem Storage DR550 IBMSystem Storage DR550
Machine/model 2233 DR1 2233 DR2
Platform
support
All IBMsystems platforms and other vendor platforms All IBM systems platforms and other vendor platforms
Host
connectivity
2 port Gigabit Copper or Fibre Ethernet (upgrades
available)
2 port Gigabit Copper or Fibre Ethernet (upgrades
available)
Software IBMSystem Storage Archive Manager (SSAM) IBM System Storage Archive Manager (SSAM)
Archiving appli-
cation interface
SSAM application programming interface (API) v5.5.0 or
DR550 File System Gateway
SSAM application programming interface (API) v5.5.0 or
DR550 File System Gateway
Controller Single Systemp5™ POWER5+™ Single or Dual active/passive System p5 POWER5+
Operating
system
IBMAIX, Version 5.3 IBMAIX, Version 5.3 Dual server includes IBM HACMP 5.3
Management
interface
IBMDirector 5.20.2 IBM Director 5.20.2
Systems
supported
External Tape and Optical External Tape and Optical
Backup sw Included in SSAM Included in SSAM
Backup hw External tape External tape
Copy services NA Metro or Global mirroring
Encryption Disk or tape,128-bit AES or 56-bit DES encryption
technology
Disk or tape,128-bit AES or 56-bit DES encryption
technology
RAID support 5 5
Capacity
(min, max)
880 GB,37 TB 6 TB, 168 TB
Drive support 750 GB SATA 750 GB SATA
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Data Archiving & Retention Systems/System Storage SoftwareIBM System Storage DR550/Disk Storage VirtualizationDR550 Highlights
●An award-winning and industry-proven information archiving and retention offering with built-in lifecycle management capabilities to help organi-
zations meet the growing challenges of efficiently managing,protecting and retaining data.
●Repository for all kinds of content (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) helping lower TCO
●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 168TB 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 IBMand non-IBM content management applications
●Protect customer data against disasters through Synchronous or Asynchronous Replication
●Award-winning:Data Protection Summit—Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)—Best of Show, 2007 and AIIM (The Enterprise Content
Management Association)—Best in Show,2005, 2006
Disk Storage Virtualization
Create a tiered storage environment and help increase the flexibility and efficiency of your storage infrastructure by introducing solutions based on
IBMSystem Storage virtualization software.
Product Function and Value Highlights
IBMSystem
Storage SAN
Volume Controller
(SVC)
Based on virtualization technology,the
IBMSystem Storage SAN Volume Controller
is designed to increase the efficiency and
flexibility of your storage infrastructure by
pooling storage and centralizing manage-
ment,and enabling changes to the physical
storage while avoiding disruption to
applications.
●Manage storage volumes from a central point:SVC is designed to
enhance the flexibility of your storage environment.It can combine
the storage capacity from multiple disk systems from different suppli-
ers into a single pool of storage that can be managed from a central
point.In this way, fewer skills are required and storage administrators
can become more productive.
●Virtually eliminate downtime related to storage:SVC enables data
migrations,maintenance and upgrades to the SVC system itself, and
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 allow you to
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,
can reduce the costs of implementing disaster recovery solutions,
increases flexibility in using storage and increases personnel
productivity.
●Create a tiered storage environment:Using virtualization technol-
ogy,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 eas-
ily 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
IBMTotalStorage ETL Expert Provides a high-performance monitoring tool to help simplify the management of IBM tape subsystems that
include the IBMTotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library,Virtual Tape Server and Peer-to-Peer Virtual Tape Server
IBMTotalStorage XRC
Performance Monitor
Provides the ability to monitor and evaluate the performance of a running XRC configuration; the monitor
function 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 IBMCICS®(Customer Information Control Systems) online transactions to update
shared VSAM data sets concurrently