The Latest IBM Storage Announcements and Withdrawals
In hardware and software
By Jean Jacques Maleval | May 16, 2008 at 3:54 pm
HARDWARE
IBM System Storage Productivity Center V1.2 supports IBM DS3000 and DS4000 series and IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication
IBM System Storage N series adds features for additional storage controller function
IBM System Storage N series function authorizations
IBM Systems Storage SAN b-type switches feature 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
The IBM Systems Storage SAN b-type switches feature 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
The IBM Systems Storage SAN768B announces native Fibre Channel routing
IBM TotalStorage SAN256B now supports 8 Gbps Fibre Channel port blades
IBM System Storage N series adds FlexScale features for additional storage controller function
IBM System Storage N series function authorizations
IBM System Storage N series adds FlexScale features for additional gateway function
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 solution increases effective VTL capacity with new TS7530 Server, hardware compression, and 1 TB disk drives
SOFTWARE
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Software V4.3.0 introduces space-efficient VDisks and VDisk mirroring
WITHDRAWALS
Hardware
IBM System Storage N series LockVault features — Replacements available
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller master console features for IBM 2145
IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server selected feature
Software
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7500 Enterprise Edition V2.1 and Limited Edition V2.1
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7520 Model CV6 and select features — Replacements available











