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IBM SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center V5.1

To migrate to agile cloud-based storage environment, manage it without replacing existing storage systems

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on October 10, 2012 at 2:24 pm

SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center (VCS) V5.1 from IBM Corp. provides efficient virtualization management and data protection for heterogeneous storage environments.

It helps IT storage managers migrate to an agile cloud-based storage environment and manage it without having to replace existing storage systems. This offering removes the physicality of storage, as well as the complexity associated with managing multivendor infrastructures. It helps businesses to optimize provisioning, capacity, availability, data protection, reporting, and management for virtualized storage.

SmartCloud VSC V5.1 offers both a storage virtualization platform and capabilities for storage virtualization management. It delivers to customers under one licensed software product the complete set of advanced functions available in Tivoli Storage Productivity Center, all the set of functions available with the virtualization, remote-mirroring and FlashCopy capabilities of SVC, and all the capabilities of Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager.

As such, SmartCloud VSC V5.1 offers following capabilities:

  • Support for FCoE protocol that allows use of converged data center infrastructures.
  • Non disruptive volume migration among SVC nodes that helps maximize configuration flexibility.
  • A next-generation, web-based management interface that is designed to offer ease of use. The user interface provides quick access to key storage asset, status, and performance information, and is based on the interface in the current XIV Storage System and other IBM storage systems.
  • IBM Cognos-based reporting that helps create and integrate custom reports on capacity, performance, and utilization.
  • Enhanced tiered storage capacity optimization capabilities that support varying optimization goals and automated relocation of storage and tier usage goals and provide policy-based relocation recommendations and reports.
  • The ability to perform automated discovery and provisioning of file systems with IBM SONAS and Storwize V7000 Unified.
  • An InstallAnywhere wizard to help simplify installation and post-installation configuration to help accelerate time-to-value.
  • Optional separate licensing available for the integrated IBM real-time compression capability that enables use of compression for production data.

Planned availability date

  • October 05, 2012: Electronic
  • November 02, 2012: DVD media
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