IBM FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud Solutions Deliver Cloud-Ready Software

IBM FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions deliver cloud-ready software with validated blueprints for data protection, data reuse, and BC

The solutions extend the capabilities of this NVMe-enabled storage system to help clients on their cloud transformation journey. They bring new efficiencies to the multicloud environment by modernizing data protection, enabling data reuse for development, testing, and analytics, and reducing capex and opex through the use of public cloud infrastructures for BC and data protection.

For private cloud environments, they enable to maximize agility when deploying on-premises, new generation, or modernizing application environments, as well as automating storage provisioning and data protection in those private clouds.

The three new FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions can help to rapidly deploy with confidence because these offerings are based on a set of corresponding IBM-validated blueprints. These solutions are purchased together with FlashSystem 9100.

FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions consist of:

• FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud Solution for Data Reuse, Protection, and Efficiency
• FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud Solution for BC and Data Reuse
• FlashSystem 9100 Solution for Private Cloud Flexibility and Data Protection

Software requirements
FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions (5639-MC1, 5639-MC2, and 5639-MC3) and IBM Multi-Cloud Starter Software for FlashSystem 9100 (5639-MC4, 5639-MC5, and 5639-MC6) system requirements can be found at the following websites:
Spectrum Copy Data Management
Spectrum Protect Plus
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

Hardware requirements

• FlashSystem 9100 Multi-Cloud solutions (5639-MC1, 5639-MC2, and 5639-MC3) require an IBM FlashSystem 9100 Control Enclosure (9846-AF7, 9846-AF8, 9848-AF7, or 9848-AF8) as a prerequisite. These solutions consist of optional software that can be ordered with the initial order or as a subsequent field upgrade.
• Multi-Cloud Starter Software for FlashSystem 9100 (5639-MC4, 5639-MC5, and 5639-MC6) must be ordered with a FlashSystem 9100 Control Enclosure (9846-AF7, 9846-AF8, 9848-AF7, or 9848-AF8).

Installation requirements (hardware, software, and supported versions) of the individual software components can be found in the webpages listed in the software requirements section.

Planned availability date: August 28, 2018 (electronic download only)