IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for FlashSystem

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for IBM FlashSystem subscription license option in iERP

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for IBM FlashSystem is a data resilience solution that provides recovery, replication, retention, and reuse for VMs, databases, applications, file systems, software as-a-service workloads, and containers in hybrid cloud environments.

Available as a subscription license with a per-terabyte license metric, it grants clients the right to use the software and receive software maintenance and support for the contracted term.

This offering can only be purchased with FlashSystem 5015, 5035, and 5200 models.

It provides unified data protection for hybrid cloud environments. It is easily deployed as a virtual appliance or as a container application, and the agentless architecture is easy to maintain. This offering unlocks the value of your data by improving the quality and speed of development, testing, and analytics. Cost-effective data retention, data compliance, and DR are achieved through data copy to both on-premises, cloud-based object storage and IBM Spectrum Protect, including support for physical tape.

This offering provides following benefits:

Create unified data resilience for physical, virtual, and containerized workloads
Utilize efficient protection for Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, and OneDrive
Protect databases hosted on-premises and in multiple different clouds
Streamline operations with an agentless architecture
Simplify management with SLA based policies and a centralized dashboard that enables secure self-service with role-based access control (RBAC)
Utilize a proactive catalog and global search to quickly find data
Automate and simplify backup administrative tasks with REST APIs

This offering is available with a purchase of the following FlashSystem 5000 models:
FlashSystem 5015, FlashSystem 5035, and FlashSystem 5200.

IBM FlashSystem 5015, 5035, and 5200 models are all-flash and hybrid flash solutions designed to provide enterprise-grade functionalities without compromising performance while minimizing costs.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for FlashSystem is system entitled. It provides a prescriptive price, specific to the FlashSystem model being purchased.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for FlashSystem subscription license option
As organizations adopt multicloud architectures for their most critical applications, an alignment of pricing and consumption models becomes very important. Similar to monthly licenses, subscription licenses enable clients to purchase licenses for IBM software in a cloud-centric model. Subscription licenses are available for new license purchases that can be procured for a minimum of 12 months and up to a 5-year term.

The subscription license option is designed and priced to provide following benefits:

Simplifies the process for organizations to acquire IBM software
Allows clients accustomed to cloud-based solutions to align IBM software with their consumption models and expenditure
Enables clients to align software with hardware procurement and refresh cycle
Provides increased flexibility with no propriety or vendor lock-in after the committed term

Subscription licenses are available in eConfig with worldwide availability through direct IBM sellers and distributors. Clients must accept the new addendum for subscription licenses.

Key requirements
See the website listed in the software requirements section for a list of devices that are supported by IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for IBM FlashSystem.

Planned availability date: July 7, 2021