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IBM Spectrum Storage: A very complex suite for Cloud storage

13 May, 2020

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Migrating our storage to the Cloud is an opportunity for change not only with multiple economic benefits of hardware and technical support, it also represents greater facilities for the exchange of information between users in real time, better protection for your data to be able to control who accessed the information, in addition to the systematic backups to avoid the impact of a possible loss.

Today we will tell you about a very complete cloud storage suite, designed to meet business demands for storage with intelligent capabilities. It is IBM Spectrum Storage, an IBM software-defined storage solution designed for you to gain in scalability and security when it comes to storage.

IBM Spectrum Storage is just the fast and secure storage solution you need to meet the changing needs and demands of modern networks. This integrated package of software-defined storage solutions will help you manage the growth of your data, supported by the capabilities offered by the Cloud Computing.

Why is the IBM Spectrum Storage Suite so complete?

This IBM software-defined storage system by has a range of storage platforms that will give your storage systems multiple guarantees: secure archiving, agility in the transfer and infrastructure automated management.

The IBM Spectrum Suit is composed by: 

1. IBM Spectrum Accelerate: it offers block storage based on the IBM’s XIV storage technology. It can scale up to tens of petabytes of capacity and be deployed on commodity servers, XIV or in the Cloud.

2. IBM Spectrum Scale: It works as a control panel to manage policy-based data movement. It is based on IBM’s General Parallel File System Technology. 

3. IBM Spectrum Virtualize: This storage virtualization software formerly known as IBM SAN Volume Controller allows for storage capacity from multiple storage systems to be pooled. This way compression and auto tiering can be spread across all storage capacity and for management from a single location.

4. IBM Spectrum Control: It is ideal for better management. This software runs in IBM’s cloud for virtualized, cloud and software-defined storage. Through it you can get performance monitoring and capacity planning for on-premises storage. IBM Spectrum Control enables comprehensive monitoring of the entire data path, including storage systems, software-defined storage, devices and SAN fabric components from multiple vendors. IBM Spectrum Control helps you monitor and manage performance and measure service levels by storing received performance statistics into database tables for future use.
5. IBM Spectrum Protect: The backup and recovery are enabled with this software previously known as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. It can be used with physical, virtual or Cloud storage. It provides snapshots, multi-site replication and disaster recovery management.
6. IBM Spectrum Archive: It allows access to IBM tape drives using a 1:1 mapping of file folders to tape drives. It eliminates the need for separate management software for archival storage and facilities movement of data between production and archival capacity.

Think about it! Backups made locally by your company’s administrator are not completely secure and the worst thing is that they have a capacity limit. However, having your company’s information in the Cloud will allow you to outsource your storage capabilities and the security of your content, in addition to having a better availability on them.

For this IBM solution or for any other storage system you need to install, either in Public Cloud, Private Cloud or Hybrid Clouds, Globenet can advise you. We can offer you access to the product and the best recommendations so that you finally have a solution that fits you and the resources you have.

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