A Winning Combination: IBM Storage and VMware
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IBM and VMware partner to provide a comprehensive range of virtualization solutions that include deep product integration, support, and innovative cloud strategies. They offer a broad portfolio of storage systems tailored for VMware environments, enabling digital transformation and enhancing data management across various applications and infrastructures. The collaboration aims to simplify IT operations, improve efficiency, and support multicloud environments, ensuring high performance and reliability for critical business applications.
A Winning Combination: IBM Storage and VMware
- 2. Trusted Partners: IBM Storage and VMware IBM and VMware together offer • The broadest portfolio of proven virtualization solutions for maximum choice • Deep integration between products for enhanced features and usability • Comprehensive services and support to simplify change and maintain peace of mind • Leadership in software defined strategies and multicloud innovation IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.
- 3. IBM Storage and VMware: Trusted Partners VMware – IBM Global Alliance • IBM is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) • IBM is a VMware vSphere design partner - vVOLS, SRM Stretched Cluster • Roadmap alignment and mutual commitment at executive level • Close collaboration via storage programs (e.g. VASA) • IBM Storage deployed in VMware’s Reference Architecture Lab (and more) IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.
- 4. IBM Storage and VMware – A Winning Combination Accelerate your digital transformation and journey to the cloud with VMware and IBM. IBM supports VMware’s vision with tightly integrated offerings and comprehensive services. Software Cloud Service Storage Systems Modernize Data Centers Integrate Public Clouds Transform Networking and Security Empower Digital Workspaces Traditional Apps Cloud-Native Apps SaaS Apps Telecommunications Networks Edge Computing Private Clouds Public Clouds Any Cloud Any Device Any Application
- 5. IBM Storage offers the broadest portfolio of proven virtualization solutions for maximum choice
- 6. IBM Storage © Copyright IBM Corporation 2018 ManagementModern Data Protection Scale-Out FileScale-Out BlockScale-Out Object Virtualized Multi-Vendor Block Cloud Object Storage System Elastic Storage Server Available as FlashSystem A9000 FlashSystem A9000R Storwize V7000F Storwize V5030F SAN Volume Controller Storwize V5000 Storwize V7000 High-end Storage Tape & Virtual Tape TS7700 Family TS2900 Autoloader Tape Libraries LTO8 & Tape Drives All-Flash Acceleration FlashSystem 900 DS8884 DS8884F DS8886 DS8886F DS8888F Infrastructure / Cloud Networking FlashSystem 9100 Metadata-Driven Data Insight Traditional NAS/File Copy Data Management DS8882F Backup ArchiveVM Data Availability Container & VM APIs Monitoring & Control IBM Storage: A Comprehensive, Award-winning Portfolio Storwize V7000 Gen3 w/NVMe
- 7. 7 High Performance IBM Flash Systems for VMware Workloads Enhanced data storage functions, economics & flexibility with sophisticated virtualization IBM Elastic Storage Server DS888xF Business Critical z/OS / AIX Power HA Power i HA Business critical, deepest integration with z Systems Superior performance and reliability Three-site / Four-site replication DS8888F, DS8886F, DS8884F, DS8882F Big Data • Extreme performance • Targeting database acceleration & Spectrum Storage booster FlashSystem 900 Application acceleration FlashSystem A9000 FlashSystem A9000R FlashSystem 9100 NVMe-accelerated Multicloud Enabled Storwize V7000 Gen3 NVMe-accelerated Mid-Range SVC IBM FlashCore™ Technology Optimized Cloud service providers Large deployments Simplified management Flexible consumption model Large Grid scale Full time data reduction Consolidate file, object & Hadoop workloads Faster data analytics, AI Global sharing Storwize V5030F/ V7000F Entry / Mid-Range Scale-out clustering Simplified management Flexible consumption model Virtualized, flash-optimized, modular storage Enterprise heterogeneous data services and selectable data reduction 7 IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
- 8. IBM Storage and SDI © Copyright IBM Corporation 2018 NVMe-Accelerated Enterprise Flash Array- 100% NVMe - Industry Leading Performance and Scale - Flexible, Modern, Agile - Supports Physical, Virtual and Docker Environments - NVMe end-to-end enabled and SCM-capable AI-Empowered - AI-empowered Storage Analytics, Storage Resource management and Support platform - AI-based data placement for optimal datacenter performance and zero-downtime data migration Multi-Cloud enabled - Private, Hybrid or Public Cloud deployments - Multi-cloud API automation, replication and secondary data orchestration software included in offering - Proven, validated “Multi-Cloud blueprints” IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe-Accelerated and Multi-Cloud Enabled FlashSystem 9100
- 9. IBM Storage © Copyright IBM Corporation 2018 IBM Spectrum Storage Software IBM’s comprehensive set of award-winning storage software delivered across appliance, converged and cloud. Infrastructure Platforms Software-Defined Storage Modern Data Protection Archive Management Scale-Out NAS Monitoring & Control ServersDisk CloudFlash Tape Container & VM APIs Cloud-based Storage Management and Support Metadata- Driven Data Insight Backup VM Data Availability Copy Data Management Virtualized Block Scale-Out File Scale-Out Block Scale-Out Object
- 10. IBM Storage offers deep VMware integration
- 11. IBM Storage Solutions for VMware Monitor health with vRealize Operations Easily automate operations with vRealize Orchestrator & vRealize Automation Provide visibility and self service provisioning to vCenter administrators with vSphere vCenter Web Client Plugin Enable Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) & Virtual Volumes (VVOL’s) with vSphere VASA Orchestrate IBM Storage and ESXi hosts Disaster Recovery with vSphere Site Recovery Manager Leverage performance efficiencies to increase ESXi VMFS scalability, with vSphere VAAI Backup vSphere virtual machines with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
- 12. IBM Block Flash Portfolio and VMware Integration Client Benefit DS8000 FlashSystem A9000R FlashSystem A9000 FlashSystem 9100 FlashSystem 900 Storwize V7000F Storwize V5030F VMware Support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VMware Web Client (VWC) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ SRA for Site Recovery Manager - Storage-based replication ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VAAI (Hardware Accelerated) Zero – Block Zero Full Copy – SCSI XCopy ATS Unmap ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VASA 2.0 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ VVol Planned Planned ✓ ✓ ✓ vRealize Suite Planned ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Spectrum Accelerate Spectrum Accelerate Spectrum Virtualize Spectrum Virtualize Spectrum Virtualize
- 13. IBM Storage - VMware Integration IBM Spectrum Virtualize, IBM Storwize, IBM FlashSystem 9100, IBM Spectrum Accelerate, IBM FlashSystem A9000, IBM DS8000 vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) vCenter VASA VWC SRM SRA For Virtualize SRA For DS8000 SRA For A9000/R Server VirtualizationvRealize Suite VADP IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Backup Snapshot Management Discovery Provisioning Optimization Automation Operations Management Self-service Disaster Recovery VAAI support (data path integration) IBM Spectrum Connect
- 14. IBM Storage - VMware Integration IBM Spectrum Connect consolidates VMware interfaces for simpler certification and deployment IO Path (FC/iSCSI) VMware vSphere Control Plane - IP vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) vRealize Automation using vRealize Orchestrator (vRA/vRO) vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVols) IBM Storage Enhancements for vSphere Web Client IBM Storage Automation Plug-in for PowerShell IBM DS8000 IBM Flash Systems Data Plane
- 15. IBM Storage delivers modern data protection for virtual machines
- 16. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus: Modern Data Protection Smart: easy to deploy and manage Immediate ROI Rapid protection and recovery Lowest RTO/RPO Scalable architecture Software-defined Application aware Wide DB & app support Physical, virtual and storage support Broad coverage Cloud, tape & object integrated Archive, DR Self-service and API driven DevOps, Dev-Test Task automation Lower OPEX, more reliable
- 17. What Makes IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Special? SLA-based automation • Select, click and done backup • SLA driven protection and monitoring Low impact data protection • Block-level incremental forever • VMs and files within VMs Instant data and VM recovery • Snapshot rapid recovery for all use cases • Multiple application consistant recovery points
- 18. What Makes IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Special? Long-term retention with Spectrum Protect • Automated off-load to Spectrum Protect • Meet regulatory compliance, efficient long term storage Global Search and Recovery • Google-like search and recover for files and objects • Enables easy and fast restore from search Multi-use/Re-use of backup copies • Derive business value from your backup data • Spin up VMs and VMDKs for easy and secure access
- 19. IBM Storage offers a converged infrastructure solution with VMware built in 1. Compute Efficiency = UCS Modular, Stateless, Service Profiles, Programmability 2. Networking 3. Storage 4. Storage Area Networking (or Direct Attach) Flexibility & Versatility 5. Virtualization 6. Centralized & Unified Management 7. Single Number Support
- 20. VersaStack – Software-defined Platform with VMware Built in VersaStack Solution Easy Deployment Efficient Resource Utilization Versatile Infrastructure & Use Cases Cisco Nexus and MDS Cisco UCS IBM FlashSystem and IBM Storwize Storage IBM V9000 Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize Business Continuity Security Services UCS Director Cisco ACI Ready
- 21. IBM Storage offers high availability solutions for business continuity
- 22. IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Stretched Cluster with VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager • Single solution to address planned and unplanned outages • vMotion of workloads between datacenters – • Using SRM to orchestrate multiple server relocation • Orchestration for recovery for unplanned outages • Non-disruptive tests for unplanned recovery.
- 23. IBM FlashSystem A9000/R HyperSwap A software feature, that delivers highly-available all-flash storage service by supporting cross-system, cross-datacenter, active-active configuration, without extra licensing or special hardware. • IBM Spectrum Storage HyperSwap is a non- disruptive storage service, enabling transparent high availability • Mirroring between two Sites: • Storwize V7000/V5000, FlashSystem 9100, A9000 and SVC can be used • Redundant environment in case of site failure • VMware SRM Stretched Volume with IBM HyperSwap solution enables disaster recovery orchestration and testing, with no downtime for planned failovers and minimal downtime for unplanned failovers
- 24. IBM Storage offers data archival with air-gap protection
- 25. IBM Tape Libraries: Reliable Data Protection and Long-term Retention Next-generation cloud storage library • Maximum capacity with LTO-8 / TS1155: 263.25 PB / 278 PB • Drive types: LTO and/or TS1100 • Maximum number of drives: 128 TS4500 Tape Library High-density, highly scalable and easy to manage • Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 3.2 PB • Drive types: LTO FH & HH • Maximum number of drives: 21 TS4300 Tape Library TS2900 Tape Autoloader Low-profile, entry-level IBM LTO tape storage • Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 108 TB • Drive types: LTO HH SAS • Maximum number of drives: 1
- 26. IBM Storage delivers high performance for your critical business applications
- 27. Virtualization of the complete infrastructure Ideal for mission-critical applications Virtualized server infrastructure with business critical applications Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer VMwareVirtualization SAN Volume Controller (built on Spectrum Virtualize) IBM Storage software- defined and all-flash solutions FlashSystem 900XIV StorageVirtualization
- 28. IBM Storage provides leadership in software defined strategies and multicloud innovation
- 29. 85 of 100 world’s top banks by assets use IBM DS8000 storage solutions for availability, performance, and reliability 87% of the Fortune Global 100 use IBM Spectrum Storage LEADER in 2018, 2017 & 2016, IDC and Gartner named IBM “leaders” in 13 reports IBM Global Financing is the #1 IT captive financier in the world Financing available for IBM Storage Systems & Software Solutions #1 Archiving, Mainframe Storage and branded Tape IBM Storage Leadership
- 30. IBM Storage is Recognized as an Industry Leader IBM Mid-Range Tape Drives & IBM Tape Libraries 2018 Market Leader IBM Storwize, XIV, DS8000 2013 - 2018 A Leader: Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays (November 2018) 1 IBM SSA Portfolio 2014 - 2018 A Leader: Magic Quadrant for Solid State Arrays (July 2018)1 IBM Spectrum Protect 2011 - 2017 A Leader: Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions (July 2017)1 IBM Spectrum Scale & IBM Cloud Object Storage 2016 - 2018 A Leader: Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage (October 2018)1 IBM recognized in the below markets for our listed solutions: IBM Cloud Object Storage 2018 Critical Capabilities for Object Storage Highest Scores Across All Use-cases (January 2018) 1 IBM Tape 2006 - 2018 #1 Branded Tape Revenue2 IBM Cloud Object Storage 2016 & 2018 A Leader in Object-Based Storage by IDC MarketScape3 1Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner document available from IBM upon request. 2 IDC Custom Tape Report, 1H’18. 3 IDC MarketScape WW Object-Based Storage 2018 Vendor Assessment #US42665518E June 2018. IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 Finalist: Enterprise Storage IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 Best of Show Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology IBM Cloud Object Storage 2018 Winner: Storage - Cloud IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud 2018 Finalist: Data Management VersaStack for IBM Cloud Private 2018 Finalist: Data Center Infrastructure IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 Finalist: Storage - Enterprise IBM Storwize Family 2018 Finalist: Storage - Midrange IBM Spectrum Connect 2018 Finalist: Container Technology IBM 2017 & 2018 Top Five Vendors to Watch IBM Elastic Storage Server, IBM Spectrum Scale 2018 Top SuperComputing Achievement IBM Spectrum Storage 2018 Finalist: Software-Defined Storage IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 1 of 22 Flash Storage Products Heating Up the Data Center IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 10 Coolest New Enterprise Storage SSDs and Flash Storage IBM FlashSystem 9100 2018 Product of the Year Finalist: Storage Arrays IBM Cloud Object Storage 2018 Product of the Year Finalist: Software-Defined and Cloud Storage IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2018 Product of the Year Finalist: Backup and Disaster Recovery Software and Services
- 31. ü Comprehensive family of offerings addresses full range of software defined storage & compute requirements ü Flexible deployment on cloud, appliance and as software defined on client's choice of hardware ü Built using technologies proven in over fifty thousand client deployments ü From the vendor with the highest leadership ranking positions by analysts ü Complements and transforms existing infrastructure to support next generation applications The IBM Storage Portfolio Difference
- 32. IBM Storage and VMware IBM and VMware together enable you to • Dramatically reduce the complexity of IT • Significantly lower IT costs • Improve efficiency, performance and scalability • Increase flexibility and business agility • Transform and modernize your data-driven, multicloud digital foundation IBM & VMware together are uniquely positioned to help you rapidly progress along your virtualization journey, from the desktop to the datacenter to the cloud. IBM delivers the ideal storage systems, software defined storage offerings and converged infrastructure for your VMware environment.