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IBM Storage

IBM offers industry's first integrated solid state drive support for storage virtualization
Enhancements build on IBM QuickSilver Technology Demonstration


IBM announces Information Archive to help businesses manage explosive data growth
Solution Supports IBM’s New Smart Archive Strategy


IBM XIV adds new mirroring, performance, security and management
IBM’s next generation open systems storage system, XIV, adds availability, security, and dual processors, delivering improved price and performance for more demanding client workloads


HDS Hu Yoshida Blog

HDS at VMworld 2010
Mon, 30 Aug 2010
In my series on data center transformation I started with Server transformation and the closer integration of server and storage virtualization through the use of VAAI or vStorage APIs for storage arrays. These APIs were introduced at VMworld in 2008 when VMware announced their vStorage initiatives. When VMware released these APIs on July 13, 2010, Hitachi jointly [...]


Data Center Transformation, Part 7: Application Transparency
Tue, 24 Aug 2010
As I have stated in my previous posts on data center transformation, virtualization plays an important role in creating a dynamic pool of server and storage resources and masking the physical infrastructure from the application, so that the provisioning, movement, and refresh of the infrastructure can be done without disruption to the business. While [...]


Data Center Transformation Part 6: One platform all Data
Tue, 17 Aug 2010
There is a growing need for specialized storage servers to provide functions like Network Attached Storage (NAS) over Internet protocols, Content Archives, enterprise document management, Virtual tape Libraries (VTL), deduplication, low cost modular storage, high availability enterprise storage, etc. While storage servers provide benefits for the management and preservation of certain types of data, it [...]


NetApp News

NetApp to Present at Citi Technology Conference on September 7, 2010
Thu, 02 Sep 2010

NetApp Integrates with VMware® vCloud™ Director to Improve IT Flexibility and Efficiency
Tue, 31 Aug 2010

NetApp Delivers Maximum Desktop Efficiency to VMware® View™ 4.5 Customers
Tue, 31 Aug 2010
NetApp and VMware Demonstrate Scalability and Performance with Largest Documented Global VDI Deployment


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EMC Reduces TCO For Virtual Desktops 60 Percent
Mon, 30 Aug 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (VMworld 2010), August 31, 2010 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced a comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions for VMware View 4.5 to help customers accelerate deployment of virtual desktop environments. By centralizing the management of desktops and deploying those virtually with VMware View 4.5 businesses can avoid much of the cost and expense associated with traditional desktop management. EMC reduces storage costs by 60 percent and decreases physical space and power required by 90 percent while, at the same time, maintaining high desktop performance levels.
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EMC Transforms Management of the Private Cloud
Mon, 30 Aug 2010
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Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager 2.0 Now in Customer Beta
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Lascon Site News

Lascon latest updates

TSM database management updated for TSM 6.1, August 2010

SQL queries updated for TSM 6.1 July 2010

TSM and LAN free backups updated June 2010

TSM and DB2 databases data updated May 2010

Enterprise disk storage data updated April 2010

SAN zoning design data updated March 2010

SVC zoning data updated March 2010

Lasconet latest updates

Friday August 20 2010
Jim posted a comment in discussion item TSM v 6
Hi AndyIBM support TSM levels 5.4, 5.5, 6.1 and 6.2. It's expected that 5.4 support will be withdrawn early next year.We don't use 6.2, but we do use 6.1 quite extensively, as well as some 5.4 and a shrinking number of 4.2 clients. To con...
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Wednesday August 18 2010
Andy posted a comment in discussion item 67
Does anybody have a view on when TSM v5.x support will be withdrawn? Has anybody started or is planning to move to v6.2 , advice or suggestions welcomed?
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The Lascon Storage Network

Latest IBM RedBooks

IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage Architecture and Implementation
Fri, 27 Aug 2010
Draft Redbook, last updated: Fri, 27 Aug 2010

- Learn to setup and customize the IBM Scale Out NAS
- Details hardware and software architecture
- Includes daily administration scenarios

IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) is a Scale Out NAS offering designed to manage vast repositories of information in enterprise environments requiring very large capacities, high levels of performance, and high availability.


IBM System Storage DS8700 Easy Tier
Tue, 24 Aug 2010
Redpaper, published: Tue, 24 Aug 2010

- Workload learning through smart monitoring
- Automated data relocation
- Optimized SSD utilization

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes the concepts and functions of IBM System Storage® Easy Tier and explains its practical usage with the DS8700.


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