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IBM Hyper-Scale in XIV Storage

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IBM Hyper-Scale in XIV Storage

IBM® Hyper-Scale helps you easily overcome provisioning scenarios that normally challenge traditional systems. IBM Hyper-Scale can accommodate several critical customer scenarios for data mobility, load balancing, over-provisioning, and storage system repurposing.

IBM Hyper-Scale introduces three major concepts and technologies, with the IBM XIV® Storage System (Gen3 models):
– The first is IBM Hyper-Scale Manager, a flexible, consolidated multi-system management application that was originally released in October 2012 as “Multi-System Manager”. IBM Hyper-Scale Manager is based on and seamlessly integrated with the XIV GUI and spans multiple XIV systems. It enables customers to centrally manage up to 144 XIV systems.

– The second technology, IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility, was released in June 2013. It is a powerful function for moving volumes between storage containers transparently, with no disruption to host applications.

– The third technology, IBM Hyper-Scale Consistency was released with the IBM XIV Storage Software Version 11.4. It offers cross-system Consistency enabling coordinated snapshots across independent XIV systems. It helps to ensure data protection across multiple XIV systems.

This IBM Redpaper™ publication provides a broad understanding of the IBM Hyper-Scale feature.

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by rogerluethy on November 26, 2013  •  Permalink
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IBM XIV Hyper-Scale Mobility

Good post by Guenter Rebmann

IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility

IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility is a no-cost feature introduced in XIV Storage System software version 11.3. This level of software is available since May 2013. Prior releasing this software the naming was changed from OLVM (Online Volume Migration) to IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility, which is now the official name.
The feature allows users to move volumes from one XIV System Gen3 to another XIV System Gen3 with no interruption before, during, and after the migration.

Read on here – Check out also the Redbook on this topic here

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by rogerluethy on August 8, 2013  •  Permalink
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IBM XIV Storage System: IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility Overview and Usage

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IBM XIV Storage System: IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility Overview and Usage

IBM® Hyper-Scale introduces two major new technologies, both implemented in the IBM XIV® Storage System (Gen3 models):

  • The first is IBM Hyper-Scale Manager, a flexible, consolidated multi-system management application that was originally released in October 2012 as “Multi-System Manager”. IBM Hyper-Scale Manager is based on and seamlessly integrated with the XIV GUI and spans multiple XIV systems.
  • The second new technology, IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility, is the topic of this publication. It is a powerful function for moving volumes between storage containers transparently, with no disruption to host applications.

IBM Hyper-Scale helps you easily overcome provisioning scenarios that normally challenge traditional systems. IBM Hyper-Scale can accommodate several critical customer scenarios for data mobility, load balancing, over-provisioning, and storage system repurposing.

This IBM Redpaper™ publication provides a broad understanding of the IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility feature. The paper describes the IBM Hyper-Scale architecture and includes detailed step by step scenarios that illustrate the online volume migration process, both from the XIV GUI and the XIV Command-Line Interface (XCLI).

This publication is intended for XIV customers and users who want a practical understanding of IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility concepts and usage.

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by rogerluethy on June 12, 2013  •  Permalink
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IBM XIV Storage System software version 11.3.0 (5639-YYB) with IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility and support for 4 TB disk drives

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IBM® XIV® Storage System software version 11.3.0 features IBM Hyper-Scale Mobility, which is designed to enable administrators to move volumes between XIV systems without application disruption. IBM XIV Storage System software version 11.3.0 also supports 4 TB disk drives, which can help reduce energy costs by as much as 25% per usable TB while contributing to space and energy efficiencies. Customers using the 4 TB based XIV system can benefit from up to 25% less power consumption per usable TB than the 3 TB based XIV system. They can also benefit from a reduction of up to 11% in price per usable TB over the 3 TB based system, and up to 26% in price per usable TB over the 2 TB based system. The 4 TB based XIV systems provide up to 33% increased capacity in the same footprint compared to systems equipped with 3 TB drives, while maintaining similar performance. Modules with 4 TB drives include double the RAM size over 3 TB systems, totaling 48 GB RAM per module.

An order of a validly configured IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 machine type 2810 or 2812, Model 214 must occur at the same time as an initial IBM XIV Storage System Software V11.3.0 order.

Refer to the Hardware requirements and Ordering information sections for more information.

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by rogerluethy on June 10, 2013  •  Permalink
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