IBM ships new Storwize V5000, rolls out software package for Apache Spark

#IBM recently rolled out a pair of new storage offerings: the “Gen 2” #Storwize #V5000 hybrid system, with upgraded #SpectrumVirtualize software, and a “Platform Conductor” for #Apache #Spark data analytics.

The Gen 2 edition of IBM’s Storwize V5000 for the first time gives customers a choice of three models: the V5010, V5020 and V5030. The company sold only one V5000 model in the past, although the Storwize product line also includes a higher end V7000 and lower end V3700.

Eric Herzog, vice president of product marketing and management for IBM’s storage and software-defined infrastructure, said the V5000 targets the “lower end of the mid-tier market.” That includes small and medium businesses and remote offices and departments of large enterprises. Typical workloads include databases and virtual server workloads.

http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/blog/Storage-Soup/IBM-ships-new-Storwize-V5000-rolls-out-software-package-for-Apache-Spark

IBM blesses Catalogic's ECX copy data management

#Catalogic has finally managed to get #IBM on board its in-place #ECX copy data management train.

Big Blue and Little C are saying that the following IBM arrays are supported with ECX:

#Storwize hybrid arraysSAN Volume ControllerFlashSystem V9000SoftLayer – with ECX helping to reduce wasteful and redundant data storage in IBM's public enterprise cloudSpectrum Protect (Flash Copy Manager) for snapshot management

Catalogic says that what's unique is the capability to not just move the data to the SoftLayer cloud, but also to automate the entire process of bringing up live application environments in the cloud in support of functions like DR, Dev and Test or Analytics.

The CAPEX and OPEX savings are claimed to deliver a >300 per cent return on investment for clients. It is expected to accelerate SoftLayer adoption by IBM's enterprise storage customers.

Oddly, and unexpectedly for a storage service that says it reduces storage resource consumption, this development should, Catalogic claims, drive new or expanded storage sales based on the additional use cases it enables.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/02/ibm_blesses_catalogic_copy_data_management/