IBM Real-time Compression Software Version 4.1

Are storage requirements growing too fast? IBM Real-time Compression Software version 4.1 is designed to compress CIFS/NFS data up to 80% when used in conjunction with the Real-time Compression Appliance (2452 Model 780).

Version 4.1 introduces the following:

• Support for the Real-time Compression Appliance STN7800: takes advantage of the new STN7800 hardware, making use of Intel’s new Sandy-Bridge architecture. The software stack was tuned to use a higher number of cores and take advantage of larger CPU cache memory. This version adds support for Intel’s new 10GbE NICs for increased performance in 10GbE networks.
• Improved performance: introduces a change in the networking layer. This change enables the appliance to deliver throughput performance of more than 2GB/sec. Since this is a software change, existing users of STN6500 and STN6800 models can also gain throughput improvements.
• Simplified pricing: introduces new pricing by capping the number of terabytes per appliance to 50. Once this number is reached, the customer is free to compress as much data as they desire.

Key prerequisites
IBM Real-time Compression Software V4.1 requires one or more of the following (Machine type/model: Description):

• 2452-650: Real-time Compression Appliance STN6500
• 2452-680: Real-time Compression Appliance STN6800
• 2452-780: Real-time Compression Appliance STN7800

Planned availability date
February 15, 2013