IBM Spectrum Storage Suite V1.0.1
Includes Cloud Object Storage on-premises version and Spectrum Virtualize software.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on December 20, 2016 at 3:04 pmIBM Spectrum Storage V1.0.1 includes IBM Cloud Object Storage on-premises version and IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software Only.
It also updates all member products to the latest versions. This enables additional hybrid cloud use cases with the introduction of transparent cloud tiering technology in IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Spectrum Virtualize.
Spectrum Storage Suite V1.0.1 is single-priced Product Identifier Description (PID)
containing following Spectrum Storage offerings:
- Spectrum Accelerate V11.5
- Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.2 (Linux edition)
- Spectrum Control Advanced Edition V5.2
- Spectrum Protect Suite V8.1
- Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition V4.2
- Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller V7.8
- Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller V7.8 (Real-time Compression)
- Spectrum Virtualize Software for SAN Volume Controller V7.8 (Encryption Software)
- Spectrum Virtualize Software-only V7.8
- Cloud Object Storage System V3.8
Spectrum Storage Suite is a single software license that entitles to use any combination of these product capabilities. Count up the terabytes of usable physical infrastructure you want to use with software-defined storage capabilities, and license that much Spectrum Storage Suite with a flat, cost-per-terabyte basis licensing.
Spectrum Storage V1.0.1 includes IBM Cloud Object Storage on-premises version and IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software Only. It also updates all member products to the latest versions. This enables additional hybrid cloud use cases with the introduction of transparent cloud tiering technology in Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Virtualize.
- IBM Cloud Object Storage offers the capability to store petabytes to exabytes of unstructured data on industry-standard servers to create a software-defined, object storage solution.
- Spectrum Virtualize Software Only is being added to the Spectrum Virtualize family to enable customers to license and deploy the software for supported x86 industry-standard Intel servers.
- Transparent cloud tiering technology in Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Virtualize enables movement of data to and from the cloud for newer hybrid cloud use cases.
IBM Spectrum Storage Suite V1.0.1 requires one of following OSs:
- IBM AIX
- HP-UX
- Oracle Solaris
- Windows
- Linux x86 servers running VMware ESX Hypervisor
- IBM SVC engine
Planned availability date: December 15, 2016 (electronic delivery)