{"id":623106,"date":"2023-03-29T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/29\/ibm-storage-launched-with-backup-appliance-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:49:43","slug":"ibm-storage-launched-with-backup-appliance-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/29\/ibm-storage-launched-with-backup-appliance-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Storage launched with backup appliance plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/visuals\/German\/article\/datacenter-storage-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" data-credit=\"pressmaster - stock.adobe.com\"  width=\"520\" height=\"173\" alt><\/p>\n<p>pressmaster &#8211; stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h2>Prosaically named brand will replace Spectrum products, while IBM rationalises offer for AI\/ML, hybrid cloud and malware, which it sees as the backdrop to contemporary IT<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-center\">\n<ul>\n<li><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i data-icon=\"2\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"contributors-block\">\n<p><span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Yann-Serra\">Yann Serra,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>LeMagIT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Antony-Adshead\">Antony Adshead,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Storage Editor<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tPublished: <span>28 Mar 2023 16:45<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-body\">\n<p>IBM\u2019s Spectrum brand, in use for numerous IBM products since 2015, is set to disappear and be replaced by the more descriptive IBM Storage. The move comes as part of a wider strategy for storage services in which it will now aim for greater product integration without the need for customers to assemble diverse hardware modules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge is to reduce the number of products in our storage catalogue, in favour of all-in-one solutions that will be easier to buy and to sell into managed services by integrators,\u201d said Denis Kennelly, general manager of storage at IBM. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first product in this new push will be Storage Defender, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/resources\/Data-protection-backup-and-archiving\">backup<\/a> appliance aimed at combatting ransomware, planned for summer release. Storage Defender combines file and virtual machine backup from Spectrum Protect, object storage backup software from Cohesity\u2019s DataProtect, and container storage management from Spectrum Fusion, all in a flash-equipped FlashSystem storage array.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is also to integrate the results of the open source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/365532190\/Velero-wants-to-become-the-Kubernetes-backup-standard\">Velero backup project for Kubernetes<\/a>, which is heavily supported by Red Hat.<\/p>\n<p>IBM said that Storage Defender will lean heavily on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/feature\/Storage-requirements-for-AI-ML-and-analytics-in-2022\">AI monitoring of storage equipment activity<\/a> to detect things like disk errors and the presence of malware, as well as to alert administrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt acts, more precisely, to detect risks on storage arrays in production and not just those that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/feature\/Backup-maintenance-Make-sure-backups-can-deliver\">store backups<\/a>,\u201d said Brent Ellis, an analyst with Forrester Research. \u201cWith that kind of vision of events it becomes possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/feature\/Snapshots-best-practice-Five-key-things-you-need-to-know\">use snapshots to recover<\/a> operations with the briefest delay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn summary, you won\u2019t have separate systems for surveillance of cyber security and for backup,\u201d said Christophe Bertrand of analyst ESG. \u201cIBM is proposing a cyber-surveillance system that prevents data theft and looks after restoration in case it is destroyed.\u201d He noted that the appliance comes with a console that can be used by cyber security and backup admins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section data-menu-title=\"Multiple technologies in a single console\">\n<h3><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>Multiple technologies in a single console<\/h3>\n<p>Analysts have applauded the integration of a number of technologies that previously would have existed in different forms of storage and would have to have been bought separately. Now, FlashSystem arrays can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/feature\/Backup-types-explained-Full-incremental-differential-synthetic\">deal with backup<\/a> and be used for production workloads \u2013 and that will include storage for containerised applications, thanks to Fusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite a judicious move to bundle Cohesity into the product because it radically simplifies backup,\u201d said Ellis. \u201cPreviously, IBM sold three products: Spectrum Protect for on-site file backup, Spectrum Protect Plus for virtual machines, and Spectrum Protect Plus Online for data in the cloud. Now, everything will be dealt with from one console.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new offer will also comprise Storage for Data &#038; AI and Storage for Hybrid Cloud. The first of those will use storage from Ceph Storage for block, file and object, and IBM Storage Scale (previously Spectrum Scale) to share file and object storage over the network. The Storage Scale System, previously known as Elastic Storage System, will provide the storage hardware underpinnings.<\/p>\n<p>For Hybrid Cloud, there will be hyper-converged infrastructure dedicated to Kubernetes. That will run OpenShift for compute and Fusion for storage. In this configuration, the Fusion console will optimise sharing of resources between applications, and also migrate containers as simply as possible.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"DigDeeperSplash\">\n<h4>\n\t\t\t<i data-icon=\"m\"><\/i>Read more on Storage management and strategy<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchdatabackup\/news\/365531826\/IBM-Storage-Defender-showcases-storage-strategy-shift\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1180684429_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1180684429_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1180684429.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>IBM Storage Defender showcases storage strategy shift<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/armstrong_adam.jpg\" alt=\"AdamArmstrong\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Adam\u00a0Armstrong<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/feature\/Container-storage-platforms-Big-six-approach-starts-to-align\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/German\/article\/container-on-a-train-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/German\/article\/container-on-a-train-adobe_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/German\/article\/container-on-a-train-adobe.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>Container storage platforms: Big six approach starts to align<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/adshead_antony2018.jpg\" alt=\"AntonyAdshead\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Antony\u00a0Adshead<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchstorage\/definition\/hybrid-cloud-storage\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/3_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/visuals\/digdeeper\/3.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>hybrid cloud storage<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineImages\/jones_margaret.jpg\" alt=\"MargaretJones\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Margaret\u00a0Jones<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"DigDeeperItem-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchstorage\/news\/252525686\/IBM-integrates-Red-Hat-storage-for-hybrid-cloud\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1288032037_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1288032037_searchsitetablet_520X173.jpg 960w,https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage_g1288032037.jpg 1280w\" alt ><\/p>\n<h5>IBM integrates Red Hat storage for hybrid cloud<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/armstrong_adam.jpg\" alt=\"AdamArmstrong\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By: <span>Adam\u00a0Armstrong<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/365534044\/IBM-Storage-launched-with-backup-appliance-plan\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Georgianna Pepper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pressmaster &#8211; 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