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IBM XIV Storage Systems: A Perfect Fit with VMware (May 2011) |
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Many companies are discovering that the real benefits of VMware can only be achieved when both the server and the storage environments are virtualized, otherwise they are just pushing the management and performance issues from one part of their infrastructure to another.
IBM XIV is an innovative storage solution that perfectly completes the end-to-end virtualization of a VMware data center.
• The IBM XIV Storage System, with its next-generation grid architecture, automated load balancing and exceptional ease of management, provides best-in-class virtual enterprise storage for your virtual servers.
• IBM XIV reduces the overall footprint of your storage architecture as VMware reduces the server infrastructure.
• IBM XIV end-to-end support for VMware solutions, including vSphere and vCenter, provides hotspot-free server-storage performance, optimal resource use, and an on-demand storage infrastructure, enabling for the simplified growth that’s essential to meeting enterprise virtualization goals. |
Contact Sirius for more information about
IBM XIV storage or
VMware virtualization solutions
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IBM has partnered with VMware to deliver solutions to your virtualization management, performance and availability challenges. IBM is VMware’s largest OEM and Global Alliance partner, with the largest number of certified VMware solutions and tight development collaboration, and IBM XIV storage systems are installed in VMware’s Reference Architecture Lab.
» Download the Why IBM XIV is a Perfect Fit with VMware whitepaper (.pdf) |
| What are XIV and VMware clients saying? |
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One of the nation’s top accounts receivable management companies, Sirius client West Asset Management has already discovered the considerable advantages of combining IBM XIV storage systems with VMware virtualization technologies.
According to DJ Toms, Vice President of Information Services at West Asset Management, “Although our VMware environment gave us virtualization on the server side, there was a bottleneck when it came to the storage. Initially, we thought the claims IBM was making about the XIV system were too good to be true—but then we saw it deliver a 300 percent improvement in performance. And when we analyzed the business case, we realized we would potentially achieve cost savings of 30 percent over traditional SAN infrastructures.”
And how difficult was it to migrate?
“It was the easiest migration we’ve ever done,” says Jeff Ealy, Director of IT at West Asset Management. “The XIV migration tools are fantastic -- the whole data transfer took place in the background, with no need to take systems offline. The only downtime was for a few minutes when we rebooted the servers. Our last SAN migration was a nightmare, so we were astounded at how easy the XIV made the process.”
» Download the West Asset Management case study (.pdf)
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