Continuing its commitment to developing and delivering industry-leading storage technologies, IBM® introduces the IBM FlashSystem® solution that is powered by IBM Spectrum® Virtualize V8.4. This innovative storage offering delivers essential storage efficiency technologies and exceptional ease of use and performance, all integrated into a compact, modular design that is offered at a competitive, midrange price.

The solution incorporates some of the top IBM technologies that are typically found only in enterprise-class storage systems, which raises the standard for storage efficiency in midrange disk systems. This cutting-edge storage system extends the comprehensive storage portfolio from IBM and can help change the way organizations address the ongoing information explosion.

This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces the features and functions of an IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.4 system through several examples. This book is aimed at pre-sales and post-sales technical support and marketing and storage administrators. It helps you understand the architecture, how to implement it, and how to take advantage of its industry-leading functions and features.

Chapter 1. Introduction and system overview

Chapter 2. Planning

Chapter 3. Initial configuration

Chapter 4. IBM Spectrum Virtualize GUI

Chapter 5. Using storage pools

Chapter 6. Creating and provisioning volumes

Chapter 7. Attaching hosts to the storage systems

Chapter 8. Storage migration

Chapter 9. Advanced features for storage efficiency

Chapter 10. Advanced Copy Services

Chapter 11. Ownership groups

Chapter 12. Encryption

Chapter 13. Reliability, availability, and serviceability, and monitoring and troubleshooting

Appendix A. Performance data and statistics gathering

Appendix B. Terminology

Appendix C. Command-line interface setup