IBM Cloud Storage Redbooks

08 July 2026, Draft Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the configuration, implementation, and best practices for using the IBM FlashSystem® family of storage products in VMware environments. The topics in this book cover planning, configuration, operations, and recommended practices for integrating IBM FlashSystem storage systems with VMware technologies and management frameworks, including: IBM Storage ...

08 July 2026, Draft Redbooks

The IBM® FlashSystem® grid is an innovative and efficient solution for overcoming data storage management challenges. This federated, scalable storage platform enables unified management of multiple IBM FlashSystem and IBM SAN Volume Controller controllers. Its key strengths include unmatched scale-out capability and streamlined, non-disruptive management across federated IBM FlashSystem and IBM ...

02 July 2026, Redbooks

This IBM Redbooks publication describes how IBM Storage Scale enables organizations to manage “abstract data”—data that spans multiple storage tiers, geographic locations, and storage technologies—through a single, unified global namespace. It explains the underlying architecture and key capabilities, including storage pools, filesets, policy‑driven Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), ...

15 June 2026, Redpaper

This IBM Redpaper publication describes IBM’s new cyber resiliency solution, IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS). By using DRS, users can leverage new detection mechanisms for their environment to detect threats early, and get a full view of the infrastructure by connecting primary storage arrays like IBM FlashSystem® and auxiliary storage solutions for backup, such as IBM Defender ...

20 May 2026, Redpaper

This IBM Redpaper describes the IBM® solution for using IBM Storage Scale as enterprise storage with IBM watsonx.ai®. The paper explains how IBM watsonx.ai applications can use the enterprise-storage features and functions that are provided by IBM Storage Scale. This Redpaper is intended for technical professionals, including customers, consultants, technical support staff, IT architects, and IT ...

08 April 2026, Redpaper

The business world is being transformed rapidly by artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), analytics, and hybrid cloud technologies. Unlike traditional applications that work with structured data that is stored in databases, these new workloads operate on a vast ocean of unstructured data, such as documents, images, videos, audio recordings, log files, or any other ...

25 March 2026, Redbooks

The business world is being transformed rapidly by artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), analytics, and hybrid cloud technologies. Unlike traditional applications that work with structured data that is stored in databases, these new workloads operate on a vast ocean of unstructured data, such as documents, images, videos, audio recordings, log files, or any other ...

20 March 2026, Redbooks

The IBM FlashSystem® grid is an innovative and efficient solution for overcoming data storage management challenges. This federated, scalable storage platform enables unified management of multiple IBM FlashSystem and IBM Storage Virtualize (IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC)) controllers. Its key strengths include unmatched scale-out capability and streamlined, non-disruptive management across ...

15 December 2025, Redpaper

This Redpaper describes a high performance file and block access solution using IBM® Storage Virtualize and IBM Storage Scale to provide file access interfaces suited for diverse workloads— traditional, cloud-era, and emerging (example: SAP, web applications, genome analysis). It offers a step- by-step guide for implementation engineers to integrate IBM FlashSystem® and legacy IBM Storwize® for ...

29 October 2025, Redbooks

IBM® Storage Ceph delivers high-performance, scalable block storage designed to efficiently manage large data sets. This IBM Redbooks® publication offers a comprehensive examination of IBM Storage Ceph Block Storage, exploring its architecture and core components to provide readers with a deep understanding of its functionality and scalability. It highlights a wide range of practical use cases, ...