IBM introduced a powerful, next-generation enterprise storage server that leads the industry in database and transaction processing performance while delivering self-managing and self-healing technology features.
Powered by IBM's copper microchips and industry-first 2-Gigabit-per-second Fibre/FICON data transfer rates, the new IBM Total Storage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS, code named "Shark") Model 800 and 800 Turbo option deliver superior system throughput and performance over comparably equipped competitive systems. The new model also enables "on the fly" configuration and management capabilities designed to help lower total cost of ownership.
The new model is designed to provide:
Industry-leading data transaction processing performance
Real time transaction processing is crucial to financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, and any business with extensive on-line transaction demands
"Smart" software technology to create intelligent IT systems capable of managing, protecting, and healing themselves automatically
Industry leading database performance for applications like data warehousing and business intelligence
A 50 percent increase in already superior data back-up capability over the previous model
Significantly improved remote copy performance for disaster recovery and unplanned business disruption now up to 125 percent faster than the previous model
"Our new ESS sets a new standard for performance that builds on IBM's commitment to delivering storage products loaded with technology innovation and leading with open industry standards," said Linda Sanford, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Storage Systems Group. "The fact that our customers have placed over 10,000 Enterprise Storage Servers at the heart of their e-business infrastructures confirms that we made the right choices when the product was first introduced less than three years ago."
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