IBM rolls out latest storage system Gen3

CEBU, Philippines - IBM Philippines has introduced another “trail blazing” technology to increase system performance by up to three times, in a bid to sustain its leadership in providing top notch technology solutions.

Several key enhancements to its XIV® Storage System Gen3 was recently announced including a new solid state drive (SSD) caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times, and a new Apple® iPhone® app that lets people monitor their XIV storage environment from virtually anywhere.

“These latest enhancements to XIV Gen3 are great examples of IBM’s continued commitment to helping customers achieve business outcomes through smarter storage technologies. It boils down to saving the customer’s time and money with extremely efficient, easily managed, virtualized, and high-performing storage systems like XIV Gen3,” said Ireen Catane, Country Executive, Systems and Technology Group, IBM Philippines.

With SSD caching, the most frequently used data is stored on solid state memory placed between the system memory and hard drives. Because SSDs use no spinning disks and robotic arms, the storing and retrieving of data is accomplished with virtually no latency, speeding data access by orders of magnitude.

In addition to the superior performance, SSD cache requires no separate tier to manage.