IBM has launched XIV Storage System new version to provide clients with performance and scalability while reducing costs and complexity.
The XIV Storage System Gen3 can provide improved performance for clients’ most demanding application workloads, such as virtualization, analytics and cloud computing.
XIV includes automated data placement that requires no tuning as application workloads change.
Inherent virtualization and advanced thin provisioning can increase system utilization without impacting performance.
XIV Gen3 can optimize the storage performance of a diverse range of applications including database, email, online transaction processing and ERP applications.
IBM claims, VMware – a common server virtualization and cloud computing platform – is well supported by XIV with more than 70% of XIV systems hosting VMware workloads.
Parkview Health data center manager Rick Miller said with IBM, the organization dramatically improved response times on Microsoft Exchange applications from an average of 23 milliseconds down to 4 milliseconds, greatly enhancing employee productivity.
IBM System Storage and Networking GM Brian Truskowski said driven by strong client and Business Partner acceptance, XIV has become a significant and foundational part of IBM’s storage portfolio.
"We have seen strong growth and broad adoption of the solution across all geographies and industries. Over one thousand new customers have moved to IBM storage and adopted XIV at the expense of the competition," Truskowski said.
