IBM DS8000 Transparent Cloud Tiering: DS8000 Release 9.3

Cloud overview

In this chapter, we introduce you to cloud concepts and explain how IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) enables cloud integration with IBM DS8000 systems that run IBM z/OS environments. You get a basic understanding of what a cloud is in the context of TCT, through a short description of cloud storage versus cloud computing.

This chapter describes the following topics:

•2.1, “What defines a cloud in the context of TCT” on page 12

•2.2, “Compute cloud versus a storage cloud” on page 13

•2.3, “Types of storage” on page 13

•2.4, “Cloud ...