Book description
Today’s global organizations depend on being able to unlock business insights from massive volumes of data. Now, with IBM® FlashSystem 900, powered by IBM FlashCore™ technology, they can make faster decisions based on real-time insights and unleash the power of the most demanding applications, including online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytics databases, virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs), technical computing applications, and cloud environments.
This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces clients to the IBM FlashSystem® 900. It provides in-depth knowledge of the product architecture, software and hardware, implementation, and hints and tips. Also illustrated are use cases that show real-world solutions for tiering, flash-only, and preferred-read, and also examples of the benefits gained by integrating the FlashSystem storage into business environments.
This book is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support professionals and storage administrators, and for anyone who wants to understand how to implement this new and exciting technology.
This book describes the following offerings of the IBM
Spectrum™ Storage family:
IBM Spectrum Storage™
IBM Spectrum Control™
IBM Spectrum Virtualize™
IBM Spectrum Scale™
IBM Spectrum Accelerate™
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
- Summary of changes
- Chapter 1. FlashSystem storage introduction
- Chapter 2. IBM FlashSystem 900 architecture
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Chapter 3. Planning
- 3.1 Prerequisites to installation
- 3.2 Planning cable connections
- 3.3 Planning for power
- 3.4 Planning for configuration
- 3.5 The call home option
- 3.6 TCP/IP requirements
- 3.7 Planning for encryption
- 3.8 Checking web browser settings for the management GUI
- 3.9 Licensing
- 3.10 Supported hosts and operating system considerations
- Chapter 4. Installation and configuration
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Chapter 5. IBM FlashSystem 900 client host attachment and implementation
- 5.1 Host implementation and procedures
- 5.2 Host connectivity
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5.3 Operating system connectivity and preferred practices
- 5.3.1 FlashSystem 900 sector size
- 5.3.2 File alignment for the best RAID performance
- 5.3.3 IBM AIX and FlashSystem 900
- 5.3.4 IBM i and FlashSytem 900
- 5.3.5 FlashSystem 900 and Linux client hosts
- 5.3.6 FlashSystem 900 and Microsoft Windows client hosts
- 5.3.7 FlashSystem 900 and client VMware ESX hosts
- 5.3.8 FlashSystem 900 and IBM SAN Volume Controller or Storwize V7000
- 5.3.9 FlashSystem iSCSI host attachment
- 5.3.10 FlashSystem iSCSI configuration
- 5.3.11 Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 iSCSI attachment
- 5.3.12 Linux iSCSI attachment
- 5.4 Miscellaneous host attachment
- 5.5 FlashSystem 900 preferred read and configuration examples
- 5.6 FlashSystem 900 and Easy Tier
- 5.7 Troubleshooting
- Chapter 6. Using IBM FlashSystem 900
- Chapter 7. Configuring settings
- Chapter 8. Product integration
- Chapter 9. Use cases and solutions
- Chapter 10. Hints and tips
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: Implementing IBM FlashSystem 900
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2016
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738442259
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