6.1 Real-time Compression background, overview, and value proposition6.1.1 The solution: IBM Real-time Compression6.1.2 Common use cases6.2 IBM Real-time Compression technology6.2.1 Random Access Compression Engine6.2.2 RACE in Storwize V7000 Gen2 software stack6.2.3 Data write flow6.2.4 Data read flow6.2.5 Compression of existing data6.3 Storwize V7000 Gen2 software and hardware updates that enhance Real-time Compression6.3.1 Software enhancements6.3.2 Hardware enhancements