IBM Korea has introduced data storage systems that can bridge the gap between once incompatible high-end and mid-range storage classes. Combining high-end function with the ease-of-use characteristics of a PC, the new IBM systems include a massively scalable storage system and a compatible ultra-dense storage system that provide capabilities found in EMC systems that can be up to 20 times larger and twice as expensive.

Slightly larger than a VCR and as small as one twentieth the size of comparable EMC systems, the new IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series provides large system performance and reliability features for as little as half the price of comparable EMC DMX800 configurations.Also, the DS 8000 series provides clients with "virtual storage systems," and the ability to consolidate workloads running on smaller systems.

Starting at just 580GB and scaling up to 67.2 terabytes, the new TotalStorage DS6000 series helps complete IBM's continuum of enterprise storage products by providing many technologies previously only available in high-end systems and making those capabilities available in a very small form factor. The storage server changes the game and sets a new standard in the industry to help clients more easily manage information over its lifecycle.

Meanwhile, the DS8000 series provides clients with massive scalability, high performance and availability capabilities to support business continuity and infrastructure simplification. The enterprise storage system, which is available in either dual two processor or dual four processor configurations, includes an architecture that can address over 96 petabytes of data - or more than 4,500 times the amount of information found in the Library of Congress. Incorporating open standards, the DS8000 series and its expandable architecture can help clients to consolidate and simplify their data storage environments.

Using IBM Virtualization Engine technology, selected models of the DS8000 series can be used as a single, large storage system, or can be used as multiple systems with logical partitioning (LPAR) capabilities. IBM LPAR technology, which is unique in the storage industry, allows the resources of the storage system to be allocated into separate logical storage system partitions, each of which can totally independent and isolated. By utilizing LPARs, clients have the option to more efficiently use machine resources, reduce critical data center floor space, power requirements and cooling requirements.

Thus far, DS 8000 has two models the two-way DS8102 and four-way DS8300. IBM Korea plans to introduce a 12-way DS8000 next year.

"The newly launched storage products will save costs through innovative technology, excellent virtualization and management functions and will enhance clients' IT infrastructure," said Hong Ki-chan, head of storage business division at IBM Korea.

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