Designed to harness the full power of mainframe architectures
Secure by design Resilient by nature
IBM Storage DS8000 (10th Generation) is the latest innovation in enterprise-class storage for IBM Z and IBM i architectures. It combines encryption with cyber threat detection and assisted recovery – delivering uninterrupted mission-critical data for the world’s most demanding enterprises.
Protect operations with multi-site replication, data protection, and high availability. Recover fast using HyperSwap, IBM GDPS for IBM Z, and Power HA for IBM i for superior RPO and RTO.
Protect sensitive data and meet compliance with encryption at rest and in flight, dual-access controls, IBM Safeguarded Copy, and Secure Boot to prevent unauthorized changes.
Process huge volumes of transactions faster while unlocking greater value for mission-critical workloads with ultra-low storage latencies.
Reduce costs with automated tiering and improved data compression, maximizing capacity and minimizing the need for additional storage investments.
Monitor I/O stats, detect threats, and enhance security with FCM4 technology. DS8000 uses ML to identify anomalies like ransomware and cyberattacks.
Enable hybrid cloud for backup, archive, and DR. TCT secures data with AES-256 encryption and streamlines IBM Z integration, reducing CPU usage during large data migrations.
Secure FICON and FCP link data to DS8000 with IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security, ensuring OS‑, file system‑, and access method‑independent in‑flight encryption.
With Expert Care, IBM uses Storage Insights to monitor your DS8000 infrastructure, enabling faster issue resolution, simplified service, optimized availability, and reduced costs.
Solutions
Simplify and automate the management of your replication solutions while providing disaster recovery and high availability under a single point of control. IBM Copy Services Manager supports FlashCopy®, Safeguarded Copy and advanced disaster recovery functions with failover/failback operations across 2, 3 and 4 remote sites.
IBM Storage Insights can help you better understand trends in storage capacity and performance and expedite resolution when support is required. Using AI-based analytics, it helps identify potential issues before they become problems. When support is needed, Storage Insights helps speed resolution by simplifying tickets and automating log uploads.
Automate data placement to meet performance objectives at the most reasonable cost. IBM Easy Tier intelligently identifies and moves less-frequently accessed data to high-capacity flash drives. Similarly, frequently accessed data is migrated to high-performance flash drives to ensure the lowest response times for those applications that need it.
Protecting sensitive data shared in interconnected networks, IBM DS8000 introduces TLS 1.3 support, the preferred transport layer security protocol for communication between DS8000 and the external entities.
Persistent storage for mission-critical containers with support for Container Storage Interface (CSI). Supports also IBM Cloud Pak® solutions to enhance and extend the functionality of Red Hat® OpenShift®. These solutions provide an open, faster and more secure way to move core business applications to the cloud and container-based deployments.
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DS8A10 model A00
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DS8A80 model A08
Designed for medium-sized organizations looking for powerful enterprise capabilities delivered in a flexible, rack-mountable solution at the lowest entry cost.
Designed for medium-sized organizations requiring powerful enterprise capabilities at an entry-level cost -- offered in a 42U 19-inch industry standard rack.
Designed for medium and large-sized organizations looking to meet storage challenges with advanced functionality --offered in a prepackaged 42U 19-inch industry standard rack.
Designed for medium and large-sized organizations looking for advanced functionality and powerful enterprise capabilities to meet any workload -- offered in a 42U 19-inch industry standard rack.
10th Generation
10th Generation
10th Generation
10th Generation
IBM DS8000 + IBM Z
IBM DS8000 + IBM Z is an unbeatable combination providing an end-to-end integration with storage.
IBM Storage DS8000 is the storage solution of enterprise data systems designed to provide operational costs reduction and prepare the business for future scalability and technology integration, ensuring the availability of critical business workloads.
Avoid disruptions with system redundancy designed for 99.999999% (eight 9’s) availability. Deny cyber attackers with secure infrastructure from the initial boot-up to the complete path of every I/O. Automate cyber resilience to continue operations and rapidly recover despite a cyber-incident.
Access data for AI applications with the industry’s fastest storage access time reducing the cycle-time for critical applications.
Improve your data center efficiency and meet sustainability goals by storing double the amount of data in the same physical space. Exploit the industry-unique IBM FlashCore Module compressing flash drives.
Ensure the integrity and confidentiality of all data flowing with Fibre Channel Endpoint Security required by zNext+1, available in DS8000 today.