Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud - Overview

Better together

IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ and IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ for Public Cloud together support mirroring between on-premises and cloud data centers or between cloud data centers.

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Hybrid cloud migration and disaster recovery

Using sophisticated replication technology, IBM Spectrum Virtualize enables migration of data and continuous replication between on-premises storage and IBM Cloud, AWS, or Microsoft Azure.

Cyber resilience

Prepare for fast recovery from a cyber attack by enabling creation of data copies that are isolated from servers. Recover data quickly following an attack, either on-prem or in the cloud.

Proven solution

Available in IBM Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, IBM® Spectrum Virtualize™ is the leading software-defined storage that has been proven for years in IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) and FlashSystem® families of storage systems, and VersaStack™.

Hybrid cloud capability for storage you already own

Available with on-premises systems built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software: IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM FlashSystem family and VersaStack. With these, easily deploy hybrid cloud capability without changing your existing storage.

Hybrid cloud data mobility

Add hybrid cloud capability without major new investment while working together with on-premises software by replicating or migrating data from any of over 500 supported storage systems.

Deployment designed for the cloud

Select servers and block storage in IBM Cloud or deploy automatically in AWS or Microsoft Azure through their marketplaces. Use pre-tested blueprints to speed deployment.

Flexible monthly pricing

Pay for only the storage capacity you manage on the public cloud, with flexible software monthly pricing available.

Enterprise-class DR on public cloud

Use synchronous or asynchronous native IP-based replication to mirror data to AWS and IBM Cloud, with a multi node configuration for high availability and performance. No extra appliances needed.

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Storage Supported:

Built-in and more than 500 different systems from IBM and others

Licensing approach:

Tiered cost per TB (SVC) or per enclosure (FlashSystem family)

Platforms:

SVC, IBM FlashSystem family, VersaStack, software only

Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS):

Integrated RAS capabilities

Service:

IBM support for hardware and software

Storage supported:

IBM Cloud Performance and Endurance storage; AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS); Azure Managed Disk

Licensing approach:

Simple, flat cost per capacity, Monthly licensing

Platforms:

IBM Cloud Bare Metal server infrastructure; AWS Elastic Compute servers (EC2); Azure VMs

Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS):

Flexible RAS: Cloud and software RAS capabilities

Service:

IBM support for software in the IBM public cloud environment

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Resources

Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud Version 8.3.1

This Redpaper gives an understanding of IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud architecture and provides planning and implementation details of common use cases.

Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Version 8.3.1

This Redpaper helps storage and networking administrators plan, implement, install, and configure the IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS offering.

Achieving Hybrid Cloud Cyber Resiliency with IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

This blueprint is intended to facilitate the approach of achieving the Cyber Resiliency solution for IBM® Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud.

Business Continuity using IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS

Read how to build a hybrid cloud business continuity solution using Amazon Web Services and IBM FlashSystem storage.

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