SAN Volume Controller References Jan 2006 Roger Wofford

SAN Volume Controller References Jan 2006 Roger Wofford Storage Software Product Marketing © 2006 IBM Corporation

Solution § Introduced SAN Volume Controller to manage the storage infrastructure § Added DS 4500 for departmental use and as a Flash. Copy target § Uses SVC-based Flash. Copy between ESS and DS 4500 to reduce costs Business Challenge § Integrate IT infrastructure with Softbank due to acquisition § Create tiered storage to reduce costs § Reduce the cost of implementing copy services 2 IBM Confidential Benefits § Improved scalability and flexibility for a lower cost § Reduced the need for more capacity by using their existing storage more efficiently § Enables easy redistribution of storage assets as application requirements grow © 2006 IBM Corporation

Solution § DS 4500 storage with both FC and SATA drives § SAN Volume Controller to create and manage tiers of storage from a central point § SAN File System for policy-based file movement between storage tiers Benefits § Reduced overall costs by 10% Business Challenge § Simpler to manage their large and growing environment § Manage their client’s needs better § Set the stage for 6 X storage growth expected in 2006 § Increase their flexibility § Ensure proper access levels to research data 3 IBM Confidential © 2006 IBM Corporation

Solution § Consolidated servers into IBM Blade. Center and p. Series servers § Consolidated storage into ESS and DS 4000 managed by SAN Volume Controller § Implemented SAN Volume Controller & ESS 800 at remote site Business Challenge Benefits § Improve the performance and scalability of their IT infrastructure § Increased business critical application performance by 50% § Simplify their storage administration to save costs and improve personnel productivity § Cut end-user response times in half § Improve their disaster recovery capabilities 4 IBM Confidential § Used SAN Volume Controller data movement to simplify the transition from HP storage © 2006 IBM Corporation

Charles Vogele Trading Group AG Solution § Introduced SAN Volume Controller at two sites to manage multiple DS 4000 storage servers § IBM p. Series servers + HACMP create their high availability environment § GPFS enables parallel applications to access the same files from either site Business Challenge § Improve IT flexibility § Expect to save $700 K in maintenance fees alone § Implement a disaster recovery capability § Reduced batch processing time by 67% § Increase its availability to 99. 99% 5 Benefits § Achieved 99. 99% availability to their clients IBM Confidential © 2006 IBM Corporation

Solution § DS 4400 storage at both sites : § SAN Volume Controller to manage the storage § Metro Mirror for SAN Volume Controller to replicate between the sites over a Cisco DWDM network Business Challenge § Create a DR capability to meet APRA standards § Link their data centers, 40 km apart § Achieve more efficient storage capabilities 6 IBM Confidential Benefits § Flexible, reliable storage solution § Disaster recovery capabilities exceed APRA requirements § Storage is simpler to manage and their personnel are more productive © 2006 IBM Corporation

Solution § Constructed a new call center that also serves as a failover & disaster recovery site § IBM Grid Computing solution with IBM Bladecenter, x. Series and VMware server virtualization § SAN Volume Controller manages DS 4000 / DS 8000 storage & TSM + IBM Tape provide DR protection Business Challenge Benefits § New regulations required keeping records of all security calls § Expects to save $1 m in first 18 months § Enhance business resiliency to satisfy elevated customer demands § Reduce costs to enable profitable expansion 7 IBM Confidential § SVC enabled storage consolidation & enhanced scalability § TSM simplified storage management and enabled efficient backups © 2006 IBM Corporation

SVC Client References as Proof Points Industry Client Benefits Realized Transportation Professional Services DIS-AG Healthcare Care New England Insurance Desjardins Media & Entertainment Yurion, Inc Consumer Products Smithfield Foods Financial Services 8 California Dept of Motor § Shares storage capacity from a single pool across its server environment Vehicles § Simplified their infrastructure and it’s easier to manage Australian Administration Services IBM Confidential § Simplified storage growth and server upgrades § Mirrors and copies CRM, Web interface & MS Exchange environments § Used SVC for data migration for its new data center, increasing uptime § Reduced costs by replicating between different classes of storage § Created a tiered storage environment for easier backups § Simplified provisioning across all storage from a single point § Ensures 100% availability of its music services to its users § Enables a single admin to monitor and configure the grid remotely § Simplified managing storage and streamlined admin tasks § A principal factor in achieving 10% annual profit growth § Increased flexibility and scalability to support expected growth § Supports multi-vendor strategy to reduce costs © 2006 IBM Corporation

SAN Volume Controller References with Heterogeneous Storage IBM Sales Contact Storage Managed Florence Scherrer Phone: 33 -1– 4905 8680 florence_scherrer@fr. ibm. com EMC § Reduced backup times from five hours to two hours Group Humanis (France) IBM § Increased utilization of storage assets China Construction Bank (China) Wei Jin Phone: 86 -21 -6326 -2288 -2391 jinwei@cn. ibm. com EMC § Reduced storage management requirements by 50% IBM § Overall storage performance increased 3 X Michael E. Shahbazian Phone: (813) 356 -4850 mshahbaz@us. ibm. com EMC § Increased supply chain efficiencies by 25% Marine Max (US) Andy Harmond Phone: (804) 327 -4941 harmond@us. ibm. com EMC § Expects to more than double their storage utilization from 40% to 85% City of Richmond (US) IBM § Significantly reduced disk storage costs Young. Kyoon Ahn Phone: 822 -3781 -7010 ykahn@kr. ibm. com EMC Daishin Securities (Korea) § Created a multi-vendor disaster recovery environment between EMC and IBM disks EMC § Created tiered storage environment to match business needs Zf Lenkesysteme Gmbh (Germany) Alexander Klaeger Phone: 49 -711 -785 -0 X 2640 aklaeger@de. ibm. com IBM § Increased storage utilization of existing assets Client 9 IBM Confidential Client Benefits Realized § Saved hundreds of hours of development costs IBM § Reduced the complexity and costs of managing storage § Lowered the costs of managing heterogeneous storage © 2006 IBM Corporation