IBM Storage solutions Redbooks

17 September 2026, Redbooks Experience

The IBM® b-type Gen 8 Fibre Channel directors and switches provide a resilient, scalable, and secure foundation for modern data centers, supporting virtualization, hybrid cloud, and next-generation NVMe and flash storage workloads. This IBM Redbooks® publication helps administrators design, implement, and migrate to an IBM b-type Gen 8 SAN. It provides an overview of key hardware and software ...

15 September 2026, Redbooks Experience

Life sciences organizations face a growing challenge: scientific instruments are producing data at petabyte scale, but traditional research workflows were never designed to move, govern, or reuse it at that volume or speed. As AI-driven research raises the bar further, the ability to find, understand, and act on scientific data has become as important as storing it. This blueprint describes how ...

10 September 2026, Redbooks

This IBM Redbooks® publication provides comprehensive guidance on installing, configuring, and utilizing IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security (IFCES). The primary focus of this publication centers on securing critical Fibre Channel connections between IBM Z host servers and IBM DS8000 storage systems that support the IFCES framework. IFCES establishes a trusted storage network by delivering two ...

09 September 2026, Draft Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides guidance for IBM AIX® administrators and storage architects who design, optimize, and protect mission-critical workloads on IBM Power with IBM Storage FlashSystem (formerly known as IBM FlashSystem®). The book explains how AIX host configuration, storage virtualization, and modern IBM Storage FlashSystem capabilities work together to support performance, ...

02 September 2026, Redbooks Experience

IBM Storage as a Service for IBM DS8000 combines the enterprise capabilities of IBM Storage DS8000 systems with a flexible, consumption-based delivery model. The offering enables organizations to deploy high-performance, highly available, and cyber-resilient block storage infrastructure while aligning storage costs with business requirements through a subscription-based approach. This ...

26 August 2026, Redbooks

IBM Z® platforms underpin mission-critical enterprise workloads where disruptions directly affect availability, data integrity, and business outcomes. Business continuity (BC) is achieved through designed resiliency and recovery that uses platform capabilities to contain failures, preserve service, and help ensure predictable outcomes. Resiliency sustains service during disruption by isolating ...

20 August 2026, Redbooks Experience

This IBM Redbooks publication provides comprehensive technical guidance for deploying and operating IBM Storage Scale Container Native in Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift environments. The document covers IBM Storage Scale Container Native architectural principles, including the separation of management and data planes, and explores deployment models across remote, local, and direct-attach ...

04 August 2026, Redbooks

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides guidance for IBM AIX® administrators and storage architects who design, optimize, and protect mission-critical workloads on IBM Power with IBM Storage FlashSystem (formerly known as IBM FlashSystem®). The book explains how AIX host configuration, storage virtualization, and modern IBM Storage FlashSystem capabilities work together to support performance, ...

21 July 2026, Redbooks

In today’s digital age, downtime is not an option. Businesses rely on constant access to critical data to maintain productivity and help ensure customer satisfaction. IBM® Storage Virtualize provides capabilities to safeguard data against a range of threats. Policy-based replication and policy-based high availability protect against site failures by enabling rapid recovery and continuous access ...

20 July 2026, Redbooks

The IBM® FlashSystem® grid is an innovative and efficient solution for overcoming data storage management challenges. This federated, scalable storage platform enables unified management of multiple IBM FlashSystem and IBM SAN Volume Controller controllers. Its key strengths include unmatched scale-out capability and streamlined, non-disruptive management across federated IBM FlashSystem and IBM ...