|
|
|
IBM ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS OF ITS RAMAC RAID SYSTEM
AT CEBIT 96
Continuing growth in on-line storage in large enterprise
networks has been a boon to suppliers of redundant arrays of independent
disks (RAID) subsystems. Among those include the IBM Storage Systems
Division in San Jose, Calif. Last month, at the CeBIT 96 trade show
in Hannover, Germany, IBM announced enhancements to its RAMAC Array
and 3990 Model 6 Storage Control.
The new features build on functionality of the 3990-6 and the RAMAC
2 Array architecture. All microcode enhancements announced for the 3990-6
Storage Control are free to existing customers in July 26, 1996.
The storage features address the needs of customers in network computing
environments while providing new options for data availability and disaster
protection.
Highlights of the high-end DASD announcements are as follows:
• Dynamic Address Switching for Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (P/DAS),
an IBM exclusive, offering enhanced disaster recovery capabilities and
seamless data migration between 3990-6 controllers.
• Increased ESCON distances, providing expanded configuration
flexibility.
• Maximum cache size of 4 Gbytes, increasing performance up to
200% and response time by up to 60% over 1 Gbyte cache.
• 3380 track format support to facilitate the migration of application
data to new generation technology
• Extended Remote Copy (XRC) and Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy (PPRC),
have been given the highest rating for disaster recovery solutions by
industry analysts. IBM’s Remote Copy Services is the only disaster
recovery solution to provide full data integrity in heterogeneous system
configurations.
<BACK
|
|
|
