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2105 Enterprise and Versatile Storage Servers

2105 Enterprise Storage Server

The Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) is a superior Storage Area Network (SAN) storage

solution that supports critical requirements for strategic business initiatives. Such initiatives

include e-business, enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, service

consolidation, and other mission-critical applications. The Enterprise Storage Server deploys

the IBM Seascape principles as a powerful storage server with snap-in building blocks and

with universal data access.

ESS builds on the rich legacy of IBM storage system solutions across the major operating

system platforms. It introduces new innovations to deliver substantial, unique business

advantages. Heterogeneous attachment is provided to all major server platforms, including

the AS/400 system, S/390, Windows NT, and many varieties of UNIX.

The Enterprise Storage Server incorporates the capabilities of the Versatile Storage Server,

such as:

• Supports a wide variety of UNIX and Windows NT servers, as well as AS/400 and

Novell NetWare

• Remote management using a secure intranet connection and the StorWatch Versatile

Storage Specialist

The ESS also incorporates many improvements, including StorWatch usability and

management breadth. Plus, it extends an investment protection through the capability to

reserve resources for the later incorporation of existing IBM 7133 Serial Disk capacity in IBM

2105 Model B09 and 100 frames into an Enterprise Storage Server configuration.

The Enterprise Storage Server supports fiber-channel attachment. Capacity ranges from

400 GB to over eleven terabytes to provide excellent scalability. Sixteen standard

configurations are offered to meet your capacity and performance needs. Superior

performance can be optimized to meet your changing heterogeneous environment needs,

such as bandwidth and advanced transaction processing capabilities for both online and

batch applications. Resource contention reduction and performance improvement is provided

by the parallel access of volumes and I/O priority queuing.

The ESS architecture supports high availability requirements with redundant components.

Data replication services extend access to data, while using a concurrent copy. Rapid data

duplication provides extensive capabilities to exploit, manage, and protect your information in

a 7-by-24 (7x24) environment.

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