IBM DS4700 Series User Manual
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Today, information has become the lifeline for business sustain-
ability and competitive advantage. Companies of all sizes—
companies like yours—are searching for practical ways to
create business value—to get their arms around information,
correlate insights and to confidently predict outcomes and take
action.
For CIOs, the information era poses unique challenges: how to
cost-effectively store, archive and retrieve a virtual explosion of
new information, how to protect and secure that information,
meet compliance requirements and make that information
accessible for business insight, where and when it’s needed.
Without a dynamic information infrastructure, you may be fac-
ing higher operational costs and greater exposure to business
risks.
IBM offers Information Infrastructure solutions to help you effi-
ciently manage information growth, support compliance,
reduce storage and archiving costs and enable continuous
access to information in support of business requirements.
Learn more about IBM Information Infrastructure, including the
full range of data storage solutions and companion software
and services of
What’s New?
IBM has invested billions of dollars to enhance System
Storage™ products and services to better meet the informa-
tion infrastructure needs of businesses like yours. This Product
Guide features several new products:
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IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER® Data
Deduplication Appliance
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IBM XIV® Storage System IBM System Storage
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SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition
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IBM System Storage N6060 series
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IBM Self-encrypting Storage and Key Management Solution
(TKLM + LTO bundle)
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IBM Virtual Tape for Mainframe (VTFM)
The following products featured in this guide have been signifi-
cantly enhanced:
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IBM System Storage DS8000® R4.2 Disk System with new
options for drive-level disk encryption, Solid State storage,
and 1 TB SATA drives
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IBM System Storage DS3000 Express
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IBM Comprehensive Data Protection Solution
(TSM Fastback bundle)