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XIV Storage Systems
The IBM XIV® Storage System is a revolutionary, easily managed, high-end, open disk system, designed to meet today’s ongoing herculean IT challenges. Its design — a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components connected in any-to-any topology using Gigabit Ethernet — represents the next generation of high-end SAN (Storage Area Networks) systems. It is the industry’s first single-architecture storage system, providing the highest level of performance, reliability and features, along with management simplicity and exceptional TCO.
The XIV system scales non-disruptively from partial to full rack configurations, meeting growing capacity needs on-demand. Its unique architectural design scales throughput proportionally along with capacity, giving the power boost needed to keep performance high.
The XIV system is a core component of IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure for a Smarter Planet and, within that, the Information Infrastructure offering, which helps today's businesses, including SMB, increase efficiency and reduce risk while addressing availability, security, compliance, and information retention.
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