IBM announces new XIV storage system

NEW YORK, USA: IBM announced a new version of its XIV storage system, its grid-based disk storage solution. IBM says that the new XIV Storage System Gen3 can provide improved performance for virtualization, analytics and cloud computing workloads.

IBM acquired the XIV storage system in 2008. Since then, IBM has shipped more than 4,500 XIV systems to clients around the world and over 1,100 new IBM storage customers have selected XIV.

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XIV includes automated data placement that needs no tuning as application workloads change.

International Technology Group says that XIV Gen3 can deliver up to 69 per cent lower total cost of ownership than the comparable offering from EMC.

IBM claims that the XIV Storage System Gen3 is up to four times faster than previous models and comes with InfiniBand interconnect and 8Gbps Fibre Channel ports as well as more memory; and centralized administration of multiple XIV systems; XIV Plugin v2.5 for VMware vCenter Server.

IBM plans to introduce a new feature, early next year, that will allow users to non-disruptively add a solid-state drive (SSD) caching layer to XIV Gen3.

"Driven by strong client and Business Partner acceptance, XIV has become a significant and foundational part of IBM's storage portfolio," said Brian Truskowski, General Manager, IBM System Storage and Networking. "We have seen strong growth and broad adoption of the solution across all geographies and industries. Over one thousand new customers have moved to IBM storage and adopted XIV at the expense of the competition."