Hi all, I know over the years I've had hundreds of enquiries regarding the XML statistics, what they contains and how they can be decoded. Some of you have written your own parsers and need to know when new things have been added or items changed. Google isn't much help as it finds, the old...   [Continue Reading]

Its that time again, another six months since our last software update and we bring you version 7.6 of the Spectrum Virtualize software. Applicable to all SVC and Storwize systems currently supported out there, but not the end of life for support of 8G4 and 8A4 systems in the RFA details issued last...   [Continue Reading]

Hi all,   Another quick post, before I start my long trek back to the UK...   The next SVC and Storwize User Groups in the UK will be held next week in IBM Hursley, still time to register and come along. Hope to see you there :   Monday 12th October, IBM Hursley House (Business...   [Continue Reading]

A very quick post, the North American SVC and Storwize User Groups are being held on 16th and 17th September in Austin this year.   See Andy's post for more details... We will both be there, hope to see you too!   Told you, very quick one!

I think its true to say that the SVC and Storwize User Groups that IBM has helped to setup and run has created a real community of users and partners around the globe. There are very active groups in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden and Finland and of course the USA. (Sorry if I missed some)...   [Continue Reading]

Over two weeks ago, we released v7.5.0 of the recently re-branded 'Spectrum Virtualize' software, that software that we all know as the code running in both SVC and Storwize products. The major new feature in 7.5.0 is HyperSwap - which you can think of as a new and improved Stretched Cluster...   [Continue Reading]

Hi all,   A quick update to let you know of a new blog here on developerworks that should be worth adding to you RSS feeds/reader. Andrew Martin is one of my colleagues from the Hursley development team and currently works as the Support Architect for SVC/Storwize products and everything...   [Continue Reading]

    Storwize Customer UGM     Wednesday 6th May 2015, IBM Hursley    IBM Storwize Family of Products (including SVC) User Group Meeting      Come and meet the Storwize Team at the IBM Laboratory, based in Hursley Park, Winchester. The team will...   [Continue Reading]

First trip in new role has been to Christchurch for the last couple of days. Some good meetings with Business Partners to see the lay of the land here, and look over some interesting prospects being worked on. The recent FlashSystem V9000 announcement, which I didn't cover in my absence during...   [Continue Reading]

I do have a good excuse this time for the short hiatus in posts, as things have been a bit more crazy than normal, but to be expected when you up and move the whole family, literally to the opposite side of the globe! My wife was born in New Zealand and spent much of her youth there, with most of...   [Continue Reading]

In this very concise IBM Redpaper we describe the procedure for making use of an IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Standby Storage Engine in a SAN which is not a part of any cluster, but is a candidate and able to join a cluster at a moment’s notice. The purpose of this is to reduce the impact...   [Continue Reading]

With half term week here in the UK and preparations for next months travels, I almost forgot that yesterday we announced the contents of version 7.4.0 of the SVC and Storwize software that will be GA'd on 28th November. The full RFA can be viewed here , but here's a quick summary....   [Continue Reading]

The port to local node communication is used for mirroring write cache as well as metadata exchange between nodes and is critical to the stable operation of the cluster. The DH8 nodes with their 8-port and 12-port configurations provide an opportunity to isolate the port to local node traffic from...   [Continue Reading]

Hi all, Just a quick update for November which is now know as "User Group Month"... I will be attending all of these and hope to see you there : Date Country Location Attendees Registration Contact 5-6th November USA IBM EBC Raleigh Business Partners (Requires partnerworld login)...   [Continue Reading]