Introduction

IBM® XIV® is a high-end grid-scale storage system that delivers consistently high performance, high resiliency and management simplicity while offering exceptional data economics, including powerful real-time compression. Industry benchmarks underscore stellar XIV performance and cost benefits.

As a grid-scale offering, every IBM XIV storage system contains multiple modules that are interconnected by integrated InfiniBand switches, forming a scale-out grid fabric that delivers exceptional IOPS performance. In addition, it includes a maintenance module for remote access to the system and an uninterruptible power supply modules to ensure system operation if an external power source fails.

IBM XIV storage system is ideal for cloud environments, offering predictable service levels for dynamic workloads, simplified scale management including in multi-tenant environments, flexible consumption models — and robust cloud automation and orchestration through OpenStack, RESTful API, and VMware. It offers data-at-rest encryption, advanced mirroring and self-healing, and provides investment protection with perpetual licensing that is transferable to all Spectrum Accelerate Family offerings (XIV Gen3, FlashSystem A9000/A9000R and Spectrum Accelerate).