less energy use than a market leading competitor¹
of IBM’s product waste by weight was diverted from landfills or incineration, in 20232
Economic impact calculator
The IBM FlashSystem data storage platform is designed to be high performing and energy efficient. Enter your businesse’s usable storage amount and performance level to calculate the possible cost savings and lower carbon output between the industry average and an IBM FlashSystem.
Reduce energy costs with a solid data storage sustainability strategy
Every business knows data is important, but what about the cost of storing it? With a smart storage strategy, you can reduce your energy requirements for data storage for your business while reducing hardware-related lifecycle waste. In this video, Audrey O’Donnell outlines a three-prong strategy that saves money while meeting your business’ data performance needs as part of an overall sustainable storage plan. Learn more about IBM FlashSystemRead the Forrester Consulting Paper on FlashSystem See the Orange Caraibe case study.
Flexible data reduction guarantee
Not all flash is created equal, and IBM FlashCore® Modules deliver computational storage drive capacity in a class all on its own. They run at the highest capacity with a guaranteed 2:1 data reduction sight unseen and up to a 5:1 reduction guaranteed with testing. The drives deliver best-in-class storage management, performance, provisioning and storage retrieval with latency as low as 50 microseconds. And they offer the longest lifespan with patented variable voltage technology, reducing the environmental impact and e-waste of data storage.
FlashSystem sustainability guarantee
Because of the innovative IBM FlashCore Modules, the FlashSystem devices are able to guarantee that they will not exceed a certain energy efficiency (W/TB) amount across all FlashCore Module drive configurations, reducing carbon emissions. This improves client’s environmental impact from their data storage with some configurations guaranteed as low as a 1.7 W/TB maximum, supporting green IT initiatives.
Optimize and automate your data storage
As companies grow and IT sustainability initiatives become more imperative, securing large amounts of data while reducing power consumption and overall data center energy costs is possible with flash data storage on IBM FlashSystem devices. Safeguard critical data and achieve environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals with IBM’s differentiated technology. IBM designs the FlashSystem data storage devices for the environment throughout the entire supply chain and lifecycle to ensure we make a positive impact on climate change.
Explore solutions to help reduce your carbon footprint, the amount of energy used and your power consumption costs while storing large volumes of datasets. Enrich your functionality in your data storage and lower your power usage by investing in IBM FlashSystem storage today.
Fast. Smart. Secure.
Hybrid cloud-enabled storage solutions.
Take advantage of enterprise-quality embedded software and OS that can breathe new life into your legacy storage systems and protect you against that cyberattack that’s just around the corner. Compact design for space-constrained edge computing locations with consistent capabilities for on-prem and hybrid. Ideal for edge storage, virtual and containerized environments.
Don’t just store, accelerate. IBM Storage FlashSystem 5300 is the perfect all-in-one hybrid cloud solution for medium and large organizations. With flash and AI, you can deploy the most cost efficient and powerful storage solution on the market.
This is enterprise-class storage. The IBM Storage FlashSystem 7300 is designed for mid-range workloads. It provides high performance redundancy and smart, self-optimizing containerized solutions for sensitive data.
Be prepared for what’s next. IBM Storage FlashSystem 9500 storage management systems use artificial intelligence and flash-based technology to provide data security, scalability, and reliability on demand.
The data observability dashboard for monitoring basic health, capacity and performance of your block storage. Optimize data for at least 40% cost savings by managing with AI recommendations, business SLAs and policies.
References
1 Based on comparable configurations between IBM FlashSystem and a 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant report participant: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/chelsey-gosse/2023/09/20/2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-primary-storage. Each comparison was at the same temperature, memory, and core frequencies with comparable raw capacities and system performances. For each configuration, the power of the devices were estimated with engineering calculations from the typical power withdraw of the CPUs, drives and components on each of the devices. Based on information from: https://www.manua.ls/dell/powermax-2000/manual; https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-au/products/storage/technical-support/dell-powerstore-gen2-spec-sheet.pdf; https://www.sanstorageworks.com/powermax-8000.asp.
2 Results based on: https://www.ibm.com/responsibility/data-and-policies