IBM Raises the Bar on Enterprise-Level Storage Performance
Shark” storage server devours the competition in performance tests
San Jose, CA (November 18, 1999) – .IBM announced today performance results for its new Enterprise Storage Server — code named ‘Shark’ — which demonstrate that ‘Shark’ outperforms competitive products from EMC and Hitachi. Tests1 conducted by IBM at its Santa Teresa Laboratory confirm that ‘Shark’ with Parallel Access Volumes (PAV), an IBM-unique feature, provides the performance needed to handle today’s data-intensive e-business, data warehousing and Business Intelligence applications. Test results are available at http://www.ibm.com/storage/disk.
Parallel Access Volumes offers IBM S/390 enterprise server customers unprecedented performance improvements in data access. It allows multiple applications to access the same data at the same time, a function already available in UNIX and NT operating systems. Designed specifically for large customers using S/390 servers, the business benefits of PAV are dramatic. By greatly increasing the speed of data access, PAV is especially valuable to companies that maintain Web sites which must be able to absorb peak loads.
“With ‘Shark,’ IBM Storage is reclaiming its rightful place next to S/390. Any enterprise customer can use PAV technology to better manage e-commerce and other sophisticated Web-based applications,” said Ron Kilpatrick, general manager of IBM’s Storage Systems Division. “PAV on ‘Shark’ is the only way to go when a company needs speed. Our customers are using it right now for lightning-fast queries on credit cards and for customized Web sites where fast access to customer behavior information is a necessity .”
“Performance is a critical issue for companies doing business on the Web because customers define faster as better,” said John McArthur, vice president of Storage Research for International Data Corporation. “This holiday season, e-businesses are anticipating record numbers of transactions and storage will be critical to supporting those transactions. New high performance solutions such as the IBM Enterprise Storage Server will be a key factor in determining customers’ satisfaction with online shopping.”
Source: IBM