IBM iSeries Storage

Power System servers are regarded as one of the industry's most scalable and highly integrated servers. IBM iSeries automates a majority of the storage management tasks with state of the art disk storage subsystems, self-managing and easy to use interfaces, and sophisticated software automation such as:

Backup Recovery Media Services for IBM i

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Independent Disk Pools

IBM PowerHA High Availability Solution

Virtual I/O Server support

Copy Services for System i with DS8000 and DS6000 (FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror) (PDF, 189KB)


Power Systems IBM i servers are renowned for high volume transaction workloads that are typical in the commercial computing environment. This scalability and performance can be provided by either the self-optimizing integrated storage management architecture of IBM i or through SAN attached storage.
Enhancements for 4Q 2009:

•    IBM i support of PCIe integrated SAS storage adapters
•    IBM i support of DS5020 Disk Storage through VIOS
•    IBM i supports direct attachment of DS5100/5300 (no VIOS required)
•    IBM i support of DS8700