The IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or the ''Shark'' is an
enterprise storage
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array
An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Things called an array include:
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from IBM.
History
Originally, in 1998 IBM released the
IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server (VSS). It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in 1999 in the form of the ESS, based on the same Seascape architecture.
The Seascape architecture was an IBM storage architecture that included off-the-shelf components, including
RS/6000
The RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) is a family of Reduced instruction set computer, RISC-based Unix Server (computing), servers, workstations and supercomputers made by IBM in the 1990s. The RS/6000 family replaced the IBM RT PC computer platform in ...
processors and the
Serial Storage Architecture
Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) was a serial transport protocol used to attach disk drives to server computers.
History
SSA was invented by Ian Judd of IBM in 1990. IBM produced a number of successful products based upon this standard before ...
(SSA).
The ESS was also widely known by its IBM internal codename Shark.
The 2001 lineup have a redesigned case; this version won
IF design award.
It has been superseded by the
IBM DS8000
The IBM DS8000 series (early IBM System Storage DS8000 series) is an IBM storage media platform with hybrid flash and hard disk storage for IBM mainframes and other enterprise grade computing environments.
Description
This series formerly des ...
series of storage servers.
Models
*2105-E10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E10
- (1999) 64 disks
*2105-E20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E20
- (1999) 128 disks
*2105-F10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F10
- (2000) 64 disks
*2105-F20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F20
- (2000) 128 disks
*2105-750 IBM
TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 750
- (2001)
*2105-800 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800
- (2001)
Enclosures
* ESS expansion enclosure (The E10 model does not support an expansion enclosure) - 256 disks.
External links
*
tp://ccnet.utoronto.ca/docs/IBM/ESS/SG24-5465%20-%20IBM%20ESS.pdf Gustavo Castets et al., ''IBM Enterprise Storage Server'', IBM “Redbook” SG24-5465-01, second edition, 2001 September
See also
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IBM Storage
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Extended Remote Copy {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009
Extended Remote Copy or XRC is an IBM zSeries and System z9 mainframe computer technology for data replication. It combines supported hardware and z/OS
z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Arch ...
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FlashCopy
FlashCopy is an IBM feature supported on various IBM storage devices that made it possible to create, nearly instantaneously,
point-in-time snapshot copies of entire logical volumes or data sets. The Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems ...
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Global Mirror Global Mirror is an IBM technology that provides data replication over extended distances between two sites for business continuity and disaster recovery. If adequate bandwidth exists, Global Mirror provides a recovery point objective (RPO) of as ...
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Metro Mirror
Peer to Peer Remote Copy or PPRC is a protocol to replicate a storage volume to another control unit in a remote site. Synchronous PPRC causes each write to the primary volume to be performed to the secondary as well, and the I/O is only considere ...
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IBM Subsystem Device Driver
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IBM TotalStorage Expert
References
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Enterprise Storage Server
The IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or the ''Shark'' is an enterprise storage array from IBM.
History
Originally, in 1998 IBM released the IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server (VSS). It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in ...