IBM Storage

The IBM TS4300 is represents an excellent entry point to automated tape libraries. Using LTO technology it can start as a single 3U rack mounted chassis with 1-3 tape drives and scale to 16 chassis holding 11.52 Petabytes of tape media.

This library features a robotic assembly able to traverse all enclosures making up the library allowing any stored tape to retrieved to any installed tape drive.

The library also features removable tape magazines for efficient extraction of media allowing tape rotation / off-siting policies to be enacted. This makes the library well suited to backup environment for enterprise use cases as well as a tier of near-line storage for large data management applications.

For larger deployments we would recommend IBM’s Diamondback 19” rack-based tape library or for the largest deployments IBM’s TS4500 multi-frame library.

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IBM Software, Storage

IBM Spectrum Protect is enterprise-grade backup and recovery software designed to protect data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. It offers scalable protection, reduces storage costs, and ensures business continuity with centralized management.

The solution automates backup policies, provides advanced deduplication and encryption, and integrates with cloud storage tiers. Spectrum Protect supports large-scale workloads, helping organizations meet compliance, security, and disaster recovery requirements efficiently.

IBM Spectrum Protect typically runs on standard x86 servers with ample CPU, memory, and disk resources, often leveraging IBM Storage systems like FlashSystem or tape libraries for long-term archival and scalability.

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WekaIO Software, Storage

WekaIO (with its WekaFS / Matrix software) is a high-performance, scale-out, parallel file system for performance-hungry workloads like AI/ML, genomics, HPC, media, etc. It uses NVMe flash, distributes storage across many servers, supports POSIX compliance and multi-protocol access (like NFS, SMB, object store tiers), and provides one unified namespace so everything looks consistent across on-premises or cloud.

It includes strong data protection (e.g. erasure coding or similar protection schemes), supports tiering cold data into object stores, and aims to deliver very low latency and high throughput. It makes it easier to burst between cloud/on-prem and simplify data infrastructure.

Vast Storage

VAST Data provides a unified, high-performance storage platform designed to handle both structured and unstructured data at massive scale, all built around flash and modern storage hardware.

Their Universal Storage / DataStore system removes traditional storage tiers (no need for old spinning disks) by using NVMe, QLC flash, and fast memory tech, plus software that optimizes how data’s placed, compressed, and accessed. It supports standard protocols (NFS, SMB, S3, etc.), offers global namespace (so all your data looks like one big pool), high reliability and QoS, and powerful snapshot, catalogue, and metadata tools. It’s meant for AI, media, big analytics etc., giving speed, scale, and simplicity.

Starfish Software, Storage

Starfish Storage is a platform for managing unstructured data — think files and objects — no matter how big your system is. It works with everything from small departmental file shares to the world’s largest supercomputing storage setups.

The system gives you visibility into what data you have, how it’s used, and who’s using it, helping you decide what can be moved, archived, or deleted. Key features include scale to hundreds of petabytes and billions of files, rich metadata (tags, age, size, meaning), built-in tools to move data (archiving, replication, migration), and letting end users help manage their own storage.

It is storage-device-agnostic, meaning it works across many NAS systems, HPC file systems, and cloud object stores.

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Lenovo HPC, Infrastructure, Network, Professional Services, Servers, Storage

OCF will leverage our deep expertise to design, deliver, deploy and support your next (or first) turnkey High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster based on Lenovo technology.

Every bespoke OCF / Lenovo cluster is built on proven technologies designed to maximise performance and optimise datacentre efficiency, tailored to your workloads and budget. Our solution design process is driven by a dedicated team of Presales Technical Architects who specialise in creating tailored HPC and storage architectures.

This team works in close collaboration with customers, technical partners and our in-house engineering teams to translate requirements into optimised, future-ready solutions. In addition to a broad market view of the industry and relevant technologies, the team is fully accredited and extremely experienced in architecting solutions based on Lenovo technologies.

For more information, read the PDF datasheet linked below or the CASE STUDY about Nottingham University.

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IBM Storage

IBM Storage FlashSystem 5600 is an entry-level NVMe all-flash solution that provides exceptional cybersecurity features, impressive density, and outstanding performance. Designed for customers with small, mixed workloads demanding a combination of performance, scalability, and security features.

• High-performance redundancy
  12 NVMe high-availability flash devices in a 1U storage enclosure drawer with fully redundant canister components prevent a single point of failure.
• Scalable for environments of any size
  Smart, self-optimising solution is easily managed, enabling organisations to overcome storage challenges as they grow.
• Affordable, high-value solution
  High-density tiers of flash storage in an affordable package includes compression and AI-powered predictive analytics.
• Cyber resilient to the core
  FlashCore Module 5 (FCM5) continuously monitors data from every I/O using MK models to detect anomalies like ransomware in less than 1 minute.

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QUCK TECH SPECS

• NVMe EDSFF
• 1U rack space, 12 drives
• 2x12 Core Intel Xeon
• PCle Gen 4
• 16x FC or 20x ethernet ports
• Max IOPs: 2.6 million
• Read BW: 30 GB/s
• Single System Max Capacity:
  633 TB raw
  400 TBu
  2.4 PBe
• 5th generation FCM

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IBM Storage

Faster threat detection, improved performance & power efficiency.

Robust performance for midrange workloads.

IBM Storage FlashSystem 7600 is a cost-effective storage solution that supports all the advanced capabilities of IBM FlashSystem and provides superior balance of performance, capacity and connectivity options for the modern enterprise. Delivering incredible performance that is simple, smart, and secure.

• High-performance redundancy
  Up to 24 NVMe high-availability flash devices in a 2U storage enclosure drawer with networked-based replication across 3 sites to prevent a single point of failure.
• Scalable for environments of any size
  Smart, self-optimising solution is easily managed, enabling organisations to overcome storage challenges as they grow.
• Affordable, high-value solution
  High-density tiers of flash storage in an affordable package includes compression and AI-powered predictive analytics.
• Cyber resilient to the core
  FlashCore Module 5 (FCM5) continuously monitors data from every I/O using MK models to detect anomalies like ransomware in less than 1 minute.

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QUICK TECH SPECS

• NVMe EDSFF
• 2U rack space, 32 drives
• 2x16 Core AMD Epyc
• PCle Gen 5
• 32x FC or ethernet ports
• Max IOPs: 4.3 million
• Read BW: 55 GB/s
• Single System Max Capacity:
  1.68 PB raw
  1.2 PBu
  7.2 PBe 
• 5th generation FCM

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