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1. IBM Flash Storage
Built to power the future of IT

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Storage is the foundation
for hybrid cloud & cognitive solutions
IBM Storage protects your
data, delivering it when,
where, and how it’s needed
with efficiency, agility and
performance.
Data is the asset.
Cognitive is the goal.
Hybrid cloud is the platform.
Software defined storage is the architecture.
Storage is the foundation.

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IBM Power Systems + IBM Flash Storage
A complete SAP HANA solution
IBM POWER8
Memory
IBM Flash System
Local Storage
Reads
Writes
redo data
Populate Memory
(load, restart, DR)
Reads from Power Systems Memory
Writes to Flash Storage
Reloads from Flash Storage
The ultimate SAP HANA Architecture

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Supercharge your SAP deployments with IBM Flash Storage
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At peak load Flash delivers
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Why use IBM Flash as persistent storage for SAP HANA?
 Store redo log files
• To ensure database recovery with zero data loss, SAP
HANA records each transaction as a redo log entry.
• Faster redo logs accelerate production SAP HANA
• IBM Flash Storage with IBM MicroLatency accelerates
redo logs
 Store data permanently for fast start
and data recovery
• The performance of the transactional load, backup &
recovery, delta merge or a recovery after a disaster
depends on the data throughput and latency of the
storage system
• IBM Flash Storage accelerates SAP HANA
 Reliability, availability and
serviceability
 Low total cost of ownership
compared to disk based storage

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IBM FlashSystem Family is built on IBM FlashCore™
These tools and technologies make SAP HANA faster
Hardware accelerated I/O
IBM MicroLatency™ module
Advanced flash management
Industry standard chip technology
Industry standard interface

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FlashCore: Hardware Accelerated I/O
• Engineered for Flash
• Hardware RAID
• Non-blocking Crossbar Switch
• Hardware Only Data Path
• Single Box Highly Available
Architecture
• Concurrent Code Load
• Concurrent Maintenance
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FlashCore: IBM MicroLatency™ Module
• IBM Engineered
• Massively Parallel
Design
• FPGAs in the Data
Path
• Distributed RAM
• High Speed Interface
• Hardware-based Data
at Rest Encryption

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IBM MicroLatency™ Module SSD
IBM MicroLatency™ Module vs SSD (used in competing storage)
CUSTOM
Requires hardware
engineering
FAST
Designed for
low latency
RELIABLE
Innovative flash
management
COMMODITY
No hardware
skills needed
SLOW
Designed for
low cost
FALLIBLE
More single
points of failure
Better Performance Better Reliability Better Density Lower $/IOPS

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IBM Advanced Flash Management improves MLC flash endurance 9x
over standard implementations without sacrificing latency.
FlashCore: Advanced Flash Management
“Through close collaboration between IBM research, development and flash engineering, IBM created an
advanced flash characterization platform to test thousands of flash devices over a lifetime of wear. As a
result, IBM has made major strides in advanced flash management.” – Andy Walls, IBM Fellow
Key accomplishments:
• Innovative ECC algorithm corrects very high bit error rates
• Variable voltage and read level shifting maximizes flash endurance
• Advanced Flash Management continually monitors the health of blocks
and performs asymmetrical wear leveling and sub-chip tiering:
- Health binning: up to 57% improvement in endurance!
- Heat segregation: up to 45% reduction in write amplification!
• Micron Technology provides special access to the chip
Backed by IBM’s Flash Wear Guarantee!
9.4X Endurance Improvement
Standard MLC Flash
IBM Enhanced MLC

11. IBM SystemsIBM FlashCore Technology
Dynamic Performance
for data at scale
IBM FlashSystem A9000R
Designed for
hybrid cloud
Dynamic Performance
for data intensive workloads
IBM FlashSystem A9000
Versatile Performance
for mixed workloads
IBM FlashSystem V9000
Extreme Performance
for critical application
acceleration
IBM FlashSystem 900
IDEAL
for
SAP

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IBM Storage is certified for SAP HANA TDI
 More Flexibility
 Save IT budget and existing investment
 IBM FlashSystem
 IBM Storwize
 IBM XIV
 IBM DS8800
 IBM Elastic Storage
Server
All SAN storage systems can be combined with
IBM Spectrum Virtualize (and SAN Volume Controller)

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Virtualized Storage Infrastructure Enterprise data services for heterogeneous environments
All-flash, hybrid, and software-only solutions built on IBM Spectrum Virtualize software virtualize external storage under single management,
and extend rich data services to externalized capacity to reduce both cap-ex and op-ex.
Integrated Solutions Appliance Software
FlashSystem V9000
Storwize V7000 Unified
Storwize V7000
Storwize V7000FStorwize V5000
Storwize V5030F
SAN Volume
Controller
IBM Spectrum
Virtualize
ENTRY MIDRANGE ENTERPRISE
IBM FlashCoreTM Technology
Optimized
Entry
Hybrid/All-Flash
Block Storage
ECONOMY
Lowest entry-cost fully-
integrated solution for
traditional applications &
general purpose
databases
Midrange
Hybrid/All-Flash
Block Storage
SCALABILITY
Highly scalable, high
performance
virtualization traditional
applications & general
purpose databases
Midrange
Hybrid
Unified Block & File
CONSOLIDATION
Scalable, high
performance
consolidation of
block & file data
PERFORMANCE
Highest performance
fully-integrated storage
virtualization solution
Enterprise
All-Flash
Block Storage Enterprise
Virtualization of Flash &
Hybrid
Block Storage
FLEXIBILITY
Virtualizes entire data
centers to improve
existing storage without
adding infrastructure
Enterprise
Software-Only
Block Storage
Virtualization
VERSATILITY
Deploys & runs on
industry standard
servers; lowest-cost
virtualization offering
Available as

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Hybrid Cloud For simple-to-manage public, private and hybrid cloud storage
Highly parallel block storage purpose-engineered for public, private and hybrid cloud solutions.
Integrated Solutions
XIV Gen3
IBM FlashCoreTM Technology Optimized
Hybrid
Block Storage
Capacity-optimized, tuning-
free performance for dynamic
workloads
Built with
Software
FlashSystem A9000 FlashSystem A9000R
Cloud Service
All-Flash
Block Storage
All-Flash
Block Storage
For cloud service providers,
VDI & VMware workloads
For mixed workloads,
VDI/VSI at scale
Best performance with full-time data reduction
Software-Defined
Block Storage
Proven advanced features &
consistent performance with
mixed workloads available as
a managed service and as
software that runs on
commodity x86 servers

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Big Data Highly scalable file and object storage
Exabyte-class solutions for taming vast oceans of unstructured data
IBM Cloud Object
Storage
Software
Enterprise
Object Storage
Hybrid cloud object storage with
flexibility to store and access object
data on premises, in the cloud, or
both and transfer data seamlessly
between them.
Specialty
Elastic Storage Server
Cloud Service
Appliance
Scale Out
File Storage
Scale Out
File Storage
FLEXIBILITY, SCALE, &
SIMPLICITY
HIGH PERFORMANCE,
EXTREME SCALE
PRE-ASSEMBLED &
OPTIMIZED
High-performance file storage with
policy-driven tiering and multi-protocol
support for single namespace data
ocean.
Parallel file system performance of
Spectrum Scale w/ configurable compute
and storage backend. Preassembled and
optimized
distributed file storage for workloads like
Hadoop at extreme scale.

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Business Critical For the highest availability and reliability
For mission critical databases & applications that analyze transactional data on IBM z Systems & IBM i
Fully-Integrated Solutions
DS8884
ENTERPRISE
All-Flash
Midrange
Hybrid-Flash
Block Storage
Lowest entry cost for
midrange enterprises
DS8886
DS8886-AF
DS8888
Enterprise
Hybrid / All-Flash
Block Storage
Enterprise
All-Flash
Block Storage
High performance for large
enterprises
Highest performance
business critical storage
solution
MIDRANGE
All-Flash

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IBM Software Defined Storage: IBM Spectrum Storage
Enables a flexible, future-proof SAP HANA infrastructure
Software
defined
storage
LANDSCAPE
TRANSFORMATION
LOWER TCO
AUTOMATION
FLEXIBILITY
AGILITY
MOBILITY
SCALABILITY
Lower both acquisition costs and total cost of ownership by using
commoditized, standards-based hardware, repurposing existing hardware,
and automating operational tasks.
Move data across data center and private/public cloud with ease. Unite silos
to deliver data without borders with built-in hybrid cloud support.
The storage infrastructure can be scaled out and still managed as a single
enterprise-class system with high performance and reliability.
Storage infrastructures can be updated rapidly to keep pace with business
demands.
Organizations can use a mix of heterogeneous hardware to meet changing
demands.
Policy-driven control helps put data in the right place at the right time with the
right cost, automatically—from flash storage for fast access, to tape and cloud
storage for lower cost.

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Software Defined Flexibility agility, efficiency and performance
IBM storageNon-IBM storage
All-Flash Hybrid Disk Tape / Virtual Tape
Virtualized Block Scale-out Block Scale-out File Scale-out Object
IBM Cloud
Object Storage
Infrastructure
Archive BackupManage
Management Computing
Media
High-Performance
Computing
New-Gen
Workloads
High-Performance
Analytics

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IBM Flash Awards and Recognition
IBM FlashSystem
2015 - 2016
A Major Player in All-
Flash Array by IDC
MarketScape2
IBM All-Flash Arrays
2014
#1 Market Share
Canada3
IBM FlashSystem
2014 - 2016
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Solid
State Arrays1
IBM FlashSystem 900
2016
Best of Show
Most Innovative Flash Memory
Enterprise Business Application
1 Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should
not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and
internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. 2 IDC MarketScape WW All-Flash Array 2015-2016 #US40721815 Dec. 2015; 3 IDC WW Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker 2Q, 2016
IBM FlashSystem
900/V9000
2015
Top 10
Coolest Flash Products
IBM FlashSystem
A9000/A9000R
2016
Top 10
Coolest Flash Products
IBM FlashSystem
2015
France CRIP IT Innovation
Forum Winner: Cloud,
Infrastructure & Storage Category
IBM FlashSystem A9000
2016
Tech Innovator Award
Finalist
Storage Category
IBM FlashSystem A9000
2016
Product of the Year Finalist:
All-flash Systems
IBM FlashSystem A9000R
2016
Product of the Year Finalist:
All-flash Systems
IBM Storwize V7000F
2016
Product of the Year Finalist:
All-flash Systems

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IBM Spectrum Storage Awards and Recognition
IBM Spectrum Scale
2013 Best Storage Innovation
System X GPFS Storage Server
IBM Spectrum Protect
2013 Wave Leader
IBM XIV Gen 3 / IBM Spectrum
Accelerate
2012 Product Design Award
IBM Storwize V7000 / IBM Spectrum
Virtualize
2011 Product Design Award
IBM Spectrum Scale
2015
Product of the Year Finalist:
Storage System Software
IBM Spectrum Control
Storage Insights
2015
Product of the Year Finalist:
Storage Management Tools
IBM Spectrum
Storage
2014 & 2015
#1 Software-Defined Storage
Controller Software3
IBM Spectrum Protect
2011 - 2016
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Data Center
Backup & Recovery Software1
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2016
Highest Scores for Analytics,
Archiving & Cloud Storage
Use Cases:
Critical Capabilities for Object
Storage1
IBM Cloud Object
Storage
2016
Market Leader
Scale-Out Object Storage
Software
IBM Storwize V7000 with
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
2015
Tech Innovator Award – Virtualization
Category (Runner Up)
IBM Spectrum Storage &
IBM Spectrum Computing
2016
Top 10
Making Software-Defined a Reality
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construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is
used herein with permission. All rights reserved. 2 IDC MarketScape WW Object-Based Storage 2016 #US41918416 Dec. 2016 3 IDC WW Quarterly Storage Software Qview 2Q, 2016
IBM Spectrum Scale &
IBM Cloud Object Storage
2016
A Leader:
Magic Quadrant for Distributed File
Systems & Object Storage1
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
2016
Winner: Virtualization Category
Tech Innovator Awards
IBM Cloud Object
Storage
2016
A Leader in Object-Based Storage
by IDC MarketScape2

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IBM Storage is
delivering results
for SAP
deployments
around the globe!

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IBM FlashSystem and IBM Power Systems
Higher Performance Business in a Flash
Accelerating SAP implementations at customer locations
around the globe
A Belgian-based cloud services provider deployed IBM
FlashSystem storage and realized immediate benefits:
 66% reduction in SAP ERP application response times
 97% cut in potential footprint requirement
 95% decrease in power consumption
IDEAL
for
SAP

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IBM FlashSystem and IBM Power Systems
Higher Performance Business in a Flash
Accelerating SAP implementations at customer locations
around the globe
A large pharmaceutical distributor in Spain moved its SAP
applications and analytics to an IBM FlashSystem and
Power Systems infrastructure. This transition resulted in:
 50% increase in overall SAP performance
 99% remarkable acceleration in business analytics
reporting
IDEAL
for
SAP

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IBM FlashSystem and IBM Power Systems
Higher Performance Business in a Flash
Accelerating SAP implementations at customer locations
around the globe
A German public transportation organization moved critical
SAP ERP applications to IBM FlashSystem which delivered:
 95% reduction in human resources wage-processing,
from two hours to six minutes with IBM FlashSystem
 66% reduction in processing times due to its IBM
POWER7® implementation
 50% lower TCO compared to traditional disk storage
IDEAL
for
SAP

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Consumer products
IBM FlashSystem makes a well-performing system even better
>2x increase
in IOPS (1.1M to 2.3M)
>2.8x increase
in KB/sec throughput
IBM Flash CoC
gave factual analysis of results
with Data Pattern Analytics
Solution Components
• IBM FlashSystem 840, 900
• IBM Spectrum Virtualize (SVC)
• SAP, SAP HANA, VMware
• IBM Flash Centers of Competency
Business challenge: Major global consumer products company sought a factual
analysis to justify the addition of flash technology to improve performance.
The solution: With the assistance of IBM Flash Center of Competency, the client
implemented Data Pattern Analytics (DPA) which resulted in deployment initially of
(3) IBM FlashSystem 840 and later (3) FlashSystem 900.
Business impact: Adding IBM FlashSystem markedly improved an already
efficiently-performing system, reduced latency, and lowered costs with the ability to
segment some workloads to less-expensive storage.

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Shopping chain in Russia
Hypermarket chain in Russia finds hyper benefits with IBM solutions
6x fewer cores
& 10x fewer systems with SAP
HANA on Power based on PoC
Optimized
performance of enterprise
server with IBM FlashSystem
IBM Lab Services
conducted successful Proof of
Concept and migration services
Solution Components
• IBM Power Systems POWER8
• IBM FlashSystem 900
• IBM Storwize V5000
• SAP HANA
Business challenge: A leading and rapidly growing hypermarket / supermarket
chain in Russia was beset with scalability and performance issues owing to
installed x86 architecture which was not up to the task.
The solution: IBM POWER8 servers implementing SAP HANA were teamed with
IBM FlashSystem 900 and Storwize V5000 storage arrays.
Business impact: The total solution produced optimized performance, great
scalability, easier management and lower operational cost, all of which have
positioned the client to meet rapid growth and increase competitiveness.

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Business challenge
Executives at Mondi wanted to gain answers to complex business
questions, but massive data volumes were continuously slowing
down the system. Could Mondi accelerate information analysis
once more?
Transformation
Mondi engaged IBM to perform the end-to-end migration of its SAP®
Business Warehouse solution to the SAP HANA® Data Warehouse.
In addition, Mondi is moving its SAP ERP systems to IBM®
POWER8® servers.
“We are very happy with the service we receive from IBM and SAP and
IBM Watson will be the game-changer.”
—Rainer Steffl, Information Management Director, Mondi Europe & International
Mondi Group
Achieving unprecedented time-
to-insight with IBM and SAP
Mondi is an international packaging and paper Group, employing around
25,000 people across more than 30 countries. The key operations are
located in central Europe, Russia, North America and South Africa. In
2015, Mondi had revenues of EUR6.8 billion and a return on capital
employed of 20.5 percent.
Business benefits:
3x faster
reporting paves the way to smarter
decision-making
Reduced system
downtime
Just two days during migration, rather
than the initial six
200 hours saved
every month, so staff can focus on
reacting to insights
Link
Rainer Steffl,
Information Management
Director,
Mondi Europe & International
Solution components:
SAP® Business Warehouse
SAP BusinessObjects™
SAP ERP
SAP HANA®
IBM® FlashSystem® 900
IBM DS8000
IBM Storwize® V7000
IBM Global Business Services®
IBM Global Tech. Services®
IBM Power Systems™ E870
IBM Watson™

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Business challenge
To keep production lines rolling, deliveries prompt and decision-making
sharp, VEKA relies on round-the-clock access to real-time information from
its core SAP business applications.
Transformation
VEKA deployed five IBM® Power® System E870 servers and four IBM
FlashSystem® storage solutions to support its traditional SAP applications,
as well as a brand-new SAP HANA environment on
IBM POWER8®.
“IBM Power Systems with IBM i and IBM FlashSystem keeps our SAP
applications running round-the-clock, so we can deliver on time, every time.”
—Christian Otte, Server Center Manager, VEKA AG
VEKA AG
Keeping operations running
around the clock with super-
stable IBM Power Systems and
IBM FlashSystem
VEKA AG is the world’s largest extruder of PVC profile systems for windows
and doors. Headquartered in Sendenhorst, Germany, VEKA employs
approximately 5,000 people worldwide and reports annual revenues of more
than EUR790 million (USD880 million).
Business benefits:
30% faster
SAP ERP response time enables staff to
work faster and more productively
20% quicker
email backup frees up resources and
reduces impact on user performance
EUR40,000
yearly savings in energy costs due to
lower power consumption
Link
Solution components:
SAP® ERP
SAP HANA®
IBM® DB2® for i
IBM FlashSystem® 900
IBM ProtecTIER®
IBM Storwize® V7000
IBM i 7.2
IBM Notes® and Domino®
IBM Power System E870
IBM POWER8®
IBM PowerVM®