IBM has announced the addition of IBM Storage Ceph as a Service to its expanding line of on-premises infrastructure adaptable as a service solutions. IBM Power as a Service, which already provides the distributed compute platform in new form factors and flexible consumption options, is part of the portfolio.
This change is highlighted by an IDC report, which shows that 80% of IT purchasers will give priority to service consumption for important workloads by 2028. The need for more efficient IT spending, improved operational effectiveness, and the achievement of important sustainability Key Performance Indicators are the main drivers of this movement.One By offering IBM Storage Ceph through an as-a-service paradigm, IBM is responding to this moment by enabling customers to combine cloud-based as-a-service solutions with on-premises settings.
As companies use AI capabilities, transition to digital infrastructure, and embrace new delivery models, the need for smooth, automated operations is becoming more and more important,. The secret to unleashing the potential of flexibility, speed, and ease of use is to deliver IT built on infrastructure as a service.
Introducing IBM Storage Ceph as a Service
In order to enable customers to utilise the software-defined unified storage solution as an on-premises cloud storage experience, IBM has introduced a new method for implementing IBM Storage Ceph through an as a service approach. To help businesses overcome data silos and update data lakes or virtual machine storage, IBM Storage Ceph unites block, file, and object data.
IBM Storage Ceph as a Service is a fully managed solution that lets IBM professionals handle the administration and upkeep of Ceph clusters while providing the data centre with the size, flexibility, availability, and cost effectiveness of cloud storage. By using this solution, IT workers can divert their attention from the challenging chore of managing storage infrastructure to important business priorities and cutting-edge technology.
Data storage is essential to every workstream because data is the lifeblood of any organisation, but it shouldn’t be as difficult to manage as it is for IT teams, With IBM Storage Ceph as a Service, it is taking on the headache for clients, expediting the provisioning and streamlining the management of storage resources.
Benefits of IBM Storage Ceph as a Service
Extreme Flexibility
Support for many protocols that adjusts to your storage requirements across workloads, architectures, and integrations.
Complete-Stack Protection
Data integrity, enterprise-level infrastructure security, and regulatory compliance.
Complete Integration
Support for several vendors across cloud ecosystems and on-premises systems.
Consistently Available Support
24/7 availability of IBM’s technical specialists, proactive oversight, and automated problem-solving.
On-demand Scaling
Begin small, expand, and seamlessly adjust to business demands.
Hybrid Cloud by Design
Smooth data transfer between private or public clouds and on-premises systems.
How to obtain it?
As a Service That Is Managed
The ease of use and versatility of cloud storage in your datacenter, overseen by IBM professionals. created to streamline and accelerate Storage Ceph cluster deployment, resulting in a quicker time to value for all of your projects. IT teams can handle apps rather than infrastructure and concentrate on business priorities when they use Storage Ceph as a Service.
Just Software
Block, file, and object data may be managed at scale using this highly configurable and scalable method of utilising new or existing infrastructure, including commodity x86 hardware, to adjust your systems to workload requirements.
Certified Ceph Servers
Infrastructural building blocks to hasten software-defined storage adoption. A straightforward, adaptable, and economical method of setting up storage on specially designed servers that have undergone extensive testing, optimisation, and certification to be compatible with IBM Storage Ceph.
IBM Power Delivered as a Service
To help guarantee business continuity, dependability, availability, serviceability, and security for customers, IBM has persisted in innovating and investing in operating environments on IBM Power. This includes the IBM Cloud Catalog’s integration of the IBM Power Virtual Server Private Cloud, which supports enterprise workloads like Artificial Intelligence, SAP, IBM i, and Oracle. IBM Power Virtual Server offers security and compliance features while assisting customers in swiftly implementing and growing their on-premises infrastructures in an economical and effective manner.
National Van Lines is a moving, packing, and service firm that offers relocation services to both people and corporations. It is a client of IBM Power Virtual Server. Major weather disasters in recent years have caused power outages in the Chicago area, which have affected their servers’ availability for days. Their operations were severely disrupted as a result. They looked for a solution to enhance their business continuity strategy because of the significance of IBM Power architecture to their operations.
Together with IBM and IBM’s Business Partner, Mainline Information Systems, National Van Lines introduced IBM Power Virtual Server, which provides virtual machines as a service on Power architecture for mission-critical applications. Workload migration keeps on-premises and cloud architecture consistent, eliminating the need for re-platforming. Without actual backup tapes, National Van Lines cut IT costs and sped up disaster recovery from days to hours.
IBM is now going through the same process with the National Forwarding business unit because IBM Power Virtual Server is a solid, secure, and reliable solution. It works and it is so confident in it that it is implementing it in other areas of business.
Because Power Virtual Server is an as-a-service solution, businesses only have to pay for the CPU, memory, and storage that IBM manages in their data centres.
IBM Storage Ceph as a Service prevents underutilisation and overprovisioning and balances expenditures with consumption to save operating costs. It can scale on-demand, allowing IT teams to start small and grow with business demands. A leading provider of as-a-service solutions for operational efficiency, lower IT costs, and reduced risk and complexity, IBM is helping organisations speed up and streamline their IT journey.