IBM Enterprise Storage Server

IBM Enterprise Storage Server

Also known as	IBM Shark IBM ESS
Developer	IBM
Type	Storage server
Release date	1999 (1999)
Discontinued	20??
CPU	RISC-based
Predecessor	IBM Versatile Storage Server
Successor	IBM DS8000

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 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 processors and the Serial Storage Architecture (SSA). The ESS was also widely known by its IBM internal codename Shark.

It has been superseded by the IBM DS8000 series of storage servers.

Models

• 2105-E10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E10
• 2105-E20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E20
• 2105-F10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F10
• 2105-F20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F20
• 2105-750 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 750
• 2105-800 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800

External links

• Gustavo Castets et al., IBM Enterprise Storage Server, IBM “Redbook” SG24-5465-01, second edition, 2001 September

See also

• Extended Remote Copy
• FlashCopy
• Global Mirror
• Metro Mirror
• IBM Subsystem Device Driver
• IBM TotalStorage Expert