Preface; Authors - IBM Storwize V5010 Manual

Preface

Organizations of all sizes face the challenge of managing massive volumes of increasingly
valuable data. But storing this data can be costly, and extracting value from the data is
becoming more difficult. IT organizations have limited resources but must stay responsive to
dynamic environments and act quickly to consolidate, simplify, and optimize their IT
infrastructures. The IBM® Storwize® V5000 Gen2 system provides a smarter solution that is
affordable, easy to use, and self-optimizing, which enables organizations to overcome these
storage challenges.
The Storwize V5000 Gen2 delivers efficient, entry-level configurations that are designed to
meet the needs of small and midsize businesses. Designed to provide organizations with the
ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, the Storwize V5000 Gen2 offers
advanced software capabilities that are found in more expensive systems.
This IBM Redbooks® publication is intended for pre-sales and post-sales technical support
professionals and storage administrators.
It applies to the Storwize V5030, V5020, and V5010, and to IBM Spectrum Virtualize™ V8.1.

Authors

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the
International Technical Support Organization, San Jose Center.
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2018. All rights reserved.
Jon Tate is a Project Manager for IBM System Storage® SAN
Solutions at the International Technical Support Organization
(ITSO), San Jose Center. Before Jon joined the ITSO in 1999,
he worked in the IBM Technical Support Center, providing
Level 2 support for IBM storage products. Jon has 32 years of
experience in storage software and management, services,
and support. He is both an IBM Certified IT Specialist and an
IBM SAN Certified Specialist. He is also the UK Chairman of
the Storage Networking Industry Association.
Dharmesh Kamdar has been working in IBM Systems group
for over 15 years as a Senior Software Engineer. He works in
the Open Systems Lab (OSL), where he focuses on
interoperability testing of a range of IBM storage products with
various vendor products, including operating systems,
clustering solutions, virtualization platforms, volume managers,
and file systems.
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