On Wednesday, December 2nd join IBM Champion and Relion Solutions Co-Founder Richie Palma as he presents Enhancing Security, Resiliency, and Scalability with IBM FlashSystem Storage.

In this session, Richie will dive into the benefits of external storage for IBM i and how IBM’s storage portfolio complements the demands of IBM i shops of all sizes. With security, high availability, disaster recovery, and data growth continuing to be among the top concerns for IBM i shops, we look to external storage to enhance our most critical business servers. With the increased adoption of virtualization, 24×7 operating requirements, and no room for downtime, external storage is growing in popularity for IBM i shops.

Learning Objectives:

After attending this session, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the main differences between internal and external storage for IBM i.
  • Describe how FlashSystem features such as Safeguarded Copy and encryption help protect IBM i data.
  • Identify how replication and snapshots support HA and DR planning.
  • Recognize which parts of IBM’s storage portfolio fit their environment.