IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Controller ownership: backend disks and data - new architecture and/or implementation

    Hello Product and Development teams, Over Latin America we faced some situation where customers did see (a lot) value in solutions where multiple controllers can work together, to minimize downtime, to achieve some workload requirements and so on....
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Integrate S3 commands into the REST API

    We have an automatic workflow which provisiones storage with the help of the REST API (and not mm* commands)Since we want to automate the S3 part, we need s3 commands in the REST API. So the request is to provide S3 administration via REST API, id...
    8 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Multi-factor authentication for Storage Deep Archive

    IBM Storage Deep Archive software version 1.2.0 does not currently support Multi-factor authentication for administrative access. This feature would be particularly useful for customers requiring this kind security enhancement, and would greatly i...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 1 Future consideration

    Proxmox VE - Backup with Storage Defender Data Protect

    Allow Defender Data Protect to seamlessly integrate with Proxmox Virtual Environment without the need for an agent. This integration is requested by customers and included in RFPs to ensure the capability of performing VM-consistent backups and fa...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) 1 Future consideration

    Deep Archive and Vaulting

    IBM Storage Deep Archive software version 1.2.0 does not currently include support for off-site or out-of-library tape vaulting . Although this functionality is not used on a daily basis, it could be very useful for customers who need to export ca...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 1 Future consideration

    Deep Archive and QoS at bucket level

    IBM Storage Deep Archive software version 1.2.0 does not currently support QoS. This feature would be particularly useful for customers requiring bandwidth throttling applied at bucket level, and would greatly increase the adoption of this technol...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 1 Future consideration

    Protocols - S3 Object Lock

    We have been requesting this for a long time through other channels and it seems like something that has not yet been acknowledged... it is an important feature to implement for the new CES-S3, we have alot of missed opportunities due to the lack ...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    Provide incremental backup capabilities from DDP to S3 Glacier target

    Enable Defender Data Protect (DDP) to perform incremental backups directly to S3 Glacier-based tape storage targets such as IBM Storage Protect (SP) S3 storage agent and IBM Deep Archive on Diamondback. Business Use Case: While Defender Data Prote...
    5 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    Standardize certificate management on DS8 device

    The DS8 currently uses two different methods to manage digital certificates: 1. https server certificate (CSR generated and import of signed cert) 2. Syslog secure forwarding certificate (import of private key and certificate components generated ...
    8 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Reset of "lsportstats -node port" error counters on IBM SVC.

    We would be very pleased and grateful if you could implement the following requirement.For troubleshooting and error analysis purposes, it would be very helpful if the error counters could be reset to 0 to see if various counters (CRCs, link reset...
    4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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