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IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM Storage Deep Archive

Single virtual S3 endopoint for Multi-Site IBM Storage Deep Archive

Within a Storage Deep Archive architecture deployed across multiple geographically separate sites, S3 clients should be able to access the service through a single resilient logical endpoint, regardless of which physical site is active. In the cur...
2 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Submitted

Local key manager for tape encryption

Today, tape encryption requires the use of an external key manager, e.g. GKLM. Customers are reluctant to adopt tape encryption because of the overhead the key manager infrastructure introduces into their operations: Licenses are required, bare me...
4 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Submitted

Multitenancy Support for S3 Glacier feature on Diamond Back and planned on TS4300

Finnish market needs multitenancy support to DiamondBack S3 Glacier and TS4300 S3 Glacier implementations, since all large customers who are planning onprem S3 installations are behind service provides. Service providers do not typically implement...
3 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Submitted

Redundancy Implementation for Deep Archive Network Switches

The network switch in the Deep Archive environment is currently configured as a single unit. Although version 1.3 now supports multi‑library configurations, the network switch remains a single point of failure.
2 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Deep Archive Integration with Microsoft Entra ID

IBM Storage Deep Archive software version 1.2.0 does not currently support integration with Microsoft Entra ID for administrative access. This feature would be particularly useful for customers requiring this kind of integration, and would greatly...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Future consideration

Deep Archive support for S3 Partial Object Retrieval

The current software version of IBM Storage Deep Archive (1.2.0) does not support S3 partial object retrieval functionality. This feature would be particularly useful in the media industry and would greatly increase the adoption of this technology...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

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...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 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...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 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...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Future consideration

Request to add a feature that allows administrators to check the amount of data stored in each bucket or user/user group.

When providing Deep Archive like a cloud service, it is necessary to check the usage amount for each user with administrator commands and charge according to capacity, as well as issue warnings for “excessive use.”
10 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Future consideration