IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 with R 2.0

The IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 offers a modular, scalable, and high-performing architecture for mainframe tape virtualization for the IBM System z environment. The TS7700 Virtualization Engine integrates the advanced performance, capacity, and data integrity design of the 3592 Tape Drives, the IBM industry-leading tape technology, with high-performance disks and a new advanced IBM System p server to form a storage hierarchy, managed by robust storage management firmware with extensive self-management capability. It includes functions such as advanced policy management to control physical volume pooling, cache management, dual copy, dual copy across a grid network, and copy mode control. The TS7700 Virtualization Engine offers enhanced statistical reporting and a single, standards-based management interface for TS7700 Virtualization Engine management.

The new IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Release 2.0 introduces the next generation of TS7700 Virtualization Engine servers for System z

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7720 Server Model VEB

IBM Virtualization Engine TS7740 Server Model V07

These Virtualization Engines are based on IBM Power 7 technology, and offer improved performance for most System z tape workloads compared to the first generation of TS7700 Virtualization Engine servers.

This IBM Redbooks publication covers the TS7700 Virtualization Engine Release 2.0, which builds on the existing capabilities of the TS7700 family.