IBM Enterprise Storage Server
Also known asIBM Shark
IBM ESS
DeveloperIBM
TypeStorage server
Release date1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Discontinued2004
CPURISC-based
PredecessorIBM Versatile Storage Server
SuccessorIBM DS8000

The IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or the Shark is an enterprise storage array from IBM.

History

Originally, in 1998 IBM released the IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server (VSS).[1] It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in 1999[2] in the form of the ESS, based on the same Seascape architecture. The Seascape architecture was an IBM storage architecture that included off-the-shelf components, including RS/6000 processors and the Serial Storage Architecture (SSA). The ESS was also widely known by its IBM internal codename Shark.

The 2001 lineup have a redesigned case; this version won IF design award.[3]

It has been superseded by the IBM DS8000 series of storage servers.

Models

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See also

Preceded byIBM Versatile Storage Server IBM Enterprise Storage Server 1999 - 2004 Succeeded byIBM System Storage DS8000

References

  1. ^ "IBM VERSATILE STORAGE SERVER OFFERS CONCURRENT MIXED PLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTIONS". www-01.ibm.com. 1998-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ "IBM unveils disk storage system - Jul. 26, 1999". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. ^ "IBM TotalStorage". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  4. ^ a b "THE IBM ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVER MULTI-PLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTION PROVIDES SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE". www-01.ibm.com. 1999-07-27. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  5. ^ a b "IBM ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVER MULTIPLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTION PROVIDES SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE". www-01.ibm.com. 2000-03-28. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. ^ a b "IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server NowIncludes a 72.8 GB Drive Option for ImprovedScalability and Price/Performance" (PDF). www-01.ibm.com.
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