In a truly substantial way, the XIV system delivers a groundbreaking approach to snapshots that overcomes the most significant performance penalties currently
affecting other vendors' products. The system's snapshot mechanisms harness the full
power of XIV's innovative technology and leverage the inherent infrastructure advantages provided
by its unique grid architecture.
These unique capabilities translate to a new concept of what can be done with snapshots and how, as shown in the table below.
The IBM XIV® Storage System Snapshot Advantage: Applications
Application
IBM XIV®
Other leading vendors
Physical backup
Instant creation of snapshot simplifies the backup process
High performance with snapshots
Complex snapshot creation results in complex process
Backup snapshot reduces performance
Logical backup
Multiple snapshots with no
performance overhead
make multi-generation
logical backup a reality
No practical solution to multi-generation logical backup
Testing and development environments
Multiple snapshots with
instant creation make the
process simple and
effective
High performance with
multiple snapshot enables
effective usage
Writable snapshots allow
testing
Snapshot of snapshot provide logical backup for development environment
Limited functionality and performance make the process ineffective and wasteful
Data mining
High performance with snapshots enable data mining
Instant creation makes the
process simpler
Performance problems and complex creation
limit the effectiveness
“The IBM XIV Storage System gives us three times the performance, and with 28 snapshots!”
Itzik Reuven Storage Administrator Bank Leumi IT Center
