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High-end storage array now more competitive with EMC's Symmetrix, observers say.
IBM last week said it has bolstered the data recovery and back-up service features of its enterprise storage array, enhancements that analysts say bring it up to speed with EMC's rival Symmetrix offering.
Software will now be available for IBM's Enterprise Storage Server, dubbed Shark, including the ability to copy data remotely to servers, perform snapshot-like backups of data and allow Fibre Channel connectivity between Sharks and non-IBM servers.
Shark is a high-end external storage array with an upper capacity of 11 terabytes that connects to host servers via an UltraSCSI, Fibre Channel Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) or FICON link. IBM claims it has sold about 4,000 of the systems and has penetrated half...