IBM Spectrum Storage Suite

IBM Spectrum Storage Suite is a family of software-defined storage offerings specifically targeted at solution providers looking to build flexible cloud storage for a variety of workloads. It includes six software-defined storage products that address needs for block storage, file and object storage, storage virtualization, archive, data protection, and storage and data management. IBM Spectrum Storage Suite licenses all of these offerings on a per-terabyte basis, and allows customers to use any combination of offerings. Service providers can switch capacity quickly and easily among offerings as needed and without changing licenses. Specifically for service providers, IBM Spectrum Storage Suite can be acquired on a monthly basis or via a utility license that allows flexible changes in capacity. It is also available via traditional perpetual licenses.