IBM Enterprise Storage Server

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| predecessor = IBM Versatile Storage Server

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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).{{Cite web|date=1998-06-02|title=IBM VERSATILE STORAGE SERVER OFFERS CONCURRENT MIXED PLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTIONS|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS198-129/index.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=www-01.ibm.com|language=en-US}} It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in 1999{{Cite web|title=IBM unveils disk storage system - Jul. 26, 1999|url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/07/26/technology/ibm/|access-date=2021-01-02|website=money.cnn.com}} 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.{{Cite web|title=IBM TotalStorage|url=https://ifworlddesignguide.com/entry/22810-ibm-totalstorage|access-date=2021-01-02|website=iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE|language=en}}

It has been superseded by the IBM DS8000 series of storage servers.

Models

2105-E10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E10{{Cite web|date=1999-07-27|title=THE IBM ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVER MULTI-PLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTION PROVIDES SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS199-188/index.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www-01.ibm.com|language=en-US}} - (1999) 64 disks
2105-E20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model E20 - (1999) 128 disks
2105-F10 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F10{{Cite web|date=2000-03-28|title=IBM ENTERPRISE STORAGE SERVER MULTIPLATFORM STORAGE SOLUTION PROVIDES SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS100-089/index.html|access-date=2021-01-02|website=www-01.ibm.com|language=en-US}} - (2000) 64 disks
2105-F20 IBM Enterprise Storage Server Model F20 - (2000) 128 disks
2105-750 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 750{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server NowIncludes a 72.8 GB Drive Option for ImprovedScalability and Price/Performance|url=https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS101-342/ENUS101-342.PDF|access-date=|website=www-01.ibm.com}} - (2001)
2105-800 IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800 - (2001)

=Enclosures =

ESS expansion enclosure (The E10 model does not support an expansion enclosure) - 256 disks.

External links

[ftp://ccnet.utoronto.ca/docs/IBM/ESS/SG24-5465%20-%20IBM%20ESS.pdf Gustavo Castets et al., IBM Enterprise Storage Server, IBM “Redbook” SG24-5465-01, second edition, 2001 September]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

References

Enterprise Storage Server