IBM Storage Assurance
Transform your storage ownership experience
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Overview:
A modern, simple and transparent IT life cycle management option
The IBM Storage Assurance program provides purchase protection that alleviates procurement obstacles and storage lifecycle management with a modern all flash platform engineered for non-disruptive innovation. IBM Storage Assurance is a subscription to hardware and software upgrades with premium support and quality of service across flexibile term limits.
Features:
Software upgrades
Get access to the latest advancements of IBM FlashSystem's software and monitoring features at the time of purchase and in the future as they become available.
Hardware upgrades
- Experience full-system hardware refreshes when devices cannot upgrade, expand capacity, remain supported, or meet performance commitments
- Upgrade or trade in systems at any time for an added fee, with built-in trade-in credit included
Premium support
- Premium-level ExpertCare
- Predictive analytics support, capacity planning, monitoring and reporting with IBM Storage Insights Pro entitlement
Guarantees*
- Non-disruptive system-to-system migrations guarantee
- Price protection guarantee
- Workload performance guarantee
- End of service guarantee
- Energy efficiency guarantee
- Eight year contract full-system guarantee
- Terminal code level guarantee
- Capacity upgrade eligibility guarantee
- 60 seconds ransomware threat detection and alerting guarantee
Benefits:
Achieve IT budget certainty
Ensure financial optimization with budget predictability. Plan your storage needs with confidence from day one. Get flat and fair rates on a 4- or 8-year contract paid upfront annually, quarterly, or monthly.
Continuous innovation
Get access to the latest advancements of IBM FlashSystem software and monitoring features at the time of purchase and in the future as they become available, guaranteed.
Gain operational efficiency
Alleviate long procurement processes, vendor negotiation cycles and storage life-cycle management responsibilities; enabling your admin staff to focus on higher value tasks.
Enhance agility
Full system hardware upgrades around contract hardware guarantees. Ability to upgrade or trade in your current system at any time out of cycle. AI-assisted system-to-system migrations.
Improve energy efficiency
Reduce energy consumption. We provide commitments that we will not exceed the stated W/TB at the given capacity points. With some configurations, the maximum is as low as 1.76 W/TB, supporting your green initiatives.
Avoid overpurchasing from day one
No more overprovisioning or running out of capacity. With monitoring included, you’ll be able to more accurately predict your capacity usage for more cost efficient operations.
Specifications:
| Feature | Description | Included |
|---|---|---|
| Software upgrades | Full access to all-inclusive array and monitoring features at purchase and as new capabilities become available | |
| Hardware upgrades | Full-system hardware refreshes when the current device cannot upgrade, expand capacity, remain supported, or meet performance needs | |
| Premium Support | Premium-level ExpertCare, predictive analytics support, capacity planning, monitoring and reporting with IBM Storage Insights Pro entitlement | |
| Guarantees | Non-disruptive migrations, price protection, workload performance, end of service, energy efficiency, eight-year contract full-system, terminal code level, and capacity upgrade eligibility guarantees |
Documentation:
Download the IBM Storage Assurance (.PDF)
Pricing Notes:
- All Prices are Inclusive of GST
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
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