Glossary
Storage Assurance
IBM lifecycle program for eligible FlashSystem models, including upgrade, support, capacity, migration, and guarantee concepts.
Storage Assurance changes the FlashSystem buying conversation from a one-time hardware purchase to a lifecycle contract with specific commitments and remedies. Buyers should confirm eligibility, term, included upgrades, and guarantee conditions.
Related Terms
Effective Capacity
Usable storage capacity after a compression or deduplication assumption has been applied.
FlashSystem
IBM's enterprise all-flash and hybrid storage family, built on Storage Virtualize data services and commonly evaluated for IBM i, AS/400, Power, VMware, AIX, Linux, and mixed SAN workloads.