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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi List,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">more details can be shared under NDA. Please ask your IBM sales rep to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Or meet me at the German User meeting this Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt">Ulf Troppens<br>
</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt">Product Manager - IBM Storage for Data and AI, Data-Intensive Workflows<br>
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IBM Deutschland Research &amp; Development GmbH<br>
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: </span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt">Wolfgang Wendt</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt"> / Geschäftsführung: David Faller<br>
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen / Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexander Saupp<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 29 February 2024 08:28<br>
<b>To:</b> gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] storage-scale-object - summary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Hi all, there was a couple of very good concerns, questions and statements already. I\u2019d like to summarize my very personal understanding \u2013 not necessarily officially
 speaking for my employer IBM. Be invited to reach out to IBM Client Engineering <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">there was a couple of very good concerns, questions and statements already. I\u2019d like to summarize my very personal understanding \u2013 not
 necessarily officially speaking for my employer IBM. <br>
Be invited to reach out to IBM Client Engineering (a presales invest by IBM) if you have a need to discuss, demo or evaluate in connection to an active Opportunity ( i know, but that\u2019s the rules of engagement )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Swift S3 is complex to maintain, as said by Christoph Martin. IBM supports multiple
 stacks for multiple products. That along with currency the main reason to move away<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For alternatives a focus on \u2018unified access via file and s3\u2019 was set, so the
 feature set required is something (for you as a customer) to evaluate.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">You can find references on our future architecture publicly available, its based
 on the same noobaa stack that is used in RedHat ODF MCG.<br>
I would like to recommend the following blog of my IBM CE peer Nils Haustein:<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/nils-haustein1/2024/02/21/s3-tiering-to-tape-with-noobaa-part-1-introduction">https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/nils-haustein1/2024/02/21/s3-tiering-to-tape-with-noobaa-part-1-introduction</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/nils-haustein1/2024/02/26/s3-tiering-to-tape-with-noobaa-part-3-tiering">https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/nils-haustein1/2024/02/26/s3-tiering-to-tape-with-noobaa-part-3-tiering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Some might consider release timing, .. But here is the plan, thanks for already
 outlining, Renar!<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.1.9?topic=summary-changes">https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.1.9?topic=summary-changes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3"><i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">IBM Storage Scale 5.1.8 is the last release that has CES Swift Object protocol.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3"><i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">IBM Storage Scale 5.1.9 [EUS release] will tolerate the update of a CES node
 from IBM Storage Scale 5.1.8 - </span></i><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">so if you have it, you can keep it<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I\u2019m expecting TechPreview and GA within the next two releases \u2013 technical details
 as per above blog.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I hope this helps to clarify IBM\u2019s plan of record. I\u2019d like to reinvite you to reach out to IBM (via IBM Sales / directly) if you\u2019d
 like to follow-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Alexander Saupp</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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+49 172 725 1072&nbsp;Mobile</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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