IBM Storage · FlashSystem, DS8000 and cyber resilience

01 · The context

Ransomware hits the data first.
The storage is the last line of defense.

93% of the attacks target backups and copies. That's why IBM brought the defense inside the drive: the FlashCore Modules analyze every I/O with machine learning models and detect the anomalous encryption in under a minute — while the storage keeps serving the business at flash speed.

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in-array ransomware detection with FlashCore Module (source: IBM Research)

105 TB

per single FCM5 drive, up to 11.8 PBe in 2U on the FlashSystem 9600

8 nines

99.999999% availability on the tenth-generation DS8000

IBM FLASHSYSTEM · OFFICIAL IBM PHOTO

02 · FlashSystem

The new range: autonomous storage
with agentic AI on board.

Announced in February 2026: three systems, the fifth generation of FlashCore Modules and the FlashSystem.ai services bringing threat analysis and recovery recommendations directly into the platform. A single Storage Virtualize architecture, from the department to the data center.

FlashSystem 5600

1U · 30 GB/S · UP TO 2.4 PBe

The enterprise entry: mixed workloads and mid-size OLTP databases, latency under 50 microseconds in a single rack unit.

FlashSystem 7600

2U · 55 GB/S · UP TO 7.2 PBe

The mid-range for mixed workloads and serious OLTP: 32 I/O ports, grids up to 230 PBe.

FlashSystem 9600

2U · 86 GB/S · UP TO 11.8 PBe

The top of the range for mission-critical consolidations: 6.3M IOPS, grids up to 377 PBe and 105 TB FCM5 drives.

FlashCore Module 5: hardware compression without a performance hit, 5.5x the write cycles of standard QLC and security telemetry on every single I/O. And with IBM Storage Assurance the controllers get upgraded without downtime and without swing boxes.

03 · DS8000 · tenth generation

Eight nines of availability
for IBM Z and IBM i.

IBM DS8000 GEN 10 · OFFICIAL IBM PHOTO

99.999999% availability

The DS8A10, DS8A50 and DS8A80 range (GA October 2024): up to 2x the capacity in the same space and +73% IOPS over the previous generation.

Safeguarded Copy & end-to-end encryption

Up to 1,000 immutable point-in-time copies, encryption at rest and in flight, Fibre Channel Endpoint Security and Secure Boot.

Multi-site replication and assisted recovery

HyperSwap, GDPS for IBM Z and PowerHA for IBM i: record RPO/RTO across 2, 3 and 4 sites, with Copy Services Manager as the single director.

The perfect complement to the Power estate

The natural storage of the mission-critical IBM i systems we manage: same philosophy, same resilience, same signature.

04 · The rest of the portfolio

A complete ecosystem,
from the file system to the tape.

Storage Scale System

The parallel file system for AI and HPC: extreme throughput, GPUDirect and content-aware storage. It's the data engine you also find inside IBM Fusion.

Storage Defender

Resilience as software: inventory of the primary and backup data, coordinated threat detection, a clean room and recovery orchestration.

Storage Insights

SaaS AIOps for the whole storage estate: capacity planning, performance anomalies and tickets with automatic logs, before the problem shows.

Tape & virtual tape

TS4500, TS7700 and the LTO libraries: the physical air gap that closes the anti-ransomware architecture, at the lowest cost per TB in existence.

SAN b-type

The 64G Gen7 Fibre Channel fabric: minimal latency, integrated telemetry and autonomous SAN for the NVMe/FC workloads.

Storage as a Service

DS8000 and FlashSystem also on consumption, on-prem with a cloud-like model: capacity that grows with the business, without CAPEX.

05 · Cyber resilience

The three anti-ransomware levels,
declined onto the storage.

Level 1 · Detect in real time

FCMs analyzing every I/O, FlashSystem.ai and Storage Defender correlating the signals: the attack emerges in minutes, not days.

Level 2 · Replicate and isolate

Synchronous and asynchronous multi-site replication, policy-based replication and HyperSwap: the secondary stands when the primary falls.

Level 3 · The untouchable point

Immutable Safeguarded Copy on FlashSystem and DS8000, plus the tape's physical air gap: the restore point ransomware can't encrypt.

It's the architecture we bring to every customer — and with IBM Power Cyber Vault it integrates natively with the Power world: detection in under a minute and fast recovery, NIS2 and DORA ready.

06 · Why YoctoIT

The right storage is a project,
not a price list.

We've been sizing, migrating and managing IBM storage forever — together with the Power estate and inside our 24/7 managed services, with Yocto Vision's transparency.

Assessment

Capacity, performance, risk exposure and current costs: the honest snapshot of your storage.

Design & sizing

The right combination: FlashSystem, DS8000, Scale, tape — with the three-level resilience designed on your SLAs.

Migration without downtime

Storage Virtualize and replication: the data moves house while the applications keep working.

Managed 24/7

NOC, Yocto Vision monitoring, planned firmware and monthly reports: the storage you no longer think about.

Ransomware hits the data first.The storage is the last line of defense.

The new range: autonomous storagewith agentic AI on board.