Also known as | IBM Shark IBM ESS |
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Developer | IBM |
Type | Storage server |
Release date | 1999 |
Discontinued | 2004 |
CPU | RISC-based |
Predecessor | IBM Versatile Storage Server |
Successor | IBM DS8000 |
The IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or the Shark is an enterprise storage array from IBM.
Originally, in 1998 IBM released the IBM 2105 Versatile Storage Server (VSS). [1] It did not meet commercial success and the successor came in 1999 [2] 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. [3]
It has been superseded by the IBM DS8000 series of storage servers.