Storwize Trade In and ‘3 for 2’ Flash Drive promotion You may know about the current IBM Storwize Trade In and Flash Drive promo but did you know that these can be combined?

Storwize Trade In IBM are currently running a promotion that entitles a Business Partner to a reward when they acquire a new eligible IBM Storage product The rewards are Amazon Vouchers or defined product rewards up to the following values - $250 (or local currency equivalent) for a product replacement using a new Storwize V5000. $500 (or local currency equivalent) for a replacement sale using a V7000 or for selling a V5000 into a CISCO UCS infrastructure to create a “VersaStack”. Lastly a reward of $750 (or local currency equivalent) will be paid for a V7000 sale into a CISCOUCS infrastructure to create a “VersaStack”. A personal reward for a business partner and an incentive to encourage end users to upgrade to the new Storwize models

‘3 for 2’ on SSD’s On top of this, IBM are also offering IBM Storage Systems Business Partners who purchase an eligible IBM Storage Storwize machine(s)with two of the same type of Storwize Flash Drive will receive a Flash Drive of the same type free of charge The offer will give Business Partners the opportunity to receive up to 4 free of charge drives for each eligible Storwize machine purchased and configured with 8 other IBM Storwize Flash drives A configuration may contain 4 pairs of different Flash Drives (eg 2 x 400GB SSD, 2 x 800GB SSD, 2 x 1.6TB SSD and 2 x 3.2TB SSD) and the Business Partner will receive, free of charge, 1 x 400GB SSD, 1 x 800GB SSD, 1x 1.6TB SSD and 1 x 3.2TB SSD. Increased performance and storage capacity for the end user with no added cost

How it works The business partner will be rewarded if the end user upgrades any of the following Generation 1 Storwize boxes to the new version: V7000 Gen 1 2076-112 V7000 Controller LFF 12 drive enclose 1 Gbps 2076-124 V7000 Controller SFF 24 drive enclose 1 Gbps 2076-312 V7000 Controller LFF 12 drive enclose 10 Gbps 2076-324 V7000 Controller SFF 24 drive enclose 10Gbps V5000 Gen 1 2077-12C V5000 Controller 2077-24C V5000 Controller 2078-12C V5000 Controller 2078-24C V5000 Controller

If the end user then purchases 2 flash drives on the following V7000 or V5030 boxes, then they will received a 3rd absolutely free: 2076 524 V7000 SFF CONTROL 2077 312 V5030 LFF CONTROLLER (1Y warranty) 2077 324 V5030 SFF CONTROLLER (1Y warranty) 2078 312 V5030 LFF CONTROLLER (3Y warranty) 2078 324 V5030 SFF CONTROLLER (3Y warranty

Eligible V7000 disks V7000 2076 AHH1 2.5 INCH 200GB FLASH DRIVE 2076 AHH4 2.5 INCH 1.6TB FLASH DRIVE 2076 AHH5 2.5 INCH 3.2TB FLASH DRIVE 2076 AHHA 1.92TB 2.5 Inch RI Flash Drive

Eligible V5000 disks V5000 2077 AC8C 2.5 INCH 400GB FLASH DRIVE 2077 AC8D 2.5 INCH 800GB FLASH DRIVE 2077 AC8E 2.5 INCH 1.6TB FLASH DRIVE 2077 AC8F 2.5 INCH 3.2TB FLASH DRIVE 2077 ACM0 1.9TB 2.5 Inch RI Flash Drive 2078 AC9C 2.5 INCH 400GB FLASH DRIVE 2078 AC9D 2.5 INCH 800GB FLASH DRIVE 2078 AC9E 2.5 INCH 1.6TB FLASH DRIVE 2078 AC9F 2.5 INCH 3.2TB FLASH DRIVE 2078 ACN0 1.9TB 2.5 Inch RI Flash Drive

Benefits Increased capacity and performance for the end user for no added cost and an easy sell for the business partner with the added benefit of personal reward after a sale For applications that demand high disk speed, quick access to data and support for tiered storage environments. IBM Easy Tier software then provides automatic migration of frequently accessed data elements across tiers of storage meaning data is stored and accessed more efficiently resulting in a massive performance boost.