HP Expands 3PAR Storage Portfolio

As mid-market companies gradually adopt new application and service delivery models such as virtualization and cloud computing, they urgently need storage systems with high-end storage availability, manageability, and unprecedented efficiency.

However, budget constraints have forced midsize companies' IT departments to stop at a high level of functionality, creating a risk to data availability and creating management complexity. With the further enhancement of HP 3PAR operating system software in high-end flexibility and service quality, HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage sets a new benchmark for storage in virtualization and “IT as a service” environments.

HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage is the latest addition to HP's 3PAR StoreServ storage portfolio, providing Tier 1 storage availability and performance for the first time at mid-market prices. The 3PAR StoreServ 7000 features an all-SSD configuration with hundreds of input/output operations per second (IOPS), effectively reducing latency and enhancing response time-sensitive applications. Incorporating enterprise-level resiliency into the products at this price point allows HP to occupy a place in the external disk system segment with a growth rate of more than 7.7% and a value of up to US$11 billion, while traditional products cannot currently meet this standard.

Uniquely through a single product family, HP offers enterprise-class data services and management from midrange to high-end deployments, covering traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and tiered SSD/HDD configurations.

Continuous Technology Offers Tier 1 Elasticity The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 uses a unique four-controller design and continuous technology to maintain service levels and data integrity that other mid-end solutions using traditional dual-controller designs cannot provide.

In addition, the updated HP 3PAR StoreServ product family enables customers to:

With the persistent data availability of the HP 3PAR Persistent Cache on the four controllers and the more powerful HP 3PAR StoreServ system, there is a consistent level of service.

With HP 3PAR Persistent Ports, controller software can be upgraded without interruption and hardware can be replaced without additional software.

With HP 3PAR Peer Persistence, business continuity can be maintained without interrupting the host operating system, transparent server failover within or between data centers. This feature has been the first to support the VMware vSphere environment.

With HP 3PAR Peer Motion (HP 3PAR Peer Motion), live data can be migrated from an existing 3PAR system to the new 3PAR StoreServ 7000 without interruption.

Solid-state drive selection and service quality further ensure high performance The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 offers an all-solid-state drive configuration that exceeds 320,000 IOPS, making it ideal for performance-driven applications.

This speed is 2.4 times that of the same price product.

Companies want to integrate more applications on fewer infrastructures to take full advantage of these high-performance systems. To ensure optimal performance, HP 3PAR Priority Optimization enables customers to manage the performance of individual applications to ensure quality of service.

Increase capacity utilization with multi-protocol solutions By streamlining technology, the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 platform reduces the need for at least 50% of the capacity of traditional platforms, minimizing costs. HP's capacity reduction plan ensures customers achieve these results.

The system also supports file and block data, providing enterprise-class in-line thin conversion and automatic thin reclamation. When the file is deleted, the capacity can be returned to any block or file based application. The file service includes support for Server Message Block 3.0 file protocol, which enables high performance, high availability, and security features (eg, data quiescing and mobile encryption, file-level access control, and clustered file services) .

Save time and simplify migration with automated management HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 features self-service provisioning, automated provisioning, and automated optimization; it eliminates the need for professional storage management knowledge and reduces storage management time by up to 90%.

Just like SmartStart on the HP Enterprise Virtual Array-EVA, HP 3PAR SmartStart (HP 3PAR SmartStart) streamlines deployment to five steps in just minutes. Current HP EVA storage customers can also take full advantage of the new HP 3PAR Online Import software capabilities. Command View EVA can quickly and easily migrate data from HP EVA to 3PAR StoreServ.

The latest HP 3PAR operating system software, which includes a Web Services Toolkit and a Concrete Status Transfer (REST) ​​application program interface (API), enables customers to integrate existing automation tools with a standard, sustainable interface.

Optimize Performance, Management, and Efficiency for Virtualization With advanced data services and a system-wide stripe architecture optimized for virtualization, HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 can guarantee customers' virtual machine density to double in the VMware environment, enabling customers to More integration reduces infrastructure costs. In addition, the platform is tightly integrated with VMware and Microsoft's virtualization platforms to maximize performance, increase efficiency, and simplify management. VMware integration includes support for vStorage APIs, vCenter management plug-ins, Site Recovery Manager replication adapters, and HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware for VMware. Microsoft integration includes support for Offload Data Transfer (ODX), thin provisioning, space reclamation, and SMI-S 2012 (SMI-S Provider for System Center 2012) integrated management.

HP Services Accelerated Implementation, Optimized Investment To accelerate and simplify the migration of customers from HP EVA storage arrays to HP 3PAR storage, HP Technical Services provides new consulting and support services, including:

HP EVA to HP 3PAR StoreServ Acceleration Services: HP can assist customers in completing data migrations or directly to HP to reduce risks and costs. HP Data Migration Services provides expertise and proven methods to help customers easily transition from other similar products to HP 3PAR StoreServ storage.

HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation and Enablement Services: HP helps customers deploy, configure and test HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 storage systems to accelerate implementation and maximize investment.

HP 3PAR 7000 Replication Software Suite installation and enablement services, and installation and enablement of HP 3PAR Peering Continuity Software: HP helps customers plan, implement and test new storage software to accelerate implementation while Experts will provide demonstrations on how to use them effectively.

In addition to hybrid SSDs/conventional and all-solid-state drive configurations that include the HP 3PAR StoreServ product family, HP also announced plans to develop hardware models optimized for SSDs based on the 3PAR operating system.