Family guide
HP Disk Storage
Systems
December 2014
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Table of contents
3 Accelerating the next era of storage for a New Style of IT
4 HP MSA Storage
8 HP StoreVirtual Storage
12 StoreVirtual Family All-Inclusive Software
13 HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage
14 HP 3PAR StoreServ Flash Storage
15 HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage
17 HP 3PAR StoreServ family software
20 HP 3PAR host software
24 HP XP Storage
30 HP XP family software
34 HP Technology Services
35 HP Storage Services
35 HP Enterprise Services
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Accelerating the next era of storage for a New Style of IT
Regardless of the size of your organization, you’re likely to face modern storage challenges that
are substantially different from those of the past. Yet many of the legacy storage architectures
still in use today were originally designed more than two decades ago.
The world today has much different demands—users not only require immediate access to
an ever-growing avalanche of data, but virtualization, IT as a service (ITaaS), Big Data, cloud
computing, mobility and the introduction of flash-based media are placing new demands on
storage architecture. With IT budgets shrinking, and user expectations on the rise, this means
that you need to meet these demands while controlling costs but without sacrificing service
levels.
In light of these changes, it’s crucial that you make your storage investments in modern storage
architectures built to handle dynamic and unpredictable workloads. Storage today must deliver
efficient consumption and distribution of resources, scale to meet growing demands, and
provide the flexibility to accelerate new applications and services. In short, you need simple,
agile storage that can grow with your business, both now and into the future.
HP continues to evolve the HP Converged Storage portfolio to support infrastructure
convergence and the Software-defined Data Center (SDDC) while continually innovating
our established storage product families to help your in-house applications. HP Converged
Storage addresses next-generation data center needs with modern architectures that leverage
standards-based hardware platforms, federated scale-out data services, and converged
management to help you achieve the agility, efficiency, and scalability required for the New
Style of IT.
HP offers the following disk storage systems to meet your needs, today and into the future:
•HP MSA Storage—Simple, affordable, fast and future-proof high-performance storage
consolidation that meets entry-level to midrange requirements.
•HP XP Storage—Bulletproof seven 9s storage for the mission-critical converged
infrastructure, where constant access to data is required, even in the event of a disaster.
•HP StoreVirtual Storage—Software-defined storage built for virtualization, delivering a
simple, flexible storage solution that meets virtual data center needs with integrated high
availability, disaster recovery, and data mobility combined with affordable scalability to
support business growth.
•HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage—The last primary storage architecture you’ll ever need,
regardless of whether you are looking for a midrange, high-end, or all-flash array. With
a range of models to meet the needs of small to large data centers running key business
applications through enterprise-wide deployment of mission-critical applications and beyond,
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage has you covered.
Because your business challenges extend beyond those that can be met by disk storage
systems alone, HP offers solutions that can help you tackle everything from basic business
protection to complex data center transformation. HP StoreOnce Backup and deduplication,
scalable NAS systems, StoreEasy Tape solutions, and StoreAll archive systems can help you
tame and mine explosive content growth. We also offer software and HP OneView management
orchestration that spans the data center.
Storage matters now more than ever, and the demands on your storage infrastructure will only
continue to grow. Over the next several pages, you’ll see how storage innovation from HP can
make a difference in your business by helping you deliver a higher quality of service to your IT
consumers at a lower cost and with greater flexibility.
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HP MSA Storage
HP offers two MSA Storage models: the HP MSA 1040 and HP MSA 2040 Modular Smart Array System.
The HP MSA 1040 Modular Smart Array System delivers simple, affordable, fast and future-proof high-performing modular SAN arrays offering 8
Gb FC, and 10GbE or 1GbE iSCSI connectivity. All HP MSA 1040 models come with a 64 snapshot capability standard with a 512 snapshot upgrade
option, as well as optional Remote Snap software (replication) on all FC and iSCSI models.
Entry level
HP MSA 1040 8Gb FC
Drive description
Up to 99 SFF SAS/MDL SAS or 48 LFF SAS/MDL SAS
Drive type
Detailed information supported drives in MSA 1040 QuickSpecs—hp.com/go/msa
Capacity
288 TB maximum, including expansion, depending on model
Storage expansion options
HP MSA 2040 3.5-inch LFF disk enclosure
or D2700 2.5-inch SFF disk enclosure
Host interface (s)
8 Gb FC
2 ports per controller
10 GbE iSCSI
2 ports per controller
1GbE iSCSI
2 ports per controller
Storage controllers
(2) 1040 FC
MSA controller
(2) 1040 10GbE iSCSI
MSA controller
(2) 1040 1GbE iSCSI
MSA controller
HP MSA 1040 Snapshot software
64 snapshots standard
512 snapshots optional
HP MSA 1040 Volume Copy software
Standard
SAN backup support
Yes
HP Systems Insight Manager support
Yes
Supported operating systems
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V
Red Hat® Linux
SUSE Linux
VMware ESXi 5.x
For more detailed information, visit
hp.com/storage/spock.
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V
Red Hat® Linux
SUSE Linux
VMware ESXi 5.x
For more detailed information, visit
hp.com/storage/spock.
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 2008
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V
Red Hat® Linux
SUSE Linux
VMware ESXi 5.x
For more detailed information, visit
hp.com/storage/spock.
Clustering support
Windows, Linux
Windows, Linux
Windows, Linux
Form factor
2U base array, 2U LFF or SFF disk enclosures
Warranty
3/3/0
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HP MSA 1040 1GbE iSCSI MSA
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Entry level
HP MSA 1040 8Gb FC
HP MSA 1040 10GbE iSCSI MSA
HP MSA 1040 1GbE iSCSI MSA
HP related offerings
Support recommendations
Discover, plan, and design
Understand your options and build your system right from day one:
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Storage Modernization Service
•HP Storage Cloud Design Service
Deploy and integrate
Increase uptime and decrease risk as you free up your resources:
•HP MSA/P2000 Family Disk Array Installation and Startup Service
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP Storage and Data Consultant Residency Service
•HP Proactive Select Services
Operate and support
Meet service-level agreements (SLAs) with the right support level. Choose from three levels of operate and support care:
•Optimized Care—delivers the highest levels of performance and stability through deployment and proactive management practices:
–– HP Call To Repair Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains a high level of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of implementation and
support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Foundation Care Service
–– Additional options: Additional Options: 3 Year (or) 1 Year HP Proactive Select credits
Software
Virtualization features
MSA 1040 Advanced Virtualization Upgrade
Fourth generation MSA arrays support a powerful set of data services enabled with a new virtualized array system architecture.
MSA 1040 customers have access to a number of these new features via a firmware upgrade and paid license feature. Supported
virtualization features supported on MSA 1040 with the Advanced Virtualization Upgrade are: thin provisioning, Redirect-on-Write
snapshots, automated tiering (Archive tiering only), wide striping and the use of a new MSA web-based interface.
HP MSA Snapshot Software
HP MSA Snapshot Software services enable increased data protection by creating recovery points for your data, taking a “picture” of your
data at a specific point in time. Snapshots are then maintained even as data continues to change. In the event of a failure, you can recover
data to any previous snapshot. Snapshots are a great complement to tape or disk backup strategy. MSA Snapshot functionality is
controller-based so no host resources are used. MSA 1040 Copy Services utilize Copy-on-Write capabilities when operating on Linear
Volumes and Redirect-on Write capabilities when operating on virtualized volumes (only on MSA 1040’s with Advanced Virtualization
Upgrade2). MSA 1040 arrays come with 64 snapshots bundled in the base product with an upgrade available to support up to 512
snapshot.
HP Volume Copy Software
HP MSA Volume Copy Software makes a physical copy of the data to another set of disks within the same array. One of the benefits of
Snapshot and Volume Copy software is the ability to mount a Snap or Volume Copy to another server for backup, application testing, or
data mining. HP Volume Copy Software is controller based, meaning no host resources are used. MSA 1040 arrays ship standard with
Volume Copy. Volume Copy only works with linear volumes.
HP MSA Array Remote Snap Software
Built on asynchronous replication technology that provides remote replication on the HP MSA 1040/2040 and HP P2000 G3 Arrays (FC,
Combo FC/iSCSI, or iSCSI models), is optional.
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The HP MSA 2040 Storage arrays are positioned to provide an excellent value for customers who need increasing performance to support
initiatives such as consolidation and virtualization. Utilizing traditional spinning hard drive technologies or the latest solid-state drives (SSDs), the
MSA 2040 Converged SAN delivers outstanding performance by leveraging a new controller architecture with 4 GB of cache per controller and four
ports of FC and/or iSCSI traffic. The MSA 2040 SAS model delivers connectivity to the latest 12Gb SAS host interfaces.
Entry level
HP MSA 2040 Storage
Drive description
Up to 199 SFF SAS/MDL SAS/SSD/SED or 96 LFF SAS, MDL SAS/SED, maximum, including base array and expansion,
depending on model
Drive type
Detailed information on supported drives on MSA 2040
QuickSpecs: hp.com/go/msa
Capacity
Supported 576 TB maximum including expansion, depending on model
Storage expansion options
HP MSA 2040 3.5-inch LFF disk enclosure or D2700 2.5-inch SFF disk enclosure
HP MSA 2040 supports up to 7 disk enclosures
Host interface (s)
8/16 Gb FC (4 ports per controller) and/or
1GbE/10GbE iSCSI (4 ports per controller) and;
6 Gb/12 Gb SAS (4 host per controller)
Storage controllers
(1 or 2) MSA 2040 SAN or SAS Controllers
HP MSA 2040 Snapshot software
64 snapshots (standard); 512 snapshots (optional)
Remote Snapshot Replication (optional)
HP MSA 2040 Volume Copy software
Standard
SAN backup support
Yes
HP Systems Insight Manager support
Yes
Supported operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2012,), Microsoft Windows 2008, Microsoft Windows Hyper-V, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux,
VMware ESXi 5.x, and HP-UX. (Detailed information on hp.com/storage/spock
Form factor
2U base array, 2U LFF or SFF disk enclosure
Warranty
3/3/0
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Entry level
HP MSA 2040 Storage
Support recommendations
Discover, plan, and design
Understand your options and build your system right from day one:
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Storage Modernization Service
•HP Storage Cloud Design Service
Deploy and integrate
Increase uptime and decrease risk as you free up your resources:
•HP MSA Family Disk Array Installation and Startup Service
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP Storage and Data Consultant Residency Service
•HP Proactive Select
Operate and support
Meet SLAs with the right support level. Choose from three levels of operate and support care:
•Optimized Care—delivers the highest levels of performance and stability through deployment and proactive
management practices:
–– HP Call To Repair Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains a high level of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of
implementation and support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Foundation Care Service
–– Additional Options: 3 Year (or) 1 Year HP Proactive Select credits
Virtualization features
The 4th generation of MSA provides support for a powerful set of data services enabled with a new virtualized
array system architecture. Existing MSA 2040 customers have access to these new features via a firmware
upgrade. Features supported in new virtualization firmware are:
•Thin Provisioning. This feature allows storage allocation of physical storage resources only once they are consumed by
an application.
•Wide Striping. By leveraging virtualized storage “pools”, MSA 2040 users can leverage wide striping technology to
simplify volume expansion and to facilitate full utilization of all resources allocated to a specific volume.
•SSD Read Cache. Improves random read performance by allowing an SSD to be utilized as an extension of the MSA 2040
controller cache.
•Automated Tiering (with Performance and Archive Tiering). Utilizing a real-time I/O engine to intelligently position
data on the most appropriate “tier” of storage. For customers leveraging MSA’s Performance tiering capacities (paid
software feature), users will see improved application response times on both read and write activities for frequently
accessed data and better utilization of storage resources through the ability to move data which has not been accessed
for long periods of time off to more cost effective Midline SAS HDDs (Archive Tiering).
•Virtualized Snapshot services. Created specifically for MSA’s virtualized storage architecture, the MSA 2040 will be able
to utilize Redirect-on-Write technology to provide better snapshot performance and the ability to create more complex
snapshots with simplified snapshot management.
•New Web User Interface. The new virtualized array architecture also comes with a powerful, embedded Storage
Management Utility which will make setup and management of the MSA 2040 and these new features a breeze. Users
familiar with MSA’s previous Web UI will have the option to continue on or take advantage of the new UI.
For more information on MSA software, visit hp.com/go/MSA
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HP StoreVirtual Storage
HP StoreVirtual Storage solutions deliver simple, flexible storage solutions that meet your virtual data center needs and integrate high availability,
disaster recovery, and data mobility while enabling you to affordably scale your business. Rapidly deploy your virtualized environment like never
before with the new HP ConvergedSystem 200-HC StoreVirtual System, a virtualization platform that seamlessly combines compute and storage,
while still taking advantage of the all-inclusive StoreVirtual enterprise-class features.
Midrange
HP StoreVirtual 4130 600GB SAS Storage
HP StoreVirtual 4330 450GB/ 900GB/ 900GB FC Storage
Drive description
(4) SFF SAS
(8) SFF SAS included
Drive type
(4) 600 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included
(8) 450 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included/
(8) 900 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included
Capacity
22.4 TB starting, 76.8 TB maximum
3.6 TB starting, 115.2 TB maximum/
7.2 TB starting; 230.4 TB maximum
Storage expansion options
Use storage clustering capability and add incremental StoreVirtual storage nodes into the array to expand storage
Host interface
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports/
Optional upgrade to (2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
For Fibre Channel option:
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports
Midrange
HP StoreVirtual 4530 2TB/ 3TB/ 4TB Storage
HP StoreVirtual 4730 600GB/900GB/ 900GB FC Storage
Drive description
(12) LFF MDL SAS included
(25) SFF SAS
Drive type
(12) 2 TB 6G 7.2K LFF Dual Port MDL SAS included/
(12) 3 TB 6G 7.2K LFF Dual Port MDL SAS included/
(12) 4 TB GB 6G 7.2K LFF Dual Port MDL SAS included
(25) 600 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included/
(25) 900 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included
Capacity
24 TB starting; 768 TB maximum/
36 TB starting; 1152 TB maximum/
48 TB starting; 1536 TB maximum
15 TB starting, 480 TB maximum/
22.5 TB starting, 720 TB maximum
Storage expansion options
Use storage clustering capability and add incremental StoreVirtual Storage nodes into the array to expand storage
Host interface
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
Fibre Channel option:
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
(2) 8 Gb Fibre Channel ports
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Midrange
HP StoreVirtual 4630 900GB Storage
HP StoreVirtual 4335 Hybrid Storage
Drive description
(25) SFF SAS
(3) SFF SSD
(7) SFF SAS
Drive type
(25) 900 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS included
(3) 400 GB 6G SFF SAS SSD included
(7) 900 GB 6G 10K SFF included
Capacity
22.5 TB starting, 720 TB maximum
7.5 TB starting, 240 TB maximum
Storage expansion options
Use storage clustering capability and add incremental StoreVirtual Storage nodes into the array to expand storage
Host interface
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
Midrange
HP ConvergedSystem 240-HC/242-HC StoreVirtual System
Drive description
(24) SFF SAS/
(16) SFF SAS, (8) SFF SSD
Drive type
(24) 1.2TB 6G 10K SFF included/
(16) 1.2TB 10K SFF, (8) 400 GB 6G SFF SAS SSD included
Capacity
28.8 TB starting, 179.2 TB maximum/
22.4 TB starting, 230.4 TB maximum
Storage expansion options
Use storage clustering capability and add incremental StoreVirtual Storage nodes into the array to expand storage
Host interface
(8) 1GbE iSCSI ports,
(8) 10GbE iSCSI ports
Memory
512GB DDR3/
1TB DDR3
CPU
64 cores at 2.0GHz/
80 cores at 2.8GHz
(4) 1GbE iSCSI ports,
(2) 10GbE iSCSI ports
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Support recommendations
Discover, plan, and design
Understand your options and build your system right from day one:
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Storage Modernization Service
Deploy and integrate
Increase uptime and decrease risk as you free up your resources:
•HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage Installation and Startup Service
•HP StoreVirtual VSA Software Installation and Startup Service
•HP SAN Assessment Service (via HP Proactive Select menu)
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP Storage and Data Consultant Residency Service
•HP Proactive Select
Operate and support
Meet SLAs with the right support level. Choose from three levels of operate and support care:
•Optimized Care—delivers the highest levels of performance and stability through deployment and proactive
management practices:
–– HP Call To Repair Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains a high level of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of
implementation and support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Foundation Care Service
–– Additional options: Additional Options: 3 Year (or) 1 Year HP Proactive Select credits
Benefits
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Storage clustering simplifies scalability
Network RAID delivers a new level of availability
Thin provisioning increases storage efficiency
Protection is provided through application-integrated snapshots
Remote Copy software reduces disaster recovery costs
Zero-downtime backup and instant recovery support high availability
Delivers affordable enterprise-class data protection
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Compatible operating systems
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
VMware vSphere 5.5
VMware vSphere 5
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Ubuntu Server Edition 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS
Citrix XenServer 6.2
Oracle VM 3.2
Management integration:
OpenStack
VMware vCenter Server via HP OneView for vCenter Server
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager via HP Storage Management Pack
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager via SMI-S interface
All major operating systems and hypervisors are supported.
For more information, visit hp.com/go/StoreVirtualCompatibility.
Availability
Redundant, hot-swap power supplies; redundant fans; redundant, hot-plug hard drives, integrated storage controller
with flash backed write cache; disk RAID 5 for StoreVirtual 4130 Storage, disk RAID 5, 6, and 10 for StoreVirtual 4330
Storage; hyper-redundant clustered storage; Network RAID levels (per volume) 0, 5, 6, 10, 10+1, and 10+2 for up to four
copies of your data allows the data to remain available in the event of a disk, controller, storage node, power, network, or
site failure.
Note
The CS 200-HC StoreVirtual has disk RAID 5 and RAID 1 for SSDs.
Warranty
StoreVirtual 4000 Family: 3 years parts-only, 3 years software support
CS 200-HC StoreVirtual: 3 years parts-only, 1 year software support
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StoreVirtual Family All-Inclusive Software
Space Reclamation
Transition unused storage from volumes and snapshots and return it to the storage pool to
maximize your data storage. With integration for both VMware and Microsoft, space is reclaimed
on both full and thinly provisioned volumes.
Improved Multi-pathing for vSphere
Enhanced multi-pathing for reduced latency on flash deployments and site awareness for
multi-site clusters. Increase the efficiency of your workloads by directly connecting the server
host with storage volumes.
Adaptive Optimization
Dynamically and automatically move data from Tier 1 to Tier 0 to ensure your most frequently
accessed pages are on your fastest tier. To balance cost and performance, Adaptive
Optimization enforces extremely efficient use of valuable SSD capacity, by keeping the SSD tier
full and applying change thresholds to ensure data reads and writes are not impacted. This
feature is available on the StoreVirtual 4335 Hybrid and StoreVirtual VSA.
StoreVirtual Scale-out architecture
Add nodes seamlessly to expand a cluster at any time without disruption to applications. Simply
add or remove nodes with just a few clicks in the Central Management Console (CMC). Scaling
occurs linearly in both performance and capacity with HP’s scale-out architecture. Adding a
node to a cluster not only adds disk drive performance and capacity, but also another CPU,
cache, and IO ports.
Store Virtual Thin Provisioning
Allocate space only as data is actually written without requiring pre-allocation of storage.
This feature is leveraged by other StoreVirtual features like remote copy and snapshots. Thin
Provisioning is supported and recommended for all applications. Because LeftHand OS uses a
granular page allocation size of 256k, StoreVirtual’s thin provisioned volumes remain lean and
efficient over time.
StoreVirtual Network RAID
Transparently stripe and protect multiple copies of data across a cluster of storage nodes,
eliminating any single point of failure in the HP StoreVirtual array. Applications have continuous
data availability in the event of a disk, controller, storage node, power, network, or site failure.
StoreVirtual Snapshots
Create thinly provisioned, instant point-in-time copies of data on a per-volume basis. Customers
can recover individual files from the volume or rollback an entire volume. Snapshots are thinly
provisioned with no space reservation required. A granular 256K page size maximizes the
snapshot efficiency. StoreVirtual also includes Recovery Manager software to speed recovery of
data from snapshots.
StoreVirtual Peer Motion
Add, migrate, or replace volumes or entire clusters to a new cluster with StoreVirtual Peer
Motion without disruption. Customers can easily mix StoreVirtual VSA and StoreVirtual
hardware based solutions within clusters by using StoreVirtual Peer Motion.
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HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage delivers effortless, efficient, bulletproof and future-proof storage to the entire midrange product line. Store all
of your data on a single system that supports advanced features, including storage federation and automated tiering, which enables you to start
small and grow without disruption.
The new addition to the HP 3PAR StoreServ family is the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Converged systems family with the HP 3PAR StoreServ
7200c and HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400c storage arrays, which enables truly converged block and file along with increased on-node cache and max
raw capacity.
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200
Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200c
Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400
Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400c
Storage
Controller Nodes
2
2
2/4
2/4
Converged Controllers
No
Yes
No
Yes
Total Cache
Total Flash Cache
Total on-node Cache
768 GB
768 GB
24 GB
800 GB
768 GB
40 GB
1.564 TB
1500 GB
64 GB
1.6 TB
1500 GB
96 GB
Maximum Host Ports
Fibre Channel
1 Gb iSCSI
10 Gb iSCSI
12
4-12
NA
0-4
12
4-12
NA
0-4
24
4-24
NA
0-8
24
4-24
NA
0-8
Maximum Initiators / system
Drive Types (mixable)
1024
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
1024
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
1024 or 2048
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
2048
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
Maximum Hard Drives (HDDs)
8-240
8-240
8-480
8-576
Maximum Solid State Drives
(SSDs)
120
120
240
240
Maximum Capacity (Raw)
(HDD/SSD)
1.2 – 400 TB
500 TB/ 230 TB
1.2 – 1200 TB
1600 TB /460 TB
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HP 3PAR StoreServ Flash Storage
The 3PAR StoreServ 7450 all flash array is your solution when performance matters, delivering 900,000 IOPS and Tier 1 features.
The new addition to the HP 3PAR StoreServ family is the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Converged systems family with the HP 3PAR StoreServ
7450c and HP 3PAR StoreServ 7440c storage arrays, which enables truly converged block and file along with increased on-node cache and max
raw capacity.
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450c Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7440c Storage
Controller Nodes
2/4
2/4
2/4
Converged Controllers
No
Yes
Yes
Total Cache
Total Flash Cache
Total on-node Cache
64-128 GB
NA
64-128 GB
192 GB
NA
192 GB
3.2 TB
3 TB
192 GB
Maximum Host Ports
Fibre Channel
1 Gb iSCSI
10 Gb iSCSI
24
4-8
NA
0-8
24
4-24
NA
0-8
24
4-24
NA
0-8
Maximum Initiators / system
Drive Types (mixable)
1024 or 2048
SSD
1024 or 2048
SSD
1024 or 2048
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
Maximum Hard Drives (HDDs)
NA
NA
8-960
Maximum Solid State Drives (SSDs)
240
8-240
8-240
Maximum Capacity (Raw) (HDD/SSD)
460 TB
460 TB
2000 TB
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HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage provides tier 1 mission-critical storage that is designed to meet the needs of the most demanding data centers.
With HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage, you can reduce acquisition and operational costs, increase storage management efficiency, and support
unpredictable workloads in virtualized and cloud environments.
HP 3PAR StoreServ 10400 Storage
HP 3PAR StoreServ 10800 Storage
Controller Nodes
2-4
2-8
Converged Controllers
No
No
Total Cache
Total Flash Cache
Total on-node Cache
192 GB
384 GB
192 GB
192 GB
768 GB
192 GB
Maximum Host Ports
Fibre Channel
1 Gb iSCSI
10 Gb iSCSI
96
0-96
NA
0-16
192
0-192
NA
0-32
Maximum Initiators / system
Drive Types (mixable)
4096
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
8192
SAS (Performance, NL and SSD)
Maximum Hard Drives (HDDs)
16-960
16-1920
Maximum Solid State Drives (SSDs)
256
512
Maximum Capacity (Raw) (HDD/SSD)
1.6 PB / 236 TB
3.2 PB / 471 TB
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HP 3PAR StoreServ related support
Related service
Discover, plan, and design
Understand your options and build your system right from day one:
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Modernization Service
Deploy and integrate
Increase uptime and decrease risk as you free up your resources:
•HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Installation and Startup Service
•HP 3PAR Software Installation and Startup Service
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP EVA to HP 3PAR StoreServ Acceleration Service
•HP Data Replication Solution Service
•HP SAN Deployment Service
•HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization Policy Implementation Service
•HP Storage Virtual Volume Design and Implementation Service
•HP Proactive Select
•HP Thin Volume Conversion Service
•HP 3PAR StoreServ Health Check Service
•HP Performance Analysis Service
•HP 3PAR Rebalance Service
•HP 3PAR StoreServ Replication Software Suite Installation and Startup Service
•HP 3PAR Storage Assessment Service
Operate and support
Meet SLAs with the right support level. Choose from three levels of operate and support care:
•Optimized Care—delivers outstanding performance and stability through deployment and proactive management
practices:
–– HP Critical Service
–– Additional options: Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains a high level of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of
implementation and support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service plus 20 HP Proactive Select credits per year
–– Additional options: Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service plus 10 HP Proactive Select credits per year
–– Additional options: Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
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HP 3PAR StoreServ family software
HP 3PAR Operating System software
Supported across all HP 3PAR Storage models, HP 3PAR Operating System (OS) software
utilizes advanced internal virtualization capabilities, features, and tools to increase storage
management efficiency, capacity utilization, and performance in enterprise and cloud data
centers. HP 3PAR OS simplifies storage management by handling provisioning and change
management autonomically—intelligently, at a subsystem level, and without administrator
intervention. Autonomic provisioning features reduce traditional storage planning by delivering
instant, application-tailored provisioning. Fine-grained virtualization of lower-level components
and wide striping of data help ensure that service levels remain high and predictable, even as
the use of the system grows or in the event of a component failure. Industry-leading ease of
use is delivered through the simple, unified HP 3PAR Management Console and the powerful,
scriptable HP 3PAR CLI.
HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning software
Do you have storage pools that aren’t really efficient?
HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning software solves the problem of inefficient capacity utilization
by breaking the traditional link between allocated and purchased capacity. Demand
for thin provisioning solutions combined with increased attention to data center power
consumption has put pressure on vendors to introduce thin provisioning solutions, but bolt-on
implementations can’t deliver the simplicity or the efficiency of thin provisioning.
Makes organizations more agile and efficient
by reducing upfront capacity reservations and
allowing disk capacity to be purchased only as
needed
With HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning software, capacity is dedicated and configured autonomically
on a just-in-time basis, and without active management. Rather than creating separate pools of
storage, the software creates one pool from which capacity is dedicated only as data is written.
And while other thin provisioning implementations use coarse allocation units that can range
from 1 MB to 17 GB, HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning uses a fine-grained, 16 KB allocation unit to
increase system efficiency.
HP 3PAR Thin Conversion software
What can you do to improve the capacity efficiency of your legacy storage volumes without
complex data migration or professional services?
Leverages zero-detection capabilities within
the HP 3PAR StoreServ Gen4 ASIC to drive the
conversion of inefficient “fat” volumes on legacy
arrays to more efficient “thin” volumes on HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage
HP 3PAR Thin Conversion software leverages the zero-detection capabilities within the HP
3PAR StoreServ Gen4 ASIC to drive the conversion of inefficient “fat” volumes on legacy arrays
to more efficient, higher utilization “thin” volumes on HP 3PAR Storage. This “thinning” of
volumes enables data centers to meet “green IT” targets, reduce wasted space, and increase
utilization rates. Because the fat-to-thin conversion mechanism is built into the array hardware,
volume conversions take place inline at wire speed while preserving service levels, and without
disrupting production workloads.
With HP 3PAR Thin Conversion software, a technology refresh no longer requires a terabytefor-terabyte replacement, but instead offers the opportunity to reduce capacity requirements
almost by 50 percent or more without the need to invest in professional services.
HP 3PAR Thin Persistence software
Leverages the HP 3PAR StoreServ Gen4 ASIC to help you reclaim the unused space associated
with deleted data nondisruptively.
Means that thin volumes on the HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage stay as lean and efficient as
possible by leveraging the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Gen4 ASIC to reclaim unused space associated
with deleted data, nondisruptively
What good are thin provisioning savings if they can’t be preserved over time? HP 3PAR Thin
Persistence software means that thin volumes on HP 3PAR StoreServ stay as lean and efficient
as possible by leveraging the Gen4 ASIC to reclaim unused space associated with deleted
data—simply, quickly, and nondisruptively. Writing and deleting large amounts of data can
leave unused space within thin volumes. Even lots of small writes and deletions can eventually
reduce the efficiency of thin volumes. This logical deletion of data that doesn’t actually free up
unused space creates a hidden utilization penalty that can add up significantly over time.
HP 3PAR Thin Persistence software reclaims this unused space to increase capacity efficiency,
keep costs down, and help defer the purchase of additional capacity to handle new data growth.
The software also helps enterprises maintain sustainability targets by keeping down data
center power and cooling needs.
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HP 3PAR Thin Deduplication software
Deliver quicker paybacks by deduplicating data at a granular level while providing better space
savings. With HP 3PAR Thin Deduplication Software, the CPU intensive jobs of calculating
signatures for incoming data and verifying reads are offloaded to the ASIC. Via Express Indexing,
the data signature comparisons is accelerated and ultra-fast detection of duplicate write
requests is done, in order to prevent duplicate data from being written. This helps in freeing
up processor cycles to deliver advanced data services and service I/O requests. The hardware
assisted approach enables inline deduplication that carries multiple benefits, including
increased capacity efficiency, flash performance protection, and flash media lifespan expansion.
HP 3PAR Thin Clone software acts as an extension of Thin Deduplication for server virtualization
environments, providing host-assisted deduplication that produces non-duplicative VM clones
for Microsoft Hyper V and VMware ESXi.
HP 3PAR Peer Motion software
With HP 3PAR Peer Motion software, you can load balance I/O workloads across systems at will,
perform a technology refresh seamlessly, cost-optimize asset lifecycle management, and lower
the capital expenditure of a technology refresh. Unlike traditional block migration approaches,
Peer Motion enables you to migrate storage volumes between any HP 3PAR StoreServ systems
online nondisruptively, and without complex planning or dependence on extra tools. The
software leverages HP 3PAR Thin Built In technology to power the simple and rapid inline
conversion of inefficient “fat” volumes on source arrays to more efficient, higher utilization
“thin” volumes on the destination HP 3PAR StoreServ model. Peer Motion Manager is an add-on
application that orchestrates all stages of the data migration lifecycle to help ensure that data
migration is simple and foolproof.
HP 3PAR Peer Persistence software
HP 3PAR Peer Persistence software enables a nearly continuous storage system to the hosts
and servers connected to them. This capability allows you to configure a high-availability
solution between two sites or data centers where failover and failback remains completely
transparent to the hosts and applications running on them. Compared to the traditional failover
models in which the hosts must be restarted after a failover, 3PAR Peer Persistence software
allows hosts to remain online serving their business applications even when they switch from
their original site to the disaster recovery (DR) site, resulting in a much improved recovery time.
HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software
Need to create snapshots for data backup, application recovery, and business intelligence, as
well as expedite development and testing?
HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software flexibly delivers instant, point-in-time (PIT) copies of your data
so that you can share and protect data from any application simply and affordably. You can use
HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software to stay ahead of the innovation curve—for example, you can
enable rapid application recovery—while containing costs with a “thin-aware” implementation
that reduces the amount of physical capacity that is being consumed by your data—and
without sacrificing performance, availability, or versatility. Most traditional copy solutions
lack flexibility and require an investment in online capacity to be considered economical. HP
3PAR Virtual Copy software is a reservationless, nonduplicative copy-on-write product that
consumes capacity only for changed data—in fine grained increments, and without the need to
duplicate changed data within a snapshot tree.
HP 3PAR Remote Copy software
Do you want the ability to replicate data to remote locations more efficiently and costeffectively?
HP 3PAR Remote Copy software dramatically reduces the cost of remote data replication and
DR by leveraging thin copy technology, enabling multi site and multi mode replication with both
midrange and high-end arrays, and reducing the need for professional services.
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HP 3PAR Remote Copy software offers fast and autonomic DR configuration; it can be set up and
tested almost in minutes, from a single window. This software leverages the HP 3PAR Thin Built
In ASIC to utilize expensive remote copy bandwidth efficiently. With support for synchronous
long-distance replication, you can have an affordable, multi site alternative for achieving low
recovery time objectives (RTOs) and zero-data-loss recovery point objectives (RPOs) with
complete distance flexibility.
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HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software
Do you want to improve service levels effortlessly on a large scale and for a lower total cost
than you can with other solutions?
HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software is a granular, policy-driven, autonomic storage tiering
solution that delivers service-level optimization to virtual and cloud data centers to reduce
costs while increasing agility and lowering risk. HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software
delivers next-generation autonomic storage tiering by taking a fine-grained, highly automated
approach to service-level optimization. Policy-driven, granular data movement takes place
autonomically, providing highly reliable, nondisruptive, and cost improved storage tiering at the
sub-volume level to deliver the right QoS to the right data at the right time on a large scale.
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization software
HP 3PAR Priority Optimization software enables you to manage the performance of individual
applications to provide quality of service to help ensure that performance is delivered where
you need it most. A highly automated approach provided by Autonomic Groups (for example,
volume sets) allows you to quickly and easily set maximum performance thresholds for frontend IOPS, bandwidth, or both for application workloads. You can consolidate more applications
on less infrastructure while delivering predictable performance to meet your service-level
requirements. Control is implemented within HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage with no host agents
required. No physical partitioning or segregation of system resources (ports, processors, cache,
loops, and disk drives) is required. With 3PAR Priority Optimization, you can consolidate with
confidence, knowing that important applications will get the performance they need.
HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization software
Looking for a storage solution that alleviates costly and time-consuming QoS-level
management?
Alleviates costly and time-consuming QoS-level
management by giving organizations the ability to
react autonomically to changing application and
infrastructure requirements
HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization software is an autonomic storage tiering tool that provides you
with the ability to react quickly and nondisruptively to changing application and infrastructure
requirements. 3PAR Dynamic Optimization enables organizations to achieve improved data
QoS levels at a low cost—at all times—across all stages of the disk-based data lifecycle. It
enables you to nondisruptively alter the service levels associated with a storage volume (RAID
level, subsystem failure protection level, drive type, stripe width, or radial placement) and to
rebalance storage volumes with a single click. Policy Advisor for HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization
software is an add-on application that analyzes how volumes on the HP 3PAR Storage System
are using physical disk space and makes intelligent, autonomic adjustments to enable improved
volume distribution and tiering of storage volumes.
HP 3PAR Virtual Domains software
Are security and performance concerns standing in the way of infrastructure consolidation?
The technology behind HP 3PAR Virtual Domains software is capable of providing thousands of
protected virtual private arrays within a single, massively scalable HP 3PAR StoreServ system.
By providing secure administrative segregation of users, hosts, and application data, HP 3PAR
Virtual Domains software allows hosting providers to deliver virtual private array services and
enterprise IT organizations to deliver “self-service” storage that is both secure and capable of
high QoS levels. Through consolidation onto the massively parallel and dynamically tiered HP
3PAR StoreServ system, individual user groups and applications achieve greater storage service
levels (performance, availability, and functionality) than at pre-consolidation levels while using
less infrastructure. HP 3PAR Virtual Domains software is ideal for both internal and external
storage service providers, as well as for any enterprise deploying a converged infrastructure.
HP 3PAR Virtual Lock software
Is your organization looking to implement stricter data governance practices, or do you need to
protect data from deletion to facilitate eDiscovery?
HP 3PAR Virtual Lock software is designed to help HP 3PAR StoreServ customers meet data
governance and eDiscovery needs more efficiently and flexibly than with existing storage
products. HP 3PAR Virtual Lock software enables you to protect data volumes and volume
copies from intentional or unintentional deletions. During the user-specified retention period,
volumes and copies can be read but are protected against deletion, even by an administrator
with the highest level user privileges.
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HP 3PAR Virtual Lock software is “thin aware,” so it works on both standard and thinprovisioned storage volume copies and is completely compatible with HP 3PAR Virtual Copy
software, HP 3PAR Remote Copy software, and HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning software.
HP 3PAR File Persona software
Is your organization looking for a truly converged solution from a single storage array, with
multi protocol support that is simple to deploy and administer?
HP 3PAR File Persona software is designed to enable a rich set of file protocols and file data
services. By unlocking File Persona capabilities, system administrators gain the ability to
provision file shares and block volumes from a single user interface. The software comprises
of two sets, namely Block Persona which is ideal for virtualization, database and application
workloads and File Persona which enables home directory consolidation, group / departmental
shares, corporate shares and custom cloud applications—all from truly Converged controllers,
with truly agile capacity, designed for truly unified management.
HP 3PAR host software
Provides simple and efficient protection and the
rapid online recovery of Virtual Machine Disk
(VMDK), Virtual Machine File Systems (VMFS),
Virtual Machines (VMs), and individual files
Integrates with VMware vCenter Server so
that VMware administrators can view HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage resources connected to the
VMware infrastructure using a native VMware
interface
Automates disaster recovery and helps achieve
lower RPO and RTO
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere
Is your VMware vSphere backup solution disruptive or does recovery lack the granularity
needed to restore individual files?
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager software for VMware vSphere is an array-based online VM
snapshot and recovery solution that provides superior control over data protection and
recovery in VMware vSphere environments—including the granular, rapid online recovery of
files. By leveraging HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware
vSphere enables VMware administrators to nondisruptively create hundreds of space-efficient,
application-consistent PIT snapshots to protect and recover Virtual Machine Disks (VMDKs),
Virtual Machine File Systems (VMFS), virtual machines (VMs), or individual files. Along with the
HP 3PAR Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware
vSphere gives administrators access to all of this functionality from within the familiar and
easy-to-use VMware vCenter Server virtualization management console.
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for vCenter software
How would giving your VMware administrators precise insight into underlying storage resources
improve their efficiency?
HP 3PAR Management Plug-in for vCenter software offers administrators access to powerful
management capabilities from within the VMware vCenter Server management console.
VMware administrators can gain greater visibility into storage resources and precise insight into
how individual VMs are mapped to data stores and individual volumes on HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage. With this plug-in, QoS characteristics for individual storage volumes such as RAID level,
subsystem failure protection level, drive type, and volume size and type are all displayed within
the familiar easy-to-use vCenter Server virtualization console. When used in conjunction with
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for vCenter software, this plug-in also gives VMware administrators
the power of rapid online recovery from within the vCenter console.
HP Cluster Extension software for HP 3PAR
HP Cluster Extension (CLX) software for HP 3PAR is a full-site disaster tolerance software
solution. HP CLX offers protection against application downtime from fault, failure, or site
disaster by extending a local cluster between data centers over metropolitan distance. CLX
reinstates critical applications at a remote site within minutes after an adverse event.
The software integrates with the OS clustering software (Microsoft Cluster Service in Microsoft
Windows) and the array-based remote mirroring software (HP 3PAR Remote Copy software)
on storage to automate failover and failback between sites. This dual integration enables the
Cluster Service to verify the status of the storage as well as the server cluster. This enables the
correct failover and failback decisions to be made, which reduces downtime and accelerates
recovery—without human intervention.
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Reduces administration and recovery times
in Windows-based environments and is an
automated disaster recovery solution for HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage
Provides rapid, efficient online backup and
recovery of entire Microsoft Exchange Server
databases or even an individual email from
multiple, highly granular points in time
Provides a rapid and efficient local backup and
disaster recovery solution for Microsoft SQL
Server databases
HP 3PAR GeoCluster software
Do your Windows-based applications require high levels of availability, even during scheduled
outages and upgrades?
HP 3PAR GeoCluster Software for Microsoft Windows simplifies and automates disaster
recovery, reducing administration time and improving RTOs in Windows-based environments.
GeoCluster software automates storage failover between primary and backup sites and reduces
disruption to Windows-based applications. An easy, automated process simplifies disaster
recovery, reduces administration and application recovery times, facilitates business continuity,
and reduces user impact. HP 3PAR GeoCluster software works with Microsoft’s Windows Server
Failover Clustering (WSFC) and HP 3PAR Remote Copy software to automate and expedite the
failover of storage resources to further prevent application disruption and simplify testing.
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Exchange Server software
Is your data protection solution causing your Exchange administrative costs to spiral out of
control?
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Exchange Server software eases administration
by providing rapid, efficient online backup and recovery of entire Microsoft Exchange Server
databases or even an individual email from multiple, highly granular points in time. 3PAR
Recovery Manager for Microsoft Exchange Server intelligently creates and manages highly
granular and capacity-efficient Exchange-aware snapshots. These snapshots can then be used
to quickly restore Exchange instances or databases, or to nondisruptively back them up to tape
for near-continuous data protection. Because the HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft
Exchange Server software is built on HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software, scores of reservationless
snapshots can be kept online economically, allowing for extended or frequent Microsoft
Exchange Server database recovery points.
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft SQL Server software
Are you being forced to choose between performing fewer SQL Server backups and spending
more for storage?
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft SQL Server software is a highly efficient solution that
automatically creates and manages hundreds of application-consistent, reservationless PIT
snapshots of Microsoft SQL Server databases for rapid online recovery. Snapshots can be used
to restore SQL Server databases quickly or back up databases to tape nondisruptively for nearcontinuous data protection. Because HP 3PAR Recovery Manager software leverages highly
efficient HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software, scores of snapshots can be kept online economically,
allowing extended or frequent recovery points. Unlike host-based backup solutions, where the
backup time is proportional to the database size, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager software creates
snapshots instantaneously, regardless of database size. This capability enables organizations
to maintain consistent service levels even with large multi-terabyte databases.
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V software
Is your Microsoft Hyper-V backup solution disruptive, or does your recovery system lack the
granularity to restore individual files?
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V software is an array-based online VM
snapshot and recovery solution that provides superior control over data protection and
recovery in Hyper-V environments—including the granular, rapid online recovery of files. By
leveraging HP 3PAR Virtual Copy software, HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft Hyper-V
software enables administrators to nondisruptively create hundreds of space-efficient,
application-consistent PIT snapshots to protect and recover VHDs, VMs, or individual files.
These snapshots can then be used to quickly restore application instances or VMs, or to
nondisruptively back them up to tape for near-continuous data protection.
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Creates, manages, and presents time-consistent
snapshot images of Oracle databases intelligently
and nondisruptively for rapid application recovery,
near-continuous data protection, and data sharing
Delivers Web-based historical performance and
capacity management reporting for multiple
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, even if they are
geographically dispersed
Simplifies routine administrative tasks related
to host configuration with an HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage and HP 3PAR Operating System
software upgrade and is an autonomic storage
management tool
Enables HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage support
for advanced storage operations introduced in
VMware vSphere to improve virtual infrastructure
performance, agility, capacity efficiency, and
scalability for public and private cloud data centers
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle software
Does your Oracle backup and recovery solution impact service levels and produce unnecessary
costs and complexity?
HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Oracle software is a highly efficient solution that automatically
creates and manages hundreds of application-consistent, reservationless PIT snapshots of
Oracle and Oracle RAC databases for rapid online recovery. These snapshot images are then
presentable to other Oracle database instances, and are managed from an easy-to-use GUI
on the host. With HP 3PAR Recovery Manager software, administrators can quickly and simply
recover a database to a known point in time, speeding up a variety of operations, including the
rapid recovery of an Oracle production server. Integration with Oracle Active Data Guard enables
snapshots to be taken on standby databases, which reduces the impact to the production
database. Fast, reliable backup and recovery to tape is made possible through integration with
Symantec NetBackup.
HP 3PAR System Reporter software
Do you need to gather and track historical system information for your HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage?
HP 3PAR System Reporter software is a flexible, intuitive Web-based performance and capacity
management tool that aggregates fine-grained performance and capacity usage data for HP
3PAR StoreServ Storage, regardless of location. The highly customizable, robust reporting
offers straightforward report sharing and report scheduling that simplifies performance
monitoring and assists in gathering data for optimization and planning. HP 3PAR System
Reporter software enables quick troubleshooting and isolation of performance issues, reducing
business impact. HP 3PAR System Reporter software is particularly useful for service providers
and enterprises that need detailed information for service-level administration. The ability
to create reports by user group supports chargeback and meets SLAs. The software works
with HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization software to enable the policy management of autonomic
storage tiering resources.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer software
Is your administrator spending a considerable amount of time collecting host configuration
information?
HP 3PAR Host Explorer software is an autonomic storage management tool for HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage that establishes safe communication channels between storage and
hosts. HP 3PAR Host Explorer software uses this connection to automate host discovery and
the collection of detailed host configuration information that is critical to speeding storage
provisioning and simplifying maintenance. Using the protected communication channel, HP
3PAR Host Explorer software automatically and securely communicates host information
such as Fibre Channel World Wide Name (WWN) and host multipath data to HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage to reduce manual administration.
HP 3PAR software plug-in for VMware VAAI
The HP 3PAR software plug-in for VMware VAAI allows access to the following three advanced
VMware storage-related functions:
•Hardware Assisted Locking is a new vSphere storage feature designed to reduce VM reliability
and performance bottlenecks by locking storage at the block level instead of the LUN level
to decrease SCSI reservation contentions. This new capability enables greater VM scalability
without compromising reliability. In addition, with the HP 3PAR Gen4 ASIC, metadata
comparisons are executed in silicon, further improving performance in the largest and most
demanding vSphere environments.
•Full Copy is a new vSphere feature designed to improve the agility of enterprise and cloud data
centers dramatically by enabling rapid VM deployment, expedited cloning, and faster VMware
Storage vMotion operations. With the HP 3PAR software plug-in for VAAI, data movement
operations are offloaded to the system array. The plug-in allows HP 3PAR Full Copy software
to not only leverage the built-in performance and efficiency advantages of the array, but also
to free up critical server and network resources.
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•Block Zero is a new vSphere feature that offloads large, block-level write operations of zeros
from virtual servers to the HP 3PAR array, boosting efficiency during several common vSphere
operations, including the initialization of eager zeroed thick virtual disks and the allocation of
new file blocks for thin-provisioned virtual disks. With the HP 3PAR software plug-in for VAAI,
these data movement and write operations now have “zero cost,” which frees valuable server,
storage, and network resources so that organizations can increase both VM performance and
density.
HP 3PAR Replication Adapter software for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
HP 3PAR Replication Adapter software provides simple, reliable, end-to-end disaster recovery
for VMware vSphere environments. By integrating HP 3PAR Remote Copy software with
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for automated disaster recovery management,
organizations can protect their applications seamlessly and effectively without duplicating
disaster recovery investments at both the storage and the server layers.
Software
Software suites for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
HP 3PAR Operating System Software Suite
Required for all new HP 3PAR StoreServ systems, this foundational software suite gives you everything you need to get your
system up and running quickly and efficiently. This suite includes the HP 3PAR Operating System, Management Console,
Host Explorer, and SmartStart—software designed to get you off to a quick start with your new HP 3PAR StoreServ system.
It also includes all of the platform’s thin software offerings—HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning, Thin Conversion, Thin Persistence
and Thin Deduplication. Other highlights of this suite include Full Copy—autonomic rebalancing capabilities that help you
optimize the use of future capacity expansions—and support for standard multipathing software, which provides high
availability in clustered environments. The suite includes a 180-day license for online importing that enables migration from
HP EVA or EMC CLARiiON CX4 or EMC VNX or EMC VMAX Storage systems.
HP 3PAR File Persona Software Suite
A feature of the HP 3PAR OS, this license enables file protocol services and an Object Access API to extend the spectrum of
primary storage workloads natively addressed by HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems with Converged Controllers. With this
solution, you can extend the architectural benefits of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to the following use cases: home directory
consolidation; group, departmental and corporate shares; and custom cloud applications.
HP 3PAR Replication Software Suite
This optional suite bundles HP 3PAR Virtual Copy with Remote Copy software, both of which are also sold separately for all
HP 3PAR StoreServ models. Included in this bundle is Peer Persistence, which enables peer federation for VMware clusters
to improve overall availability. Licensing for this suite is based on system capacity.
HP 3PAR Data Optimization Software Suite
This optional software bundle combines HP 3PAR Dynamic Optimization, Adaptive Optimization, Priority Optimization, and
Peer Motion software, which provides a high quality of service and enables you to move data and workloads between arrays
without impacting applications, users, or services. Licensing for this suite is based on system capacity. The software titles
bundled in this suite are also sold separately for all HP 3PAR StoreServ models.
HP 3PAR Security Software Suite
This optional suite bundles HP 3PAR Virtual Domains and Virtual Lock software. Both software products are also sold
separately for all HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 models. This suite enables you to segregate access and deliver robust storage
services for different applications and user groups with additional security attached to the retention of storage volumes.
Licensing for this suite is based on system capacity.
HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for VMware
This optional suite provides everything you need to make your VMware environment more agile and efficient—including HP
3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware, Host Explorer for VMware, VASA support, and three essential plug-ins—the VMware
Site Replication Manager (SRM) Adapter, the HP 3PAR VAAI plug in, and the 3PAR management plug-in for VMware View.
Licensing for this suite is available on a per-system basis.
HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Hyper-V
This optional software suite enables you to protect your Microsoft Hyper-V environment with HP 3PAR Recovery Manager
for Microsoft Hyper-V and the HP 3PAR VSS Provider software, which are included in the suite. Licensing for this suite is
available on a per-system basis.
HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Exchange
This optional software bundle provides essential software for working with Microsoft Exchange, including HP 3PAR
Recovery Manager for Exchange and the VSS Provider software. Licensing for this suite is available on a per-system basis.
HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for Oracle
This optional software suite provides everything you need to protect Oracle databases, including HP 3PAR Recovery
Manager for Oracle and Oracle Space Reclamation capabilities. Licensing for this suite is available on a per-system basis.
HP 3PAR Application Software Suite for SQL
This optional software suite enables you to protect Microsoft SQL databases with HP 3PAR Recovery Manager for Microsoft
SQL and the 3PAR VSS Provider software, which are included in the suite. Licensing for this suite is available on a per-system
basis.
HP 3PAR Reporting Software Suite
This optional software suite enables you to enhance system visibility and reporting capabilities with HP 3PAR System
Reporter software and the 3PARinfo application. Licensing for this suite is available on a per-system basis.
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HP XP Storage
HP XP7 Storage provides unbeatable performance, unstoppable reliability, unbreakable data
security, and unconditional HP support and investment protection.
Designed for applications requiring seven 9s data availability with no downtime ever, the XP7
combines an ultra-high–performance, fully online scalable, fully redundant hardware platform,
with advanced data replication, online disaster resistance and recovery, and fully online data
migration capabilities with zero host reboots.
XP7 Storage with XP7 active-active High Availability and multi array virtualization provides
100% data availability in a fourteen 9’s solution for storage uptime even in the event of a
complete data center disaster. XP7 with active/active XP7 high availability software avoids
unplanned storage downtime while also avoiding planned downtime for server or application
maintenance.
Using standard hard disk drives, tiered configurations or all flash configurations, the XP7
provides extreme performance and sub-millisecond latency for random IO workloads and
sequential workloads. Consolidation of multiple Tier 1 arrays onto the XP7 saves capital and
operational costs, while delivering the performance, scalability and reliability for growing and
demanding businesses.
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Enterprise
HP XP7 Storage
Drive description
2304 SFF SAS, 1152 LFF SAS
Drive type
15K 6G SFF SAS (300 and 600 GB)
10K 6G SFF SAS (600 GB, 900 GB and
1.2 TB)
10K 6G LFF SAS (600 GB)
Maximum frames (cabinets)
1–6
Capacity
6.8 PB raw internal capacity
255 PB of external storage
Host interface
(96) 16Gb FC ports or
(192) 8 Gb FC ports or
(176) FICON ports or
Cache
2 TB maximum supported
Supported operating systems
HP-UX,
HP NonStop,
VMWare,
IBM AIX,
Linux,
Microsoft Windows,
Oracle Solaris,
Mainframe,
HP Open VMS
7.2K 6G LFF SAS (4TB and 6TB)
Enterprise SSD SFF (400 and 800 GB)
Enterprise SSD LFF (400 GB)
XP Flash Modules (1.6 and 3.2 TB)
(176) FCoE ports
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RAID support
RAID 1 (2D + 2D), RAID 1 (4D + 4D), RAID 5 (3D + 1P), RAID 5 (7D + 1P), RAID 5 (14D + 2P), RAID 5 (28D + 4P), RAID 6 (6D + 2P), and RAID 6
(14D + 2P)
Warranty
Warranty level of hardware reactive support is 3 years, 24×7, with 4-hour onsite response
Support recommendations
Discover, plan, and design
Choose from a rich portfolio of services to make the most of HP XP7 Storage, so you can efficiently and affordably consolidate, manage,
and extract value from unstructured data. Start here to understand your data protection options.
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Storage Modernization Service
Deploy and integrate
Implement HP XP7 Storage correctly-right from the start-so you can count on reduced risk and accelerated deployment, while
implementing a best-practice configuration from day one.
•HP XP Storage Installation and Startup Service
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP SAN Deployment Service
•HP Data Replication Solution Service
•HP Storage Virtual Volume Design and Implementation Service
•HP Proactive Select
•HP Performance Analysis Service
Operate and support
Choose the right support to maximize uptime, free up your resources, and achieve improved value-as you get the most out of the existing
IT assets while accelerating time-to-revenue:
•Optimized Care—delivers the highest levels of performance and stability through deployment and proactive management practices:
–– HP Call To Repair Proactive Care Advanced Service
–– Additional options: HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains high levels of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of implementation and
support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Advanced Service
–– Additional options: HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Service
–– Additional options: HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3 Year HP Proactive Select credits
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Enterprise
HP XP P9500 Storage
Drive description
2048 SFF SAS
Drive type
15K 6G SFF SAS (300 GB)
10K 6G SFF SAS (600 GB, 900 GB and
1.2 TB)
Maximum frames (cabinets)
1–6
Capacity
2.5 PB raw capacity (2048 SFF drives of 1.2 TB each)
255 PB external storage
Host interface
(160) 8 Gb FC ports or
(160) 8 Gb FICON ports or
Cache
1 TB maximum supported
Supported operating systems
HP NonStop,
HP OpenVMS,
HP-UX,
IBM AIX,
Linux,
Mainframe,
Microsoft Windows,
Oracle Solaris, and VMware
RAID support
RAID 1 (2D + 2D), RAID 1 (4D + 4D), RAID 5 (3D + 1P), RAID 5 (7D + 1P), RAID 5 (14D + 2P), RAID 5 (28D + 4P), RAID 6 (6D + 2P), and RAID 6
(14D + 2P)
Warranty
3 years parts, 3 years labor, 3 years onsite
7.2K 6G SFF SAS (1 TB)
Enterprise SSD (200, 400, and 800 GB)
XP Flash Modules (1.6 and 3.2 TB)
(80) 10 Gb FCoE ports
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HP related offerings
Support recommendations
Discover, plan, and design
Understand your options and build your system right from day one:
•HP Storage Efficiency Analysis Service
•HP Storage Impact Analysis Service
•HP Storage Modernization Service
Deploy and integrate
Increase uptime and decrease risk as you free up your resources:
•HP XP P9000 Disk Array Family Installation and Startup Service
•HP Data Replication Solution Service
•HP Performance Analysis Service for HP Storage Disk Arrays
•HP Storage Virtual Volume Design and Implementation Service
•HP Proactive Select
•HP Storage Data Migration Service
•HP Storage and Data Consultant Residency Service
Operate and support
Meet SLAs with the right support level. Choose from three levels of operate and support care:
•Optimized Care—delivers the highest levels of performance and stability through deployment and proactive management practices:
–– HP Call To Repair Proactive Care Advanced Service
–– Additional Options: HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3-year HP Proactive Select credits
•Standard Care—maintains high levels of uptime, and provides expert help to reduce the cost and complexity of implementation and
support:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive Care Advanced Service
–– Additional Options—HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3-year HP Proactive Select Credits
•Basic Care—minimum recommended support level:
–– HP 24x7 Proactive 24 Service
–– Additional Options—HP Data Sanitization Storage Tier 1 Service, 3-year HP Proactive Select Credits
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Software (XP7 Storage)
HP XP7 Array Manager Suite (required)
Business continuity focused software products
HP XP7 High Availability Software
HP XP7 Business Copy
HP XP7 Continuous Access Suite (includes Continuous Access Sync and Continuous Access Journal)
HP Cluster Extension (CLX)
HP Metrocluster with XP7 and XP Continuous Access
HP Continental clusters
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Advanced (HDLM) for VMware, Windows, Solaris, Linux, and AIX
HP XP7 Storage Replication Adapter software for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
Performance-focused software products
HP XP7 Smart Tiers
HP XP7 Performance Advisor
HP XP7 Auto LUN
HP XP7 Tiered Storage Manager
Virtualization-focused software products
HP XP7 Thin Provisioning
HP XP7 External Storage (both these software are bundled in XP7 Array Manager Suite)
Device management products
HP XP7 Command View AE Suite (includes Replication Manager)
HP XP7 DKA Encryption
Mainframe-focused software products
HP XP7 Mainframe Basic Suite
HP XP7 Mainframe Performance Suite (includes Compatible Parallel Access Volume and Compatible Hyper Parallel Access Volume)
HP XP7 Mainframe Tiering Suite
HP XP7 for Data Exchange
HP XP7 Smart Manager for Mainframe
HP XP7 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy
HP XP7 for FlashCopy Mirroring
HP XP7 for Business Continuity Manager
HP XP7 for Compatible High Performance FICON Connectivity (included in XP7 Mainframe Performance Suite)
For more information, refer to the HP XP7 software data sheet: hp.com/h20195/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA5-1707ENW
Software (P9500 Storage)
HP XP P9000 Array Manager (required)
Business continuity focused software products
HP XP P9000 Business Copy
HP XP P9000 Continuous Access
HP Cluster Extension (CLX)
HP Metrocluster with P9000 and XP Continuous Access
HP Continentalclusters
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) for VMware, Windows, Solaris, Linux, and AIX
HP XP P9000 Storage Replication Adapter software for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
Performance-focused software products
HP XP P9000 Performance Accelerator
HP XP P9000 Smart Tiers
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor
HP XP P9000 Auto LUN
HP XP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager
Virtualization-focused software products
HP XP P9000 Thin Provisioning
HP XP P9000 External Storage
Device management products
HP XP P9000 Command View AE
HP XP P9000 Replication Manager
HP XP P9000 Resource Partition
HP XP P9000 DKA Encryption
Mainframe-focused software products
HP XP P9000 for Data Exchange
HP XP P9000 Smart Manager for Mainframe
HP XP P9000 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes
HP XP P9000 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy
HP XP P9000 for FlashCopy Mirroring
HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager
HP XP P9000 for Compatible High Performance FICON Connectivity
For more information, refer to the HP XP P9000 software data sheet: hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA31302ENW&cc=us&lc=en
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HP XP family software
HP XP7 High Availability software
HP XP7 High Availability (HA) Software is an Active-Active High Availability Solution offering
on HP XP7 Storage. The high availability feature is based on XP7 Multi Array Virtualization
capability. HP XP7 High Availability Software supports two use cases: Active-Active HA and
Active-Active Access.
•Active-Active HA provides 100% storage uptime from a DR configuration even if an array and/
or entire datacenter goes offline. An XP7 High Availability configuration with two XP7 systems
is architected for 15 nines average availability.
•Active-Active Access provides non-disruptive, transparent VM and/or clustered application
mobility between hosts or servers at the same or different sites.
The HA Virtual Storage Machine feature is new to the XP product line. Multi Array Virtualization
(MAV) provides the virtualization architecture software to setup local or clustered mirrored
volumes that look the same to any supported Host multi-path/cluster software. MAV replicates
the data across XP7 arrays up to a synchronous distance and provides delta re-sync capability
in case of failure/maintenance. HA can be combined with any of the other traditional mirroring
program product like XP7 Business Copy, Fast Snap to make additional copies. HA requires a
quorum device located on an external storage device.
Host then can use generic multi-path solutions for Active-Active access, load balancing as the
Virtual Storage Machine hides and handles HA complexity.
Maintains continuous business operations, even
in the event of a disaster, using efficient arraybased remote replication to create online copies of
critical data at a distant location
Maintains continuous business operations for
your HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage environment by
creating multiple real-time online copies of critical
data—all without disruption
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HP XP P9000/XP7 Continuous Access software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Continuous Access software provides real-time array-to-array data
replication for HP XP P9500 Storage. The software is part of the HP comprehensive suite of
business continuity and availability solutions that enable you to maintain constant access
to your data, even if access to a site is lost. HP XP P9000/XP7 Continuous Access software
products are integrated with server clustering software solutions to provide high levels of
availability and disaster tolerance. To protect your business from disasters of any size, whether
local or wide area, you can create Three-Data-Center (3DC) disaster recovery solutions, with
one data center located a continent away. If you simply need to move data from one location to
another or from one generation of HP XP P9500 Storage to another, HP XP P9000 Continuous
Access software provides a reliable high-performance data migration solution. HP XP P9000
Continuous Access software is available both in synchronous and journal (asynchronous)
options
HP XP P9000/XP7 Business Copy software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Business Copy software is a local replication solution that provides data
copies within a single HP XP P9500 Storage, or in storage systems attached to an XP P9500
Storage environment as external storage. XP P9000/XP7 Business Copy software uses
array-based replication technologies that do not interfere with host-level operations, allowing
organizations to spend time conducting business rather than worrying about how backup and
testing operations will impact their systems. Providing PIT snapshots and mirrors, XP P9000/
XP7 Business Copy software reduces the cost of backups, accelerates recovery from failures,
provides deployment flexibility, and simplifies application testing.
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Achieves desired performance with lower costs
by keeping only the heavily accessed data in fast
tiers; retains good performance even in peak load
conditions with dynamic rule-based tier relocation
Boosts performance of XP P9500/XP7 Storage by
improving random IOPS
Provides HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage and HP
XP Disk Arrays performance information and
automatic alerts to help you maintain system
performance
Reduces costs and accelerates your return on
investment by supplying disk storage capacity
to your applications from a pool of virtualized
storage
Reduces costs and stress in diverse storage
environments by using the virtualization capability
of the HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage environment
to centralize, simplify, and streamline storage
management tasks
HP XP P9000/XP7 Smart Tiers software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Smart Tiers software improves storage performance and controls costs
by transparently migrating data to appropriate tiers of storage within HP XP P9500 Storage.
XP P9000/XP7 Smart Tiers software manages data in thin-provisioned pools and monitors
performance at the page level. The software can migrate data online to a different tier,
automatically or manually, based on policies. XP P9000/XP7 Smart Tiers software supports
up to three tiers per pool, where the tiers can be SSDs, 15K SAS, 10K SAS, 7.2K SAS, and even
external storage devices.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Performance Accelerator
HP XP P9000/XP7 Performance Accelerator software helps you boost the performance of
your HP XP P9000 Storage. XP P9000/XP7 Performance Accelerator software improves the
random I/O performance of an HP XP P9500 Storage environment. This improved performance
helps you achieve higher return on your investment. XP P9000/XP7 Performance Accelerator
software is licensed software that works by enabling functionality on the HP XP P9500/XP7
firmware.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Performance Advisor software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Performance Advisor software identifies performance bottlenecks before
they impact your business. It collects and displays performance data for XP P9500/XP7
Storage. It helps mitigate risk by providing performance alarm notification through email,
SNMP, or user-defined scripts, and helps avoid impending outages caused by unavailable or
misallocated storage resources. Its report generation and scheduling capability improves IT
processes and maintains array performance by immediately identifying storage bottlenecks. Its
dashboard provides a unified view of all XP P9000/XP7 family disk arrays present in the SAN,
and its rich command-line user interface supports integration with third-party software.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Thin Provisioning software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Thin Provisioning software reduces costs, accelerates the return on
investment (ROI), and lowers the environmental impact of your HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage
environment. It allows you to supply disk storage capacity to your applications from a pool of
virtualized storage. By enabling you to allocate your anticipated future storage capacity needs
from virtual disk storage, HP XP P9000/XP7 Thin Provisioning software reduces the amount of
physical disk capacity initially required. As the utilization of disk space increases over time, you
can purchase more disk capacity as it is needed and install it without affecting your applications.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Thin Provisioning software reduces your initial storage acquisition costs,
lowers total cost of ownership, and allows you to defer some storage purchases to a later time.
You can configure large logical volumes using reduced physical capacity and pay for and install
storage only when it is needed.
HP XP P9000/XP7 External Storage software
In today’s business world, mergers, acquisitions, and technology changes have created IT
environments where varieties of dissimilar servers and storage must coexist. HP XP P9000/
XP7 External Storage software decreases the stress associated with and the cost of owning
heterogeneous data storage by simplifying and centralizing common SAN management tasks
through storage virtualization. In addition, it simplifies data movement between dissimilar
arrays. HP XP P9000/XP7 External Storage software provides these benefits by giving you
the ability to access, monitor, and manage data on a variety of different disk arrays as if all
of the data were on an HP XP P9500 Storage environment. Through advanced virtualization
technology, HP XP P9000/XP7 External Storage software enables the hosting of HP XP P9500/
XP7 Storage data on externally attached disk arrays. Servers can see the capacity of the various
arrays, but are insulated from the physical attributes.
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Reduces costs by efficiently managing your HP XP
P9500/XP7 Storage environment and helps you
confidently conduct business knowing your critical
data is protected from unauthorized access or
alteration
Improves efficiency and simplifies management
tasks with full-featured device manager software
that allows you to manage your HP XP family disk
arrays from a single console
Makes the management of large-scale
consolidated storage environments easy and
efficient based on the grouping of storage
resources and role-based access control to HP XP
P9500/XP7 Storage systems
HP XP P9000/XP7 Array Manager software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Array Manager software improves efficiency and maintains QoS by allowing
you to manage data volumes and allocate HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage resources so that your
applications receive the proper level of support. With this software, you can create LUNs, create
expanded LUNs, and create small custom-sized volumes, and establish host access to them.
You can efficiently control replication volumes with a host-based CLI and improve performance
by reserving areas of cache to store frequently accessed data. You can also isolate applications
by subdividing the XP P9500 Storage system into smaller segments, each consisting of
dedicated cache, disk, and ports. HP XP P9000/XP7 Array Manager software protects your data
by controlling access, preventing unauthorized alteration, and securely deleting data when it
is no longer required. It also enables you to configure security to prevent unauthorized servers
from accessing the data.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Command View Advanced Edition software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Command View Advanced Edition (Command View AE) software is a fullfeatured device manager for HP XP disk arrays. In addition to device management, it offers
optional plug-in applications that provide replication monitoring, provisioning management,
and tiered storage management for multiple HP XP disk arrays. It also provides a platform
from which other disk array-based applications can be launched such as Auto LUN software.
XP P9000/XP7 Command View AE software monitors storage resources quickly and easily,
automates storage management processes, and delivers more efficient utilization and control
across distributed enterprise storage.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Resource Partition software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Resource Partition software provides role-based access control of XP P9500
resources. It allows storage administrators to partition XP P9500/XP7 resources at physical and
logical level (ports, parity groups, logical device host groups, and external volume) and assign
these resources to sub-administrators while retaining overall control.
HP XP P9000/XP7 Resource Partition software is ideal for a multi-tenant environment setup
where dedicated sub-administrators need to manage the IT infrastructure needs of their
respective business units. At the same time, it gives data center administrators the ability to
retain complete control of the XP P9500/XP7 Storage resources.
Enables encryption capability for all data that is
stored on the internal drives of the P9500/XP7
Storage systems
HP XP P9000/XP7 DKA Encryption software
HP P9000/XP7 DKA Encryption software enables the encryption capability for all data stored
on the internal drives of P9500/XP7 Storage systems. The Enhanced DKA encrypts data on disk
drives so that the data cannot be read off a disk drive that is removed from the HP P9500/XP7
Storage system. Only data on the disk drives is encrypted (data in the cache is not encrypted).
Simplifies and centralizes management of HP XP
P9500/XP7 Storage-based replication capabilities
for mainframe environments
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Business Continuity Manager software
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Business Continuity Manager software enhances productivity by
centralizing and simplifying management of HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage local and remote
replication functionality in mainframe environments.
The software provides simplified and centralized enterprise-wide management of the XP
P9500/XP7 Storage-based mainframe replication capabilities provided by HP XP P9000/
XP7 Business Copy software and Continuous Access software products for mainframes. For
additional efficiency, XP P9000/XP7 Business Continuity Manager software provides a scripting
capability and group control commands, allowing administrators to manage multiple volumes
easily. Through a linkage with XP P9000/XP7 Replication Manager software, mainframe
replication information can be displayed by XP P9000/XP7 Command View AE software.
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Delivers centralized management of Smart Tiers
volumes in mainframe environments to help you
enhance your storage resources while maintaining
SLAs
Provides disaster protection for data stored on the
HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage subsystem by providing
IBM mainframe compatible asynchronous remote
replication
Enhances data availability and productivity by
providing IBM mainframe compatible point-in-time
local copies for data stored on an HP XP P9500/
XP7 Storage environment
Improves operational efficiency by providing
substantially faster access to mainframe
data stored on an HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage
subsystem
HP XP P9000/XP7 Smart Manager for Mainframe software
HP XP P9000/XP7 Smart Manager for Mainframe software provides centralized management of
Smart Tiers volumes in mainframe environments. Smart Tiers improves storage performance
and helps you to control your costs. XP P9000/XP7 Smart Manager for Mainframe software
works together with Smart Tiers to help mainframe users conveniently and transparently
manage the location of volumes by tier. With XP P9000/XP7 Smart Manager for Mainframe,
your storage resources can be further enhanced and efficiently utilized.
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy software
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible Extended Remote Copy (XRC) software provides a disaster
protection and data migration capability for data stored on an HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage
environment by implementing IBM mainframe-compatible asynchronous remote replication.
XP P9000/XP7 XRC software provides the same functionality as IBM TotalStorage z/OS Global
Mirror (formerly IBM Extended Remote Copy), and is compatible with System Data Mover (SDM)
mainframe software. XP P9000/XP7 XRC software can be combined with other XP P9500/XP7
Storage replication products for additional availability. When combined with XP P9000/XP7
Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe, XP P9000/XP7 XRC software supports 3DC
disaster recovery solutions.
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring software
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring software enhances data availability for
mainframe data and improves productivity by providing IBM FlashCopy compatible point-intime copies within an HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage environment. As soon as a copy is created,
it becomes available for use. The copy can be either virtual or physical. If a virtual copy is
specified, it remains a pointer-based copy that saves only the changes from the original copy.
However, if a physical copy is specified, a full copy will be completed in the background while
both the source and the copy remain available for access.
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes software
HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible Parallel Access Volumes (PAV) and HP XP P9000/XP7 for
Compatible Hyper PAV software enable high-performance, concurrent access of mainframe
volumes by permitting a mainframe host system to issue multiple I/O requests in parallel to
individual logical devices within the HP XP P9500/XP7 Storage environment. Without HP XP
P9000/XP7 for Compatible Hyper PAV software, mainframe systems can initiate only one I/O
request per device at a time, and must wait for the I/O to complete before starting another I/O
request to the same device. By utilizing alias addresses that all point to the same device as the
base address, HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible PAV software enables the host system to start
several I/O requests simultaneously to the same device, thus greatly improving performance.
The XP P9500/XP7 Storage system supports static HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible PAV
software, dynamic HP XP P9000/XP7 for Compatible PAV software, and HP XP P9000/XP7 for
Compatible Hyper PAV software.
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HP Technology Services
What can HP Storage Technology Services do
for you?
HP Storage Technology Services can help you
design, deploy, test, integrate, support, and
manage IT and infrastructure solutions. HP
storage lifecycle support services offer a full
spectrum of customer care—from technology
support to complex migrations to complete
managed services.
Simplify storage complexity
Growing capacity without growing complexity is a challenge for every storage environment.
With equipment and contracts from multiple vendors, you’re likely to lose time and money by
having to “reinvent the wheel” over and over again. Storage technology services that combine
technical know-how with multivendor expertise can help you operate more efficiently and
strategically, while also delivering measurable ROI-based results.
Our experts take the stress out of managing your multivendor storage environment. HP
expertise spans the entire technology environment, not just storage. With HP Storage
Technology Services, you can be sure that all your issues—storage consolidation and
virtualization, support of multivendor SANs, data migration, installation and implementation,
backup, recovery, and archiving—are covered.
Technology services for increased uptime, productivity, and ROI
Trust HP storage technology experts for every level of service and support. Our integrated
portfolio of services for storage can help you reduce costs, enhance data, streamline storage
management, and improve backup and recovery. Capitalizing on the capabilities of HP storage
systems requires a service partner who understands your increasingly complex environment.
Team with the people who know HP infrastructure hardware and software best—the
experienced professionals at HP Services.
Protect your business beyond warranty
A warranty protects against manufacturer defects; however, warranty uplifts, such as HP Care
Pack services protect your business—by reducing downtime risks and providing operational
consistency for mission-critical and standard business computing.
Choose the right level of support, deployment, and integration services
HP provides support recommendations that can help you improve technology operations and
lower your risks. Depending on your individual support needs, you can choose from three levels
of care—Optimized Care, Standard Care, and Basic Care. HP support recommendations can help
you to strike the right balance between affordability and service-level commitments; cover the
entire lifecycle by addressing wider set of your needs; and enable you to enhance technology
operations, reduce risk, and drive better business outcomes. Get more choice when you need
more support: if none of our support recommendations meets your needs, HP can tailor a
service solution to meet your unique support requirements.
Get connected and get back to business—HP Storage Technology Services provide the
path to get your HP Storage solutions and your business connected to HP. Once connected,
our experts are able to scan your system and run health checks, then use that data to create
personalized reports and recommendations for actions to take to prevent problems and
downtime.
Learn more hp.com/services/storage.
When you buy storage products and solutions, it’s also a good time to think about what levels of
service and support you may need. You can trust the service professionals at HP to collaborate
with you to make technology the difference in your business.
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HP Storage Services
You can trust our storage technology experts for every level of service and support.
Reduce risk throughout the storage lifecycle
At HP, your customer relationship experience with us means everything. It’s not just what we
deliver, consult, and support, but how we listen, collaborate, and ally with your business. We
know you need more than innovative, robust storage products and solutions. That’s because
we’ve listened to CEOs who have told us that they are extremely risk adverse, that they value
vendor intimacy, and that the true measure of a supplier is how they respond during difficult
times.
To this end, we provide the support that establishes and sustains a positive experience well
beyond the installation stage. We can help you:
•Avoid preventable problems and risk, even risk unrelated to your storage products and
solutions
•Get the most out of your storage products and solutions
•Provide rapid, preferential treatment should something go wrong
Because of our breadth and depth of experience, we excel at managing complexity. It is
something we do every day at more than 1,000 large enterprises, including 426 of the Fortune
500 companies and some of the largest government agencies in the world.
HP Enterprise Services
HP Enterprise Services offers a broad portfolio of IT outsourcing services that can help turn
your business challenges into a competitive success. Our HP Enterprise Services for IT Storage
Outsourcing can help with storage management, backup and restore, archive and compliance,
and business continuity and recovery. For more information on these services, visit hp.com/go/
enterpriseservices.
Our portfolios
HP ProLiant server family: ProLiant servers offer a superior platform for your mainstream
32-bit and emerging 64-bit x86 applications and are the world’s top-selling x86 industrystandard servers. HP Integrity systems family: This is one of the most trusted brands for
mission-critical applications. A multi-OS ecosystem running on HP-UX 11i, OpenVMS, Microsoft
Windows Server 2003, Linux, HP NonStop, and Integrity systems provide a unique combination
of scalability, virtualization, and availability, enabling you to enhance your business outcomes
while decreasing costs and reducing risks.
HP Integrity NonStop servers: These systems offer real-time, all-the-time business solutions
for the enterprise. What can you do to simplify a growing multiserver environment? How do you
integrate all the moving parts and deliver business solutions on time and under budget?
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Customize your IT lifecycle management, from
the acquisition of new IT, management of existing
assets, and removal of unneeded equipment. To
find out more, visit hp.com/go/hpfinancialservices.
Resources
To learn more about HP Storage Services, visit
hp.com/services/storage.
HP Care Pack services are sold by HP and HP
Authorized Service Partners:
• Customers purchasing services from HP or an
enterprise reseller are quoted pricing using HP
order configuration tools.
• Customers purchasing from a commercial
reseller can find HP Care Pack services at
hp.com/go/lookuptool.
HP BladeSystem: A simple, modular infrastructure that is consolidated upfront to save more
time, energy, and money—regardless of what you put inside. In one consolidated box, an HP
BladeSystem supports ProLiant and Integrity server blades, HP storage offerings, and a variety
of virtual desktop and workstation solutions. With the essential IT elements built in—compute,
network, storage, management, and power and cooling—the BladeSystem is a more efficient
way to deliver reliable, cost-effective services to your business. For more information on the HP
BladeSystem, visit hp.com/go/bladesystem.
You make HP storage products better
Throughout the development of HP storage arrays, end-user customers and channel partners
participate in usability reviews that influence hardware and software design. Over the past few
years, such feedback has helped HP reduce array design complexity. Users now spend less time
managing their storage due to the simplification of storage management tasks and easy-tounderstand user interface designs. Array installation, configuration, and repairs also take less
time due to the use of more intuitive actions. For more information about HP Storage User
Centered Design program, visit hp.com/storage/ucd.
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