Page 2 - executive summary; to find ways to both grow your; and maximize your return; Capture these savings today.
executive summary In today’s market environment, you are constantly challenged to find ways to both grow your business and save costs. And with the current market growth uncertainties, saving costs is getting a lot of attention by everyone from Main Street to Wall Street to inside the Beltway. HP ha...
Page 3 - table of contents; section 1: hp storage white paper
2 1 table of contents • Amazon.com i • Room & Board i ” • State of New Mexico ii i • ViaSat • Santa Clara ii section 1: hp storage white paper November 2001 • virtualization, simplification and storage 1.0 • array virtualization defined 1.0 • the reasons you need more virtualization in the array...
Page 4 - virtualization new; Mark Dunlap; State of New Mexico; Tom Elder; customer quotes; we hardly consider
virtualization new . Many companies have optimized their performance with HP, including: ” Amazon.com “We look at three things when selecting data warehouse disks. Price per terabyte, throughput capabilities, and availability features. With the HP Virtual Array 7100, the price per terabyte was extre...
Page 5 - Santa Clara; Gary Davis; ViaSat; Mike Johnson; ii; customer quotes cont’d
” Santa Clara “We needed to move to the next generation of technology as we merged data centers. We had outgrown the large server farm scenario and wanted to focus on consolidation. In discussing our current and future needs for our NT environment, the VA7400 was the best solution. We have transform...
Page 6 - section 1; hp’s array virtualization:; array virtualization defined; hp storage white paper
1 in storage capacity they will only become more so. HP’s Array Virtualization is evolutionary, not revolutionary. It is a logical progression in array technology. It is proven. It is necessary. It is the perfect storage area network (SAN) technology. And it is offered only by Hewlett-Packard! secti...
Page 8 - managing traditional storage
hp storage white paper 1 why now is the time for array virtualization Data centers have become enormously complex. Interestingly, new technologies that initially held the promise of simplifying the data center have, in fact, added to the complexity—at least for now. Fibre Channel, SANs, and the low ...
Page 10 - managing the hp virtual array
section 1 the system administrator’s dilemma Change is the issue. Many environments change over time and this makes their initial configurations progressively less and less optimal. The dilemma is that an optimum configuration today eventually becomes out-of-date, and typically over time, performanc...
Page 11 - performance
section 1 The HP Virtual Array accepts new disks while the array is up and running and accepting I/Os as with some higher-end traditional arrays. However, the HP Virtual Array takes it one step further. Once the disk is inserted, the array automatically includes that disk into the existing disk spac...
Page 12 - faqs
section 1 Every LUN would have 30 spindles at its disposal. And don’t forget, in the virtual array the spare disk capacity is also spread across all of the spindles, i.e., there are no unused spindles in an HP Virtual Array. Second, the virtual array automatically performance tunes the array 24 hour...
Page 14 - summary
1 things. At first, bits were grouped into bytes. When there were too many bytes to keep track of, they had to be grouped into blocks. When there were too many blocks to manage, someone invented volumes and volume managers. What do you think the next logical step is when there are too many volumes? ...
Page 15 - section 2; virtual value in hp’s va7000 series; Feature; “hp extends virtualization to the array”
section 2 virtual value in hp’s va7000 series 2 Virtualization is a key to solving complexities associated with storage configurations. As Information Technology continues its non-stop evolution, tools and devices that improve manageability while increasing business efficiency will command a premium...
Page 18 - software extends virtual functions
section 2 software extends virtual functions 2 While hardware design and functionality are critical to enabling performance, software function can maximize the efficiency and flexibility of the device. HP’s software packages extend the management and flexibility of the VA7000 family while exploiting...
