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Storage Architecture Solutions
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HP SAN is a key component of the HP Adaptive Enterprise. It is the network
element of the entire storage architecture, providing the infrastructure
platform to deliver complete, open network storage solutions
The HP StorageWorks SAN provides industry leading connectivity platforms
to deploy, manage and operate today's demanding networked storage enterprise
environments. It delivers the physical connectivity that, when combined
with the other elements of HP's solution, brings into reality the well
established benefits of network storage: significantly reducing the Total
Cost of Ownerships (TCO) while maintaining high returns on investment
(100-500%). Most important however, are the ways SANs impact competitive
advantage by improving the business agility and capacity to react to today's
business challenges.
This release of the HP StorageWorks SAN significantly increases the flexibility
and agility of the fabric infrastructure, by enabling modularity in SAN
deployments. This is accomplished via subnet routing technology. Modular
designs significantly increase SAN scalability and ROI on storage assets
by enabling more extensive device sharing and consolidation levels, without
sacrificing stability and service levels.
Through the SAN island isolation provided by subnet routing, customers
can share devices like arrays and tape libraries between SANs without
increasing stability risks, and service levels.
Features & benefits
- Centrally managed: Fully integrated with HP's OpenView Storage Area
Manager framework to provide the ability to control/manage a heterogeneous
fabric environment
- Upgradeable: Investment protection through backwards compatibility
with older generation switches, and ability to upgrade device firmware
non-disruptively
- Reduced complexity: Architectural guidance through SAN Design Guide
and solution-focused blue-prints
Highly available: Ability to provide 99.999 or higher availability
levels through director-class products and redundant-fabric SAN designs
- Secured: Authentication, authorization, access control and zoning
provide added level of network security
- Interoperable: Extensive HP testing to ensure seamless performance
- Open: Support for multiple operating systems and clustering environments;
NEW standards-based fabric interoperability among B-series, M-series & C-series, for outstanding flexibility and investment protection.
Please refer to SAN Design Guide for currently supported configurations.
- Scalable: In distance, connectivity and performance, with support
for more than 3,000 total ports in modular SANs to enable today's and
tomorrow's connectivity needs
- Multi-protocol: Ability to support multi-protocol infrastructures
with FC, iSCSI, and FCIP.
- Modular: Ability to implement modular SAN designs with increased
scalability, stability and rate of utilization on storage assets through
integrated subnet routing ( B-series MP Router, and C-series Inter VSANs)
Products and Services
SAN connectivity: Fibre channel adapters
 Overview & features
• Dual-channel and single-channel offerings
• HP-UX 11i v1 support
• Linux (64-bit) support
• Maximum I/O performance
• 2Gb and 1Gb fibre channel solutions
• Switched fabric capability supports sophisticated recovery and
backup scenarios, eventually without server intervention
• Online addition/replacement (OLAR) capable
• Increased performance with 66% less CPU utilization for I/O operations
• Full switched fabric support on HP-UX, up to 14 million nodes
on a SAN
• Existing arbitrated loop supported
• One-stop shopping through HP for SANs, with full support for
mission-critical environments
Array systems: StorageWorks Fibre Channel Hard Disk Drives
 Developed
to work exclusively with Enterprise Virtual Array Version 2. For customers
requiring higher performance drives to maximize efficiencies of their
applications.
The Fibre Channel drives complement and extend the current family of
Fibre Channel drives operating at 10,000 RPMs. Developed to work exclusively
with Enterprise Virtual Array Version 2, the new 15K FC drives are attractive
to customers that require higher performance drives to maximize the efficiencies
of their applications.
Features & benefits
- The addition of these drives illustrate our continuing leadership
position by providing leading edge technology that will benefit our
customers.
- Expands the capabilities of our disk offerings providing our customers
and prospects that we will be able to meet their needs today as well
as in the future.
- Allows us to address new application opportunities where high performance
disks are required such as OLTP and ERP.
- Available in both 36 GB and 72 GB capacities
Tape System: DLT/SDLT tape drives
HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive
 The
HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive offers a reliable mid-ranged DLT based
backup solution. With its 80 GB capacity, the DLT VS80 provides a high
capacity, high-speed tape drive, for the mid-range customer at a valued
price. The DLT VS80 Tape Drive has a transfer rate of 6 MB/sec compressed,
and can store up to 21 GB of compressed data in an hour, a full 80 GB
in less than 4 hours. With its economical price and low cost of HP media,
the tape drive provides outstanding value to customers. (Native capacity
40 GB, uncompressed transfer rate 3 MB/s)
The DLT VS80 Tape Drive comes with numerous features such as HP StorageWorks
Library and Tape Tools (L&TT) for troubleshooting and TapeAlert for
monitoring the drive and media. It is compatible with native Windows,
VERITAS, BrightStor, TapeWare and other backup software applications.
Additionally, the DLT VS80 Tape Drive is read and write compatible with
the HP StorageWorks DLT1 and can read DLT 4000 Media. DLT VS80 formatted
media written by the VS80 Tape Drive can also be read by HP StorageWorks
SDLT 220 and 320 Tape Drives, providing for an easy upgrade path to higher
capacity and performance drives in the future. The DLT VS80 provides investment
protection and its proven reliability allows customers to have a peace
of mind.
Features & benefits
- Affordable: This drive has a price that allows midrange customers
to benefit from DLT technology, the industry standard that offers
reliability and scalability.
- Half Height Technology: For customers who are losing space inside
the server, the DLT VS technology is half height compared to the
full height DLT technology. This leaves more room for other options.
- Scalability: The HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive has backward
read compatibility (BRC) with the DLT 4000 and the DLT 1 media.
The DLT VS80 media can be read by the HP StorageWorks SDLT 220 and
SDLT 320 Tape Drives.
- Reliability: The mean time before failure is up to 200,000 hours
- Manageable: The VS80 Tape Drive is easier to manage and upgrade
with HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools.
- Rackmountable: The DLT VS80 Tape Drive can be mounted inside
of a rack in a 3U or 5U module. The 3U module can hold up to 2 DLT
VS drives and the 5U module can hold up to 4 drives.
HP StorageWorks SDLT 320 GB Tape Drive
 The
new HP StorageWorks SDLT 320 GB Tape Drive extends the advantages
of an SDLT-based data protection solution by increasing capacity and
performance by 45%. Total costs of ownership are significantly lowered
by reducing the number of data cartridges required and by shrinking
the backup window for business-critical data. In addition, backward-read
compatibility to existing DLT and SDLT-based solutions provides the
highest level of investment protection while offering a smooth transition
path to new SDLT 320-based data protection solutions.
The SDLT 320 is an enhanced version of the SDLT 110/220 tape drive
offering a 45% increase in native capacity per cartridge (160 GB)
and data transfer performance (16 MB/s). The new SDLT 320 offers the
same backward-read compatibility to current DLT tape drives as the
SDLT 110/220, but is also write-compatible with the SDLT 110/220 and
utilizes the same SDLT1 media and cleaning cartridge.
Features & benefits
- 160 GB of native storage capacity increases the amount of storage
available on each data cartridge
- 16 MB/s native performance decreases the customer's backup window
- Standard Ultra II LVD SCSI interface provides compatibility with
the HP leading server and storage products
- Backwards-Read Compatibility with DLT and SDLT drive formats
provides investment protection for customers with an install base
of DLT and SDLT data protection solutions.
StorageWorks DAT 72x6 Autoloader
 The
HP StorageWorks DAT 72x6 tape autoloader is an ideal backup solution
for small to medium companies with limited IT support or remote sites
of larger companies. By reducing administrative tasks, the DAT 72x6
not only simplifies the backup process but reduces the risk of error
as well. The autoloader includes a single tape drive inside an enclosure
that holds six data cartridges in a removable magazine. With the ability
to store up to 72 GB per DAT 72 data cartridge, the DAT 72x6 provides
a quick, efficient means for reducing workload. The backup administrator
simply loads the magazine with a week's worth of data cartridges,
and the autoloader takes care of backup for an entire week. The backup
schedule can be customized by the backup application to suit the user's
needs.
The DAT 72x6 comes with HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, providing
the ability to restore the system quickly and effortlessly with the
touch of a single button, eliminating the need for operating system
and software CDs. Additional reliability features include HP StorageWorks
Library and Tape Tools (L&TT) for troubleshooting as well as Tapealert
for monitoring the drive and media.
Features & benefits
- Affordable: Very low media prices contribute to an exceptionally
low overall cost of ownership
- Self-sufficient: Automatically does five daily backups and a
cleaning cycle in a weekly schedule controlled by your backup software
- Backward-compatible: Reads and writes industry-standard DDS-3,
DDS-4, and DAT 72 media
- Simple: Supports HP StorageWorks One-Button Disaster Recovery
(OBDR), simply the easiest way to restore your system in the event
of a disaster TapeAlert monitors both drive and media to warn of
any problems; L&TT (Library and Tape Tools) is available for
diagnostics and for firmware downloads
- Manageable: Comes with superior management capabilities that
make it easy to install, use and support, including HP StorageWorks
Library and Tape Tools for installation and diagnostics
- Dependable: Reduces the number of manual administrative tasks,
and therefore the risk of error, in the backup process
- Convenient: Eliminates the need to change tapes at unsociable
hours - managing your backup is reduced from a daily chore to the
weekly task of changing the magazine
- Well-connected: Compatible with leading operating systems, backup
software and servers
- Versatile: Comes in internal and external models to suit most
environments
- Multilingual: Choice of six languages on the LCD front panel
display
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