Storage

Storage Area Networks and the tools that are used to manage them have become increasingly complex. SAN administrators spend more time in configuration tasks – tedious manual activities which can potentially result in unplanned downtime. The reasons for the complexity include the increased adoption of Virtualization – a complexity stemming from mapping the virtual and physical layers of the SAN and the adoption of multiple protocols - iSCSI, FC and FCoE.

HPE Smart SAN for 3PAR makes SAN configuration and management simple and error-free through intelligent automation. It is a protocol agnostic application embedded in SAN components that enables the 3PAR to orchestrate configuration, settings and policies in a HPE StoreFabric SAN. HPE Smart SAN’s Target Driven Peer Zoning enables you to configure zones accurately in minutes and not in hours and its automatic discovery mechanism creates a powerful platform which would enable real-time diagnostics and SAN analysis for more resiliency.

Are you looking for server-based data infrastructure with bulk economic capacity and high throughput for data-driven initiatives? The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4140 is specifically designed to run the data storage-intensive workloads that demand economic capacity yet high throughput to power you data-driven initiatives to success. From the largest data lakes and general purpose S3 API compatible Software-Defined Object Storage down to single node converged data protection systems for fast backup and rapid recovery, it delivers the capabilities you need at ideal economics with trusted security and a cloud operating experience. This includes the option to consume as-a-service via HPE GreenLake, enabling you to shift from owning and maintaining to simply utilizing it.  HPE Alletra Storage Server 4000 systems provide the data infrastructure for any successful data-driven organization.

How can you provide fast, reliable, and cost-effective connectivity in the data center with predictable performance and investment protection? HPE Storage Switch M-series SN2100M is ideal for modern server and storage networks. Supporting port speeds of 1, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 100 GbE, delivering predictable performance and zero packet loss at line-rate across each port and packet size. Enhanced for storage combined with efficient design, it provides enterprise-level performance with attractive economics and outstanding ROI. Networks built on HPE Storage SN2100M are fast, reliable, and scalable while also being affordable and easy to manage. It supports primary and secondary storage, providing consistently fair, fast, and low-latency connectivity even under heavy workloads or a mix of different port speeds. This makes them ideal for storage, hyperconverged infrastructure, financial services, and media and entertainment deployments.

Do you need to simplify your storage environment to enable growth and reduce complexity?

Then HPE XP7 Intelligent Storage Manager is the application you need. HPE XP7 Intelligent Storage Manager is a configuration management tool that reduces the complexity of managing HPE XP storage systems. HPE XP7 Intelligent Storage Manager’s intuitive Graphical User Interface enables a short learning curve, and gives users at-a-glance status of XP storage resources. Built-in configuration intelligence provides best-practice recommendations to help users simplify deployment, management, and maintenance. Quickly and easily create parity groups, pools, and volumes, then set replication policies for up to 50 XP storage systems. Intelligent Storage Manager reduces complexity and the effort required to manage storage resources, allowing for more time to focus on strategic revenue generating initiatives.

HPE LTO Ultrium cartridges provide reliable and low cost protection to guard your data against the threat of cyber attacks and ransomware, as well as meeting your demands for reliability when restoring data. They enable businesses to comply with the recommendations of law enforcement agencies around the world to maintain offline copies of their data. Built upon a legacy of nine generations, and with native transfer speeds of up to 1.44 TB/h for LTO-9, there is a platform for every budget. Secure AES-256 encryption provides even higher levels of data security and compliance with the most stringent industry regulations to prevent unauthorized data access. HPE StoreOpen and Linear Tape File System makes using tape as easy, flexible, portable and intuitive as using other removable and shareable media, such as a USB drive. Also, because LTO cartridges at rest require minimal additional power and cooling, they offer a greener, more sustainable long term archival solution for your data.

High Performance FICON for system z or zHPF is an enhancement of the FICON channel architecture; which also means compatibility with certain standards such as Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling standard (FC-FS), Fibre Channel Switch Fabric and Switch Control Requirements (FC-SW), and Fibre Channel Single-Byte-4 (FC-SB-4) standards. Enhancements have been made to the z/Architecture® and the FICON interface architecture to deliver improvements for online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. zHPF is implemented exclusively in System z10. When High Performance FICON is exploited by the FICON channel, the z/OS operating system, and the control unit; the FICON channel overhead will be reduced. This is achieved by simplification of the protocol, and by reducing the number of information units processed, resulting in more efficient use of the fiber link.

Are you looking to improve the efficiency of your tape automation infrastructure?
HPE StoreEver Management Software provides an easy-to-use interface for efficiently managing, monitoring and configuring an entire tape library environment. The HPE StoreEver Management Software suite is made up of HPE Command View for Tape Libraries (CVTL), HPE StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced and HPE StoreEver Data Verification. CVTL provides the centralized platform for TapeAssure Advanced reporting and Data Verification analysis, along with remote management, diagnostics and configuration for all MSL Tape Libraries from across the room or across the globe. HPE StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced provides predictive, analytical reporting of health and performance information for all drives and cartridges. HPE StoreEver Data Verification Software proactively validates and scans, non-disruptively, the quality of data stored on LTO tape cartridges, which ensures the successful retrieval of critical business data.

Has your business exceeded your storage capacity? Manage your small and midrange business growing storage needs by deploying the HPE D3000 Enclosures, the next generation 12 Gb SAS low-cost, high-capacity, tiered external storage system. The HPE D3000 Enclosures are ideal for your small application environments, remote offices and departmental locations. The 12 Gb SAS enclosures - large form factor (LFF) D3610 with 12 drive bays and small form factor (SFF) D3710 with 25 drive bays offer flexible, modular solutions to simplify capacity expansion of HPE ProLiant server and HPE BladeSystem environments to external storage without having to make the full move to SAN or NAS. This allows you to buy what is needed today and purchase additional capacity as data storage needs grow. HPE D3000 enclosures support HPE SmartDrive Carriers. Buy and maintain a common set of HPE ProLiant drives for Gen10, Gen10+ and Gen11 ProLiant Servers. Total support can grow up to 96 LFF or 200 SFF drives.

How can I simplify the complex storage deployments at my edge datacenters?

StorMagic, paired with HPE ProLiant, HPE Apollo, or HPE Edgeline servers, provides a virtual SAN for edge computing that is a lightweight alternative to overly complex storage deployments. The two-server solution is designed for large companies running small edge datacenters that require rugged, small footprint, highly available, simple, cost-effective, and flexible local storage.

StorMagic SvSAN removes the need for a physical SAN in some of the world’s most demanding environments by converting the disk, flash, and memory of two servers into a virtual SAN.

Typical distributed IT operations using StorMagic are retail stores, factories, warehouses, wind farms, or oil rigs. In these deployments, SvSAN enables small hyperconverged clusters with a differentiated level of simplicity and affordability.

HPE StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives represent nine generations of linear tape open (LTO) technology capable of storing up to 45TB¹ per cartridge, with hardware data encryption, HPE StoreOpen with linear tape file system (LTFS) for ease of use at an unprecedented performance. Data hardware encryption using AES 256-bit provides easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. LTFS is an open format for storing data on tape that makes LTO generation 5 and later tapes self-describing and file-based. Capable of data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s native, the data rate matching further helps optimize performance by matching host system speed to keep drives streaming, thus enabling a faster tape performance.