The software offerings can be grouped into several major categories as follows:

• Device and Configuration Management
• Performance Management
• High Availability and Replication
• Business Continuity Solutions
• Mainframe-connect Tools

For additional information regarding HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array products, refer to the following:

• Trial licenses are available for most XP Disk Array software. Please contact your HP Sales Representative for details.
• Please refer to the HP XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array Hardware Products QuickSpecs for information on XP24000/XP20000 array hardware.
• Please refer to the HP XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array Hardware Products QuickSpecs for information on XP12000/XP10000 array hardware.
• For more information on Software for the XP Disk Arrays, please refer to the HP9000 Configuration and Ordering Guide. The "HP9000, Integrity (Itanium based), and carrier-grade servers Configuration and Ordering Guide" is a comprehensive document which explains configuration and ordering information for servers and XP disk arrays.

• HP StorageWorks XP Replication Manager Software replaces HP StorageWorks XP Replication Monitor Software, adding configuration and management capabilities to the previously available monitoring capabilities.
• HP StorageWorks XP Auto Path for IBM AIX Software and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager for Sun Solaris have been updated to reduce host agent footprint.
• HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software now provides a cost-effective frame-based license for the XP20000.
• HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software now provides reduced cost licenses for the XP20000.
• HP Application Recovery Manager Software now supports Oracle databases.

HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software provides centralized, web-based management for XP disk arrays. It reduces total cost of ownership by enabling collaboration among team members and by increasing the efficiency of storage administrators. It can be used together with the Remote Web Console software shipped free with every HP XP Disk Array.

In an environment with many HP XP Disk Arrays, with complex replication, or with a need to migrate data among tiers of storage, HP XP Command View AE provides the device management capability you need. It allows you to manage multiple HP XP Disk Arrays from a central location. It provides the ability to install optional plug-in applications for enhanced functionality like visualizing complicated replication environments or non-disruptively migrating data between tiers of storage. HP XP Command View AE includes a Command Line Interface (CLI) to automate disk array configuration and management and includes an SMI-S provider to interface with SRM software.

If you just need the CLI and SMI-S capabilities of XP Command View AE, you can use the HP XP Command View AE CLI SMI-S Licenses for XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128/XP512/XP48. For the XP24000/XP20000 the CLI and SMI-S capabilities are conveniently included in HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager.
NOTE: In a mainframe-only environment customers may choose not to purchase XP Array Manager. In that environment, if the customer wants XP Command View AE, please order the T1780A Command View AE media kit when ordering the T5281AA-AL products.

As of March 2006, a special reduced cost version of XP Command View Advanced Edition has been provided exclusively for External Storage attached to the XP12000.

• Wizard-based dialog modules for ease of use.
• Provides for seamless integration into higher level infrastructure management utilities such as Storage Essentials.
• Centralized, multi-array health and status management for XP24000, XP20000, XP12000, XP10000, XP1024, XP128, XP512, and XP48 arrays
• Flexible Administrative Security configuration
• Supports Graphical User Interface (GUI), and Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Integration with enterprise framework applications such as OpenView, Tivoli, and BMC
• Easy access from GUI to Remote Web Console by selecting physical view

• See Service & Support section

• XP Command View Advanced Edition Management Station (provided separately by customer). Please contact your HP Sales Representative for the latest details.
  • Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, or Windows Vista (x86)
  • 1 GHz CPU minimum, 2 GHz CPU or faster is recommended
  • 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB or greater is recommended
  • 4 GB free disk drive space minimum, 5 GB or greater is recommended
  • At least one Ethernet LAN card connected to network

• For XP24000: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed.
• For XP20000: Licensed per frame for unlimited capacity.
• For XP12000: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed, plus the installed capacity of XP External Storage (for which there are special XP CV AE licenses).
• For XP10000: Licensed per frame for unlimited capacity.
• For XP1024/XP128: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed.
• As extra disk capacity is added to the array, additional licensing for XP CV AE must also be purchased to cover the new disk capacity. The exceptions are XP CV AE for the XP20000 and XP10000, which have frame unlimited licenses.

HP StorageWorks XP Tiered Storage Manager is a plug-in for XP CV AE that transparently migrates XP data (including internal and externally connected) among storage tiers, seamlessly and without down time. It lets you take advantage of various storage tiers to better manage system cost and performance. XP Tiered Storage Manager includes the data migration functionality of XP Auto LUN.

When integrated with HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor, Tiered Storage Manager reports Array Group Busy Rates, allowing you to consider performance implications before migrating data.

• Transparent migration - no need to disrupt or quiesce applications
• Non-disruptive to users
• Migrates data for both Internal or External Storage (MSA/EVA/XP)
• Provide persistent volume classifications (Migration Groups)
• Provide easily customizable available storage pools (Storage Tiers)
• No limit to the number of Storage Tiers - Volumes can reside within multiple tiers
• Easy search operations for building Migration Groups and Storage Tiers
• Easy realignment to accommodate changes
• Migrations are batched together but are manually released
• Lower cost licenses for external storage (for the XP24000/XP20000)
• Reports Array Group Busy Rates, when integrated with HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor (requires Performance Advisor v3.4 and HP StorageWorks XP Command View AE v5.9 or v6.0)

See Services/Support section

• Software
  • HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition

• For XP24000/XP20000: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed plus the installed usable LUN capacity configured as external storage. There are special low cost licenses (T5282AB-AJ) for external storage.
• For XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed, plus the installed usable LUN capacity configured as external storage.

• Single visual point of management for all replication tasks
• Create, manage, and monitor Open Systems replication pairs, and monitor Mainframe replication pairs
• Makes managing replication easier for the Storage Administrator
• Manages and monitors local as well as remote replication pairs
• Reports pair status
• Displays the pair configurations relative to servers and subsystems
• Remote management of replication pairs
• Set up and control multi-site DR environments

• Replication Manager supports business continuity by simplifying replication management and monitoring
• Displays replication status, configuration and correlation of pair volumes
• Provides early warnings for any potential problems
• Eliminates tedious manual data entry

See Services/Support section

• Software
  • Requires the CLI/SMI-S portion of Command View AE. The full Command View AE implementation is not required. The CLI/SMI-S functionality can be obtained from any of the following:
    • For XP24000 and XP20000: HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software
    • For XP12000, XP10000, XP1024, and XP128: HP StorageWorks XP Command View AE CLI SMI-S License (T1781AM)
    • HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition

Based on total replicated capacity under management. This means the sum total of all Business Copy and Continuous Access P-Vols and S-Vols, plus Snapshot P-Vols and Pool-Vols under management per XP array.

Product Description

HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager is a plug-in application for XP CV AE, that makes it easier for you to provision new disk array storage for use by attached host servers.

Storage Pool Management

• Defines storage pools using LUNs from heterogeneous storage subsystems
• Maps the storage pool to the logical management scheme for the storage administrator
  

Host Volume Management

• Provides a simple interface for volume (file system and device file) management
• Provides centralized volume information views for distributed hosts

Some of the key functions that HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager provides include:

• Creation of logical storage pools
• Filtering of storage selections
• Creation/expansion of file systems using the appropriate volume manager
• Add File System
• Expand File System
• Delete File System
• Add Device File
• Delete Device File

See Services/Support section

• Software
  
  • HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition

• For XP24000/XP20000: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed.
• For XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128: License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed, plus the installed usable LUN capacity configured as External Storage.

Remote Web Console is shipped free of charge with the array firmware on the SVP. It is accessible by customers and provides basic single XP array management. It can be easily accessed by the XP CV AE GUI. If Remote Web Console is used as the only array device manager, it is accessed via a remote IP URL to the SVP. (See user manual for more details). Note that Remote Web Console lacks a Command Line Interface (CLI) and does not include any SMI-S providers.

HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software provides web-based volume management, resource allocation, access control, and data security for your XP disk array. Configure and manage data volumes for most effective use of your XP disk array. Partition array resources to isolate applications, reserve cache memory for your most frequently accessed data, and control host port usage so that your most critical applications have the port bandwidth they need. Configure, manage, and secure all host access to the XP disk array so that you have efficient access to your data. Create read-only volumes for archiving and data retention, and securely delete your data when necessary.

• Add or delete I/O paths
• Configure fibre channel ports
• Create expanded LUNs
• Create custom size volumes (Mainframe and Open Systems)
• Establish volume host access permissions (Mainframe and Open Systems)
• Partition disk parity groups, cache, and host ports
• Control port bandwidth available to hosts
• Create read-only volumes for archiving and data retention (Mainframe and Open Systems)
• Reserve cache memory for frequently accessed data (Mainframe and Open Systems)
• Securely delete data (Mainframe and Open Systems)
• Automate array configuration and management tasks using the bundled in XP CV AE CLI
• Interface with SRM software platforms using the bundled in XP CV AE SMI-S provider

See Service & Support section

• See Capacity-Licensed XP Software section
• For the XP24000, license-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the array (NOTE:The licensed capacity must cover all installed raw capacity, whether the capacity is composed of Open Systems volumes or Mainframe volumes or a combination of both. Also note that you do not need to purchase XP Array Manager licenses to cover External Storage capacity.  XP Array Manager includes coverage for unlimited External Storage capacity.)
• For the XP20000, license-to-use is per frame, covering any amount of installed capacity.

HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP provides Web-based storage capacity provisioning and host access security configuration for XP disk arrays. With it, you can add and delete paths, create custom-sized volumes, and configure foolproof LUN security that provides controlled, secure access to data stored on your XP disk array-preventing unauthorized servers from accessing your data. It also configures arrays to meet changing storage requirements and enables users to share a single Fibre Channel array among multiple servers.

As of March 2006, the T1714Bx versions of LUN Configuration and Security Manager for XP12000 and XP10000 include, at no extra charge, Hitachi SANtinel - Port Security Option, Hitachi LDEV Guard for Mainframe, LUN Security XP Extension, Cache LUN XP, Hitachi FlashAccess for Mainframe, Data Integrity Check, and Hitachi Cache Manager Utility for Mainframe. These licenses are in addition to the licenses already included in LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP (Open Volume Manager, LUN Manager, VLVI for Mainframe, and SANtinel for Mainframe).

NOTE: HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP is a required product for all XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128 Disk Array implementations, except for Mainframe-only environments.

NOTE: This product is licensed on a raw capacity basis for all XP arrays except for the XP10000. For the XP10000 ONLY, this product is licensed on a frame unlimited basis.

• Add or delete I/O paths
• Configure fibre channel ports
• Create expanded LUNs
• Create custom size volumes
• Establish LUN Host Access permissions

• See Service & Support section

• See Capacity-Licensed XP Software section
• For the XP12000, license-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the array, plus the installed capacity of XP External Storage. However, it is only necessary to purchase licenses of LUN Configuration and Security Manager to cover the installed raw capacity of the array, because the LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP licenses required to cover external storage capacity are included with XP External Storage.

HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software 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 Thin Provisioning Software reduces the amount of physical disk capacity initially required. As utilization of physical disk space increases over time, you can purchase more disk capacity as it is needed, and install it without affecting your applications. By removing the guessing from capacity planning, HP XP Thin Provisioning reduces the cost of volume management.

• Reduce costs
  • Reduce initial acquisition costs
  • Improve disk capacity utilization
  • Reduce storage purchases over the life of the storage system by eliminating stranded storage (storage that is allocated but unused)
  • Reduce Total Cost of Ownership by deferring storage purchases
• Reduce management cost
• Simplify storage provisioning - reduce time and resources required to perform storage provisioning by only allocating storage once
• Eliminate application service interruptions - perform volume expansion and deletion without host downtime
• Deploy applications faster - planning and sizing storage for applications is easier
• Reduce environmental impact
  • Reduce power consumption, cooling requirements and carbon footprint by delaying purchases of disk drives
  • Conserve floor space with better disk utilization

• License to use is based on the total capacity of the thin provisioning pool.
• Capacity is provided in blocks.
  • New software purchase (XP24000 example): Purchase the base product, T5227AA, for the first 10TB and then select from the "block" products to supply the rest of the desired capacity. Example: 20TB is required. Purchase T5227AA for the first 10TB and then purchase T5227AB to provide 15TB more. The array is now configured for up to 25TB.
  • License capacity upgrade purchase (XP 24000 example): Determine how much capacity is to be added. Select the "block" product that supplies the proper capacity. Example: your XP24000 has 25TB of Thin Provisioning already installed, and 35TB more is needed. Purchase the 50TB block (T5227AD) since it is less expensive than purchasing the 15TB block plus the 25TB block.
• Frame unlimited licensing may be purchased when installed license capacity is greater than or equal to 60TB.
  • New software purchase (XP24000 example): Purchase the base product, T5227AA, for the first 10TB and purchase the 50TB block, T5227AD, to bring the purchased capacity up to 60TB. Then purchase the "60TB to Unlimited LTU" product, T5227AE, to provide the frame unlimited capacity.
  • Upgrade purchase (XP24000 example): First determine how much XP Thin Provisioning capacity is installed. Then purchase the least expensive combination of 15TB, 25TB, and 50TB block products to add to the existing licenses so that the total sum of licensed capacity is greater than or equal to 60TB. Then select the "60TB to Unlimited LTU" product, T5227AE, to provide the frame unlimited capacity.

HP StorageWorks LUN Security XP Extension provides a web-based highly secure method of LDEV access control, allowing a storage administrator to protect critical data for archiving or data retention purposes. It can help a storage administrator manage business critical or sensitive data.

As of March 2006, LUN Security XP Extension is included with the T1714Bx version of LUN Configuration and Security Manager for XP12000/XP10000.

NOTE: Purchase and deployment of this product does not by itself ensure that regulatory/legal requirements for data retention will be met and compliance is not implicitly or explicitly guaranteed.

• Create read-only volumes
• Protect data from being replicated
• Allow data to be read only by authorized applications
• Protect datasets from write and read access
• Protect datasets from query/IO scan/file system inquiry operations
• Allow data to be locked down for a specific retention time period
• Host Agent integration using XP RAID Manager

• Software
  
  • XP RAID Manager version 1.15.xx (required for host agent integration)

HP StorageWorks XP External Storage allows you to host XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array LUNs on select external storage subsystems. XP External Storage allows you to tier storage capabilities and provision an XP disk array solution to optimize return on IT investment - letting you focus high-performance/high availability native XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 Disk Array capacity against your most mission-critical data while hosting less critical data on cost optimized external storage subsystems. Data stored on external devices connected behind an XP disk array appear to a server to be stored inside the XP disk array.

XP External Storage provides significant consolidation scalability - up to 247 Petabytes (PB) of external storage can be configured behind a single XP24000, 96 Petabytes behind an XP20000, 32 Petabytes behind an XP12000, and 16 Petabyes behind an XP10000. Coupled with the significant cost advantages that external storage systems can provide, you can confidently scale your XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 disk array solution to simplify configuration complexity and reduce ongoing management cost. XP External Storage is compatible with a wide range of XP disk array software tools, including XP Business Copy for local replication, XP Continuous Access for remote replication, and XP Auto LUN for performance optimization.

Since March 2006, LUN Configuration and Security Manager licenses have been included with XP12000/XP10000 XP External Storage to make ordering and configuring easier. The XP12000 and XP10000 share XP External Storage product numbers, except for the first tier. Because the XP10000 has frame-based licensing for LUN Configuration and Security Manager, the External Storage XP 0-1 TB LTU for the XP10000 is a special, lower cost license.

As of June 2006, all XP12000/XP10000 XP External Storage licenses include a license for a four cache-partition version of XP Disk/Cache Partition. This license allows the customer to implement up to four cache partitions with XP External Storage. Please note: each implemented partition requires a minimum of 4 Gigabytes of physical disk array cache memory to be configured. This cache requirement is in addition to other cache that may be required to run the internal disk related applications. Customers who purchased XP External Storage before June 2006 may acquire the four partition license at no charge. Customers who want more than four cache partitions or who would like to implement disk partitions are still invited to purchase the appropriate standard XP Disk/Cache Partition license.

• Petabytes of external storage capacity
• Interoperability with XP Business Copy, XP Continuous Access, XP Auto LUN, Cache LUN, XP Disk/Cache Partition, XP Performance Advisor, and LUN Security XP Extension
• External Storage health/status information (via Remote Web Console or XP CV AE)
• Support for HP MSA 1000/1500 disk systems, EVA Disk Arrays, and XP Disk Arrays
• Support for HDS, EMC, and IBM disk arrays for data migration or permanent attach (requires a local support agreement). Please contact your HP Sales Representative for the latest details.

• Software
  • For the XP12000/XP10000: LUN Configuration & Security Manager XP (required for configuration of external storage LUNs)- included with the T1706Bx version of XP External Storage)
  • XP Business Copy, XP Continuous Access, XP Performance Advisor, XP Disk/Cache Partition, XP Auto LUN, LUN Security XP Extension (optional, to perform product-specific functions against External Storage-hosted volumes)
    NOTE: LUN Security XP Extension is included with the T1706Bx version of XP External Storage, and is included with XP Array Manager for the XP24000/XP20000.
  • For the XP12000: if XP Command View AE is installed, sufficient license capacity of XP Command View AE must be purchased to cover the usable capacity of the external storage. Special cost-effective XP Command View AE licenses (T1781AK and T1781AL) are available for use with XP External Storage

• For XP24000, XP12000, and XP10000: Sufficient license capacity must be purchased to cover the usable configured LUN capacity of all externally connected arrays. See Capacity-Licensed XP Software section for more details.
• For XP20000: Licensed per frame for unlimited capacity.

HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition software enables an XP24000/XP20000/XP12000 /XP10000 array to be subdivided into smaller segments, each consisting of dedicated cache and disk. This software can reduce costs by taking a large XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000 and carving it up into smaller chunks suitable for departmental usage, while retaining superb performance and unexcelled high availability.

• Up to 32 disk partitions and 32 cache partitions can be created in the XP24000 and XP12000.  Up to 16 partitions in the XP20000 and XP10000.
• Resources can be moved from partitions as needs change
• Partition administrators have access only to their assigned partitions

• Software
  • LUN Configuration & Security Manager XP (required for configuration of XP12000/XP10000)

HP StorageWorks XP Data Shredder is a software product designed for the enterprise storage market and is supported on the XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128 disk arrays. It helps IT staff by securely deleting data on the XP arrays via successive overwrites to minimize the likelihood that the deleted data could be restored. This may help to promote peace of mind and improved data security for high security environments that use the XP. It will be most useful for sensitive financial data or high security data in a variety of industries.

• Overwrites data volumes up to 8 times
• User selectable overwrite patterns
• Ease of use
• Verification that overwrites have been completed
• Percentage of completion display
• Abort feature to stop the process

• Software
  • LUN Configuration & Security Manager XP (required for configuration of XP arrays)

HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software is a web-based application for collecting, monitoring and displaying the performance of your XP disk array. With XP Performance Advisor, you choose the time and duration of performance data collection-so you can pinpoint activities that significantly impact your disk array and tune the array accordingly. You can easily monitor storage performance and display usage statistics for your storage system at any level, from a complete system overview down to individual components. You can also filter hosts, arrays and array components, so you're only seeing the hosts and arrays you want to see. You can also generate, schedule and view detailed performance reports which will allow you to identify any performance bottlenecks in your XP array.

Performance Advisor v 3.4 integrates with HP StorageWorks XP Tiered Storage Manager, providing Array Group performance data. This allows Tiered Storage Manager to monitor access patterns so that you can consider performance implications before migrating data.

• Real time data gathering and analysis
• System view of all array resources
• Detailed performance report generation and scheduling
• Flexible event notification and large 64 GB historical repository
• Multi-OS support
• Multiple management stations support
• XP External Storage performance monitoring
• Integrates with HP StorageWorks XP Tiered Storage Manager (requires Performance Advisor v3.4 and HP StorageWorks XP Command View AE v5.9 or v6.0)

• Management Station for standalone deployment (provided separately by customer)
  • Management Server on its own management station
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition R2 (SP1, SP2)/32-bit; Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition (SP1, SP2)/32-bit; Windows XP Professional SP2; Windows Vista/32-bit
  • 3-GHz CPU, 4-GHz CPU (recommended for large configurations > 2GB database)
  • Single processor system
  • 2 GB RAM (minimum), 4 GB RAM (recommended for large configurations > 2GB database)
  • 10 GB free disk drive space (minimum), 64GB free disk drive space (for maximum history detail)
  • NTFS
  • DVD drive or CD-ROM drive (DVD is preferred)
  • VGA monitor with 256 colors or better
  • At least one LAN Card
• Host Agent: refer to the HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Installation Guide
• Command Device: For best performance, it is recommended that a CHA (CHIP) microprocessor and a Fibre Channel port be dedicated for a Command Device
• Minimum Array Firmware - refer to the release notes associated with the particular version of Performance Advisor

• License-to-use is based on the total installed raw capacity of the XP array being managed. External storage LUNs do not need to be considered.
  • As extra internal disk capacity is added to the array, additional licensing for StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor must also be purchased to cover the new disk capacity.
• See Capacity-Licensed XP Software section for more details.

HP StorageWorks XP Performance Control is a web-based performance allocation tool for XP disk arrays. It lets you align IT priorities with storage performance resources and allows these resources to be intelligently allocated to hosts. It lets you prioritize critical systems by making sure that they have all the XP disk array performances they need to meet business objectives. You can also ensure that business processes (like backups and data warehouse loads) get the array bandwidth they need to complete within targeted time windows. XP Performance Control enables sophisticated service provider solutions based on performance level quality-of-service. Because it ensures that array resources are best used, it improves ROI of your XP disk array solution.

• Set Upper Limit function to cap performance on non-priority hosts
• Set Threshold Value function to relax policies when priority host performance consumption is low
• Set WWN and Port level settings
• Determine IOPS or MB/s settings for random or sequential I/O-oriented processing workloads
• Define Host Bus Adapter names to allow intuitive naming of hosts
• Define Host Bus Adapter group names to allow intuitive naming of hosts

HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software provides web-based automatic monitoring and load balancing for all your XP disk arrays. Now you can make the most of your arrays by moving high-priority tasks to underutilized volumes, replicating volumes for backup and recovery, and viewing the health of your arrays. You set performance goals, you set the limits, and XP Auto LUN does the rest. It proposes a migration plan and even estimates how much your storage performance will improve when it's done. XP Auto LUN lets you evaluate disk array usage and determine whether resources are overloaded or out of balance. Use its easy-to-follow menus to define when data is collected and arrays are monitored. It makes spotting trends simple, using up to 90 days of stored historical data to create up-to-the-minute reports. You can even export data to third-party analysis tools like Microsoft Excel. If resources are overloaded, XP Auto LUN will create a plan to move volumes, then stands by for your approval to make changes.

• Identifies data volumes stressed by high I/O workloads
• Moves high priority data to underutilized array volumes
• Creates a volume migration plan
• Migrates data across different disks or RAID levels
• Includes Performance Monitor License
  • For XP24000/XP20000: Performance Monitor is included in XP Array Manager instead of in XP Auto LUN

HP StorageWorks XP Cache LUN lets you reserve areas of memory cache on your HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays to store frequently accessed information. It improves file access times and enables faster data transfers. Assigning information to on-board cache speeds up access to your data because cache-resident data is available at host data transfer speeds for both read and write operations. XP Cache LUN redirects I/O requests from the XP disk drives to data locked in the array's cache. It's transparent, it's simple to implement, and the performance gains it delivers are immediate.

As of March 2006, XP Cache LUN is included with the T1714Bx version of LUN Configuration and Security Manager for XP12000/XP10000.

• XP Disk Array Firmware based
• Lock data in cache memory
• Flexible user configuration
• Scalable

HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy makes nearly instantaneous copies of data from XP arrays for development, testing or backup, without ever interrupting your online production. XP Business Copy creates and maintains RAID-protected copy volumes without interrupting access to the source volumes. Because it makes asynchronous copy volume updates, copies stay up to date with minimal I/O response time degradations for your primary applications. These copy volumes can at any time be "split" from their corresponding source volume and accessed by other applications. So, while copy volumes are being utilized, primary applications can continue to access and update their source volumes as needed, without taking a performance hit. By creating multiple online copies of critical business data without disrupting your business, XP Business Copy lets you get the most from your data.

Snapshot XP (XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 only) is a feature of Business Copy that also replicates data volumes. But it is slightly different in that it makes space-efficient secondary copies that might only be a fraction of the size of the primary copy. Only data that is about to be overwritten in the primary volume is written to the secondary volume. This is called Copy-on-Write. As a result, if the volume capacity required for Snapshot XP can be smaller, then the cost of replication can be lowered. Snapshot is recommended for application environments where the I/O to the secondary volume is not write-centric or intensive (reads or writes).

These secondary copies are also known as "virtual volumes", or V-VOL. All V-VOLs reside in a snapshot pool, or POOL-VOL, which is sized based on the number of V-VOLs and the IO ratio of the primary volumes associated with these V-VOLs.

For the XP12000, Snapshot requires the installation of the optional Shared Memory Platform Board (AE032A/AU).

• Real time local data mirroring
• Enables a wide range of data protection and recovery solutions
• Instant access to copied volumes
• Create up to nine concurrent copies using full-capacity replicas, up to sixty-four concurrent copies using Snapshot partial-capacity replicas
• Host Agent integration using XP RAID Manager
• XP24000/XP20000/XP12000/XP10000/XP1024/XP128 versions include licenses for Hitachi ShadowImage for Mainframe, providing local replication for mainframe volume types

• Software
  • XP RAID Manager (required for host agent integration)
  • XP24000/XP20000 includes XP RAID Manager in XP Array Manager

The HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access family of high availability data and disaster recovery tools enable real-time data mirroring between XP disk arrays. They provide continuous availability for all your important data and protect you from catastrophic failures. XP Continuous Access products deliver host-independent, array-based remote recovery for a wide range of open systems environments. XP Continuous Access provides high-performance remote mirroring in high-workload environments. Using shared mirroring and host-connect interfaces, you'll better utilize your array resources. And with seamless integration into a full spectrum of remote mirroring-based solutions, XP Continuous Access can be deployed for activities ranging from data migration to high-availability server clustering.

XP Continuous Access and XP Continuous Access Synchronous, the base products, provide replication using a synchronous link between XP disk arrays. XP Continuous Access Extension, XP Continuous Access Asynchronous and XP Continuous Access Journal (XP24000/XP20000/ XP12000/XP10000 only) provide replication using an asynchronous link between XP disk arrays. XP Continuous Access can be used to copy data between XP disk arrays of the same generation and between XP disk arrays of different generations. For up to date information on XP Continuous Access compatibility between XP disk array generations, please contact your HP representative.