Scalable, Available Enterprise NAS -
Overview & Features

Overview

Whether it’s mission-critical ERP systems, Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server databases, web or other business applications or very specific high-IO-demanding applications, HP’s scalable NAS systems are ideal solutions.

At the heart of the solution is HP PolyServe’s File Serving software, based on a symmetrical cluster file system that allows up to 16 servers to simultaneously serve the same stored file. Also included is robust failover software, a cluster volume manager for creating large, flexible storage volumes and Matrix Manager, a cluster management console. A collection of inexpensive servers can now function as a single, easily managed, incrementally scalable (“pay as you grow”), and highly available NAS appliance.

Features and Benefits

• Improve Performance: An HP Scalable NAS, high performance file serving cluster, delivers better aggregate throughput and price/performance than the alternative approaches.

• Scalability: As needs grow, a cluster can be scaled from as little as a pair of dual-processor servers to a set of 16 servers with multiple Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections — all without interrupting client service and without requiring any migration of data.

• Lower Capital Outlay: Create much more powerful NAS clusters at a fraction the cost of other scalable NAS solutions.
• Increased Flexibility and Growth: Customers can pay as they grow by adding more throughput and processing capacity whenever demand dictates.
• Increased System Uptime: The Scalable NAS software constantly assesses server, network, and storage health and ensures that files are accessible and applications continue to function despite a failure anywhere throughout the cluster.
• Server Consolidation: Consolidate storage islands onto a scalable, fault-tolerant file serving cluster for thousands of users, clients and compute nodes.
• More Efficient Management: The Scalable NAS system provides a single pool of storage to provision, manage and backup while centralizing management of all servers, storage and high availability policies through one console.