HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software -
Overview & Features

Overview

HP XP Thin Provisioning Software simplifies storage provisioning by allowing you to create volumes without the need for physical installation and formatting time. HP XP Thin Provisioning Software also reduces ongoing management costs. Because your applications only see the virtual capacity that is allocated to them, there is no interruption when you install new physical disk capacity.

Accelerate return on investment by using the virtualized storage pool to deploy more applications and servers per storage system. Deploy your applications faster because HP XP Thin Provisioning Software makes it easier to plan and size storage. And because you are more efficiently using your storage resources you enjoy the green effect of reduced floor space, reduced power and cooling requirements, and reduced carbon footprint.

What's new

• HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software is now available for the HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array.

Features and Benefits

• Reduce total cost of ownership: Eliminate the need to over-provision storage for your applications. Reduce initial disk and capacity-based software acquisition costs and defer a portion of your storage purchases to a later date and take advantage of decreasing disk costs.
• Improve disk utilization: By reducing allocated but unused storage you can eliminate stranded storage and reduce the total amount of disk storage required over the life of the system.
• Reduce management costs: Allocate the maximum future capacity for your critical volumes at the time of installation, yet only provide the physical disk capacity that is required today. As the capacity needs of your applications grow, add more physical disk capacity without impacting your hosts or applications.
• Improve consolidation: Deploy more applications and servers on your storage infrastructure.
• Deploy applications faster: Save time planning and sizing storage by using the thin provisioning pool and its easy-to-use graphical user interface.
• Reduce environmental impact: Reduce the environmental footprint of your storage by using HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning to reduce disk purchases, thus reducing floor space, power consumption, and cooling requirements.