HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array File Services -
Overview & Features

Overview

The EVA File Services is designed for mid-range and enterprise customers wanting a single storage solution for their block and file data, improved storage utilization, scalable throughput performance to meet application specific demands for consistent high transaction I/O, easy capacity expansion, instantaneous replication, simplified storage administration and high availability. The EVA File Services supports both CIFS (windows) and NFS file serving. EVA File Services is only available with the purchase of a new HP EVA4100/6100/8100 array. The EVA File Services is delivered as a easy to install, easy to manage and easy to support solutions that helps customers lower their TCO and minimize the complexity of their storage environment.

What's new

• HP EVA for Windows File Services include enhanced file serving nodes. The nodes now include quad-core processors, 8 GB of memory and v3.6 of the HP PolyServe software.
• Simplifies Enterprise Management: Includes an HP Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 for alerting via SNMP traps.
• Enhances Enterprise Security: Enables three main areas of control and security. It enables 'Role Based Administration and Security" with integration to Active Directory groups - a key requirement to enable multi-department coordination and responsibility sharing. It provides single sign-on Active Directory based authentication that simplifies login and authentication. Thirdly, it supports Auditing as it records to the Windows Event Log any human initiated changes and logon attempts included failed/succeeded logons.
• Expedites Disaster Recoverability: Helps to complete a DR strategy by supporting off-site or cross-campus failover and auto-volume reconstruction as the product can re-assemble all component volumes and enable the second site to recover quickly.

Features & Benefits

• Simplicity - Integrated storage: As a single solution for application (block) and file data, EVA File Services simplifies storage management.
• Simplicity - Shared pool of storage: Because EVA File Services has a single, shared pool of storage for application and file data, it can deliver high utilization and lower TCO.
• Simplicity – Efficient manageability: EVA File Services uses a consistent set of management tools that can be invoked from anywhere, anytime, as s result the EVA File Services is very operationally efficient to manage.
• Agility - Scalable performance: Combining state-of-the-art application (block) data performance and file serving performance that can scale as needs dictate; EVA File Services offers customers aggregate performance levels far in excess of traditional file servers and NAS appliances.
• Agility - Seamless capacity expansion: With EVA File Services you never “run out of space” because additional capacity can be added quickly and easily with any combination of high performance Fibre Channel and/or low cost FATA drives.
• Agility – High performance virtualization: State-of-the-art virtualization improves performance, disk usage, and allows for easy dynamic expansion. When new disks are added data is automatically distributed to remove potential hot spots.
• Value – Nearly continuous availability: With fully redundant components such as SAN switches, array controllers, and file serving nodes built into every unit, EVA File Services is perfect for demanding mid-range and enterprise storage applications.