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What is the most compelling reason to consider the HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services? |
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The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is an excellent NAS solution to consider when you need scalable file serving and cannot have any downtime for your business-critical applications at an affordable price and with room to add more capacity or more services. |
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| Q2. |
Why is the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services better than traditional file servers offered by competitors? |
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Traditional file server and NAS appliances have a single file server controller performance limit. As demand for files being delivered reaches the performance limit of the file server controller, it takes longer for files to be served. Most file servers and NAS appliances also suffer from a single point of failure. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services includes two file server nodes and therefore does not have a single file server controller performance limit or a single point of failure. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services enables file serving protocols, such as CIFS and NFS, to be scaled in a near linear fashion to unprecedented I/O throughput and performance, with integrated fault tolerance. |
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| Q3. |
What capacity can the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services be configured to? |
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The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services comes standard with either 12 x 450 GB FC drives for 5.4 TB of storage or 12 x 1 TB FATA drives for 12 TB of storage. It can support any combination of existing high performance drives and the 1 TB low cost FATA drives. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services can support up to a maximum capacity of 96 TB (with the 1 TB FATA drives).
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| Q4. |
Does the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services support the HP EVA software products like the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software and the HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA Software? |
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Yes, the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services come standard with a Unlimited license of HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software and 1 TB License of HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA Software. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services supports other standard EVA software products including the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software and the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager Software. |
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| Q5. |
Is the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services integrated and pre-configured in the factory? |
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Yes. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is integrated, pre-configured and tested in the factory including all cabling. |
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| Q6. |
What file serving protocols are supported on the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services? |
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The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services can support the CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP file serving protocols. |
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| Q7. |
Is CIFS file serving supported on the Linux version of the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services? |
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Yes. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS for Linux File Services does support CIFS file serving. |
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| Q8. |
Is NFS file serving supported on the Windows version of HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services product? |
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The HP 4400 Scalable NAS for Windows File Services does not currently include a NFS solution. HP recommends the Hummingbird Maestro product for this functionality. |
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| Q9. |
Can the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services support simultaneous file and block access to its storage? |
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Yes. The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does support both block and file access to its storage. |
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| Q10. |
What RAID types are supported on the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services product? |
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The HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services supports RAID 0,1,5,6,1+0. |
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| Q11. |
Does the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services include Snapshots? |
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Yes. Snapshots are included with every HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services |
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| Q12. |
Does the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services include Replication? |
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Yes. File-based Replication is included with every HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services Linux version. |
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