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HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Arrays
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HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software 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. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software
HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software provides web-based access control, volume management, performance control, and data security for your XP24000/XP20000. Configure, manage, and secure all host access to the XP24000/XP20000 so that you have efficient access to your data. Configure and manage data volumes for most effective use of your XP24000/XP20000. Partition array resources to isolate applications and reserve cache memory for your most frequently accessed data. Create read-only volumes for archiving and data retention, and securely delete your data when necessary.

HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager Software for the XP24000/XP20000 combines the familiar functionality of LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP Software with the added functionality of Performance Control XP Software, XP Disk/Cache Partition Software, XP Data Shredder Software, RAID Manager XP Software, and the CLI/SMI-S functionality from HP StorageWorks XP Command View AE Software all in one product.

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HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software decreases the stress and reduces the cost of owning heterogeneous data storage by simplifying and centralizing common SAN management tasks though storage virtualization. In addition it simplifies movement of data between dissimilar arrays. HP XP External Storage Software provides these benefits by giving storage administrators the ability to access, monitor, and manage data residing on a variety of different disk arrays as if all of the data were residing on the XP24000/XP20000. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition & Plug-in Applications for XP Command View AE Software HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition Software is the full featured XP disk array device manager, incorporating XP disk array management, configuration, and monitoring. It supports the HP Storage Essentials suite of products.

Command View XP Advanced Edition monitors storage resources quickly and easily. It automates storage management processes, delivering more efficient utilization and control across distributed enterprise storage. Easy access is provided to the XP Remote Web Console which can be launched from the GUI.

XP Command View AE Plug-ins:

XP Tiered Storage Manager transparently migrates XP data (including internal and externally connected) among storage tiers, seamlessly and without down time.

XP Replication Monitor provides a centralized web based user management tool integrated as a plug-in with XP CV AE.

XP Provisioning Manager is a plug-in application for XP CV AE that simplifies the addition of new array storage for use by attached host servers.

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HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy Software is a local replication solution that provides data copies within a single XP24000/XP20000, or in storage systems attached to an XP24000/XP20000 as external storage. HP XP Business Copy Software uses array-based mirror and snapshot technologies that do not interfere with host-level operations, allowing you to spend your time conducting business rather than worrying about how backup and testing operations will impact your systems. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software
HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software products are high availability data and disaster recovery solutions that deliver host-independent, real-time, remote data mirroring between HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays. With seamless integration into a full spectrum of remote mirroring based solutions, these products can be deployed in solutions ranging from data migration to high availability server clustering. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software is a web-based application for collecting, monitoring and displaying the real-time performance of your XP24000/XP20000. 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 XP24000/XP20000 storage system at any level, from a complete system overview down to individual components With its advanced reporting and charting capability, and its ability to collect up to 32GB of historical data, XP Performance Advisor, gives you the ability to analyze performance data easily and also do detailed trend analysis. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software
HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software provides automatic monitoring and load balancing for your XP24000/XP20000. Make the most efficient use of your disk arrays by moving high-priority tasks to underutilized volumes. You set performance goals and limits, and HP XP Auto LUN Software does the rest. It proposes a migration plan and estimates how much your storage performance will improve when it's done. HP XP Auto LUN Software lets you evaluate disk array usage and determine whether resources are overloaded or out of balance. Use up to 90 days of stored historical data to spot trends and create up-to-the-minute reports. If resources are overloaded, HP XP Auto LUN Software will create a plan to move volumes, and then stands by for your approval to make changes. Optional
HP StorageWorks XP Cluster Extension Software HP StorageWorks XP Cluster Extension offers disaster tolerance against application downtime from fault, failure, or site disaster by extending clusters between data centers. It resurrects your critical applications at a remote site within minutes after an event. HP StorageWorks XP Cluster Extension works seamlessly with your open-system clustering software, HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access and your XP storage system to automate fail-over and fail-back between sites making your business Disaster Proof. Optional
HP Metroclusters with XP Continuous Access & HP Continental Cluster Software
HP Metroclusters with XP Continuous Access seamlessly integrates XP24000/XP20000 remote replication capabilities with HP Serviceguard on HP-UX. It provides automatic and bi-directional failover/failback of business critical data and applications between data centers.

HP Continentalclusters software provides the highest levels of disaster tolerance by eliminating the cluster itself as a single point of failure. It uses data replication technologies to provide application recovery across multiple widely-separated HP-UX Serviceguard clusters. The Continentalclusters product provides the ability to monitor a Serviceguard cluster and recover mission critical applications to a remote Serviceguard cluster, should the monitored cluster become unavailable or if there is a disaster at the cluster site.

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