HP StorageWorks
Announcing

• NEW HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
• NEW HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter Kits
• HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software
• HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA Software
• HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software
• HP StorageWorks EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software

• HP StorageWorks EVA Array iSCSI Connectivity Option
• NEW HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit
• NEW HP StorageWorks 81Q PCI-e Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
• HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array File Services
• HP StorageWorks 4100/6100/8100 Enterprise Virtual Arrays
• Also releasing today

The EVA4400 offers an easily deployed enterprise-class virtual storage array at an affordable price for the midsized customer. EVA virtualization improves capacity and reduces management complexities, lowering the total cost of ownership. Customers looking for a high-performance, scalable, reliable and highly available storage solution that can be installed in just a few hours find that the EVA4000 fits well. A virtual environment benefits the bottom line by providing broad operating system support and proven integration with applications. Built on the EVA4100/6100/8100 architecture that offers 99.999% availability, the EVA4400 supports the robust local and remote replication capabilities of Business Copy and Continuous Access EVA.

What's New:

• Better performance and more capacity than the EVA4100, at an affordable price
• More storage services with more robust replication capabilities than MSA
• 8Gb/s SAN interconnect with two embedded 8-port 8Gb/s B-series SAN switch
• EVA4400 host configuration utility to make this new array easy to install and configure

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The EVA4400 Starter Kits are an affordable, easy to order, and simple to deploy set of packages for the midsized customer including a specific package for HP BladeSystems. EVA virtualization improves capacity and reduces management complexities, lowering the total cost of ownership. Customers looking for a high-performance, scalable, reliable and highly available storage solution that can be installed in just a few hours find that the EVA4400 fits well. A virtual environment benefits the bottom line by providing broad operating system support and proven integration with applications. The EVA4400's high availability is built on the EVA4100/6100/8100 architecture with dual-redundant design and offering 99.999% availability.

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Command View EVA Software is a comprehensive software suite designed to simplify array provisioning and management of all HP StorageWorks EVA arrays. It gives you a powerfully simple storage management experience when compared to managing traditional arrays. It automates and aggregates storage management to reduce complexity and increase productivity. Provisioning capacity is simple, and you can dynamically expand LUNs and add drives online with the agility to quickly meet changing business needs without downtime. For mission critical applications you can take advantage of proactive remote services using the HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition and HP Solutions Center support to enable 24x7 uptime.

What's New:

• Command View EVA Software now supports the new EVA4400
• Command View EVA Software now supports new EVA firmware, XCS v9.0. Command View v8.0 is required to take advantage of XCS v9.0 improvements
• Command View media kits and all License To Use (LTUs) are available for electronic delivery

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Business Copy EVA Software is an array based application solution for the EVA family that uses a simple graphical user interface to create, manage and configure local replication for EVA storage arrays. Business Copy EVA Software shares an integrated management interface, Replication Solutions Manager (RSM), with HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software. With the combination of traditional Snapshot, advanced Snapclone and true space efficient Vsnap replication technologies, Business Copy EVA Software enables enterprise business continuity. The Management GUI, Replication Solutions Manager, integrates remote replication capabilities found in Continuous Access EVA Software across the full EVA family.

What's New:

• Support for the new EVA4400

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Continuous Access EVA Software is an array based application that utilizes a powerfully simple Graphical User Interface to create, manage and configure remote replication on the entire EVA product family. With the combination of unique remote replication technologies and the unparalleled easy to use Replication Solutions Manager interface, enterprises can be confident their information is protected in the event of a disaster. Furthermore, Continuous Access EVA provides the necessary components to solve enterprises business continuity objectives in a cost effective and easily deployable package.

What's New:

• Support for the new EVA4400

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EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software provides a comprehensive solution that automates storage provisioning and improves capacity utilization for the EVA family. Designed for the enterprise market, EVA DC-Management Software uses advanced automation to automatically "right-size" the supported file system and the EVA Virtual Disk (Vdisk) storage volume to the needs of an application. Capacity utilization is improved by allowing the administrator to specify a capacity utilization range for each Vdisk. In some cases, utilization can more than double when compared to traditional storage provisioning methods where utilization may be as low as 20%-40%. Configuring EVA DC-Management Software takes just seconds with its simple wizards.

What's New:

• Support for the new EVA4400
• Expanded Operating System support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and HP-UX 11.23

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Growth in mid-range and enterprise businesses increases the cost of operations and spreads critical business data and resources across multiple systems and applications. The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option enables increased consolidation by providing a multi-protocol SAN design that brings the benefits of a FC SAN to IP Ethernet environments. Most servers within a data center are not connected to FC SANs. The iSCSI Connectivity option either extends the FC SAN investment with multi-protocol support or creates a dedicated iSCSI EVA. Customers may extend SAN advantages into smaller departments and remote locations without requiring additional storage arrays or incurring management costs.

What's New:

• iSCSI Connectivity Option for the new EVA4400
• Provides even lower cost iSCSI connectivity with 16 initiator licenses in the base product and 32 initiator upgrade licenses

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HP simplifies SANs by combining 8Gb FC performance with end-to-end SAN management in a solution capable of supporting emerging technologies at today's 4Gb pricing. The HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection portfolio makes installing your SAN easy. Simple SAN Connection Manager (SSCM) software works with HP storage, HBAs and switches, handling management tasks while masking complexity. The 8Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit consists of an eight-port 8Gb switch, four 81Q PCI-e FC HBAs, and SSCM software with all the cables and 8Gb SFPs needed for four hosts. Each hardware component may also be purchased separately.

This portfolio offers enterprise-class functionality and value that reduces cost while providing a reliable SAN that can scale to meet new requirements as your business grows.

Key Features:

• High performance at affordable pricing
• Enterprise-class functionality
• Integrated end-to-end management

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HP StorageWorks 81Q PCI-e FC Host Bus Adapter is priced only slightly higher than an equivalent 4Gb HBA, yet it has the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance. An 8Gb Fibre Channel host bus adapter purchased today will also protect your investment longer. Having an HBA that supports and maximizes your server virtualization efforts protects significant investments in virtualization technology. It is critical that infrastructure components have failover capabilities. Installing redundant HBAs into your servers, you can feel confident that your servers will remain connected to mission-critical stored data. The 81Q PCI-e FC HBA provides a number of features to reduce power consumption, thus delivering a "green" benefit within the server.

Key Features:

• Get better performance at a competitive price
• Be well positioned for the future with 8Gb technology
• Enhanced for storage intensive applications

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EVA File Services is an integrated application (block) and file storage solution. It can serve both block and file data concurrently with high availability and scalable performance. It has a single control point that can be managed anywhere, anytime, providing operational simplicity for mid-range and enterprise customers.

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.
• Integrates with Microsoft VSS: Supports the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot protocol so that arrays implementing support for VSS can take coordinated snapshots.

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The EVA8100, EVA6100 and EVA4100 offer mid-range to enterprise customers leading high performance, high capacity and high availability "virtual" array storage solutions. Not only do these solutions reduce IT costs and complexity, they save time, space and expense as compared to traditionally architected storage. They are supported by a powerfully simple suite of management software making it easy to achieve higher level of productivity and IT consolidation than ever before. The new EVA File Services provide block and file data management and the IP Distance Gateway, remote replication SAN over WAN, and allows the EVAs to provide a multi-purpose storage environment. The EVAs provide a server/storage/service solution for simplified management and maximum performance.

What's New:

• Up to 240TB of capacity with the new 1TB FATA drives
• Up to 108TB of capacity with the new 450GB 15K High Performance Fibre Channel Drives
• New heterogeneous Fibre Channel SAN support for Apple Mac OS X

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