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On September 15th, StorageWorks introduced new and enhanced products and services.

Details on all products in this announcement can be found below.


Announcement information

» Disk Arrays
» Storage Blades
» NAS Systems
» Tape & Storage Media
» Storage Software
» CFT Solutions
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Disk Arrays

HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array » HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Array

The HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Disk Arrays are large enterprise-class storage systems designed for organizations that simply cannot afford any downtime. The XP combines a fully redundant hardware platform with unique data replication capabilities that are integrated with clustering solutions for complete business continuity.

What's new

  • The XP24000 and XP20000 disk arrays are now Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) compliant. IPv6 has a much larger address space that allows greater flexibility in assigning addresses.
HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array » HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array

The HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array offers an easily deployed enterprise class virtual storage array for midsized customers at an affordable price. With built in virtualization, it is designed to improve capacity utilization and be easy to manage, which lowers the cost of ownership compared to traditional arrays. It has high performance, scales easily, and is highly reliable and available.

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
  • Integrated, compact 8 Gb/s SAN switches packaged within the controllers modules - two embedded 8Gb/s 10-port B-series SAN switches, including eight 8Gb/s SFP transceivers
  • SmartStart for EVA4400 Storage is a host configuration utility to make this new array easy to install and configure
HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter Kits » HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter Kits

The HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter kits are easily ordered, simply deployed array packages affordably priced for the midsized customer. There are two types of kits, Basic and BladeSystem. EVA virtualization improves capacity and reduces management complexities, lowering total cost of ownership compared to traditional arrays.

What's new

  • The EVA4400 SAN Starter Kit is a complete solution with 8Gb/s embedded switches, 8Gb/s HBAs, SmartStart for EVA Storage and Microsoft Simple SAN certification.
HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array » HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array

The HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array features a high-performance 4Gb Fibre Channel connected array for efficient consolidation and functionality at affordable prices. It allows departmental and small to medium businesses customers to grow their storage as demands increase up to 21.6 TB SAS or 48 TB SATA, supporting up to 64 hosts for Fibre Channel. With up to 256 LUNs with each LUN up to 16 TB, the MSA2000fc gives maximum configuration flexibility.

What's new

  • Continuing to enhance dual-port portfolio with higher capacity drives with the addition of the MSA2 450 GB SAS Dual-port HDD

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Storage Blades

HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway Storage Server » HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway Storage Server NEW

The first internal blade NAS/SAN fusion gateway product available, the HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway Storage Server is a flexible ready to deploy NAS/SAN gateway solution for both enterprise and workgroup SAN environments.

The SB460c SAN Gateway is used to access SAN storage, translating file data from the server into blocks for storage. Centralize file serving onto a SAN to control proliferation of NAS devices while preserving your existing NAS storage investments. Also enables hosting of application (block) storage, using less expensive iSCSI to connect to a SAN infrastructure or HP MSA shared storage using iSCSI over the network, to increase efficiency of your existing infrastructure.

Features & Benefits

  • Cost-effective flexibility
  • Time-saving installation and deployment
  • Intelligent storage management
  • Industry standard, single vendor solution
HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c Storage Blade » HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c Storage Blade

HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c Storage Blade is a single solution that provides shared storage for HP BladeSystem c-Class application servers (iSCSI), enhanced file serving (NAS) for end-user clients, and software to protect the data on the device. The AiO SB600c Storage Blade is an "in-the-enclosure" storage solution that consists of a HP ProLiant BL460c server and an SB40c Storage Blade.

What's new

  • Updated processor: Systems comes with One Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5410 (2.33GHz, 1333FSB, 80w) processor pre-installed
  • Choose the type and quantity of SFF hot plug drives to be pre-installed in the SB40c:
    - Up to six SFF 146 GB 10K SAS hot plug hard disk drives
    - Up to six SFF 250 GB 5.4k SATA hot plug hard disk drives

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NAS Systems

HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services » HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services NEW

Medium-sized customers who need to seamlessly increase application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption will find that the HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is a fully factory configured storage solution. It includes an HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array with dual array controllers and 4.8 TB of storage, three file serving nodes, management and replication software, and support for Windows or Linux. With three file serving nodes and dual array controllers, the 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure. The 4400 Scalable NAS File Services offers great total cost of ownership with a low initial purchase price and “shared data” architecture that yields lower management expenses from a shared pool of file serving nodes and storage.

Features & Benefits

  • Scalable File Serving Performance
  • High Availability
  • Low purchase price and low total cost of ownership
HP StorageWorks 1200r All-in-One Storage System » HP StorageWorks 1200r All-in-One Storage System

HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems are radically simple, integrated, and affordable solutions that enable you to manage, grow, and protect data in small- and medium-sized office environments. Designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists, they deliver everything you need to decrease the costs of rapid data growth. The revolutionary All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) interface automates storage tasks, masks complexity, and presents capacity in familiar application-centric terms. IT generalists can look like storage experts with tools to set up shared folders, iSCSI Target application storage, and backup/replication.

What's new

  • A high-capacity and high-performance 5.4 TB SAS model featuring twelve 450 GB SAS HDDs
HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server » HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server

HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server is the fast and easy way to add high-density 2U rack-mount networked file storage to your small or medium IT environment. The Microsoft Windows-powered operating system is pre-installed and internal storage is pre-configured, so you're up and serving files in minutes. Support for multiple protocols enables you to consolidate to a centralized network attached storage (NAS) solution or to create a backup/replication target.

What's new

  • A high-capacity and high-performance 5.4 TB SAS model featuring twelve 450 GB SAS HDDs
HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server » HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server

HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Storage Server is the fast and easy way to add high-performance networked file storage to your enterprise or workgroup IT environment, or to add file and iSCSI services to your SAN. The Microsoft Windows-powered operating system is pre-installed, so you're up and serving files in minutes. Support for multiple protocols enables you to consolidate to a centralized network attached storage (NAS) solution or to create a backup/replication target.

What's new

  • DL380 G5 Storage Server models now feature:
    - Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5430 2.66 GHz processors
    - At least 4 GB SDRAM standard
    - Support for 1 TB SATA and 450 GB SAS drives with MSA60 bundle SKUs

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Tape Storage & Media

HP StorageWorks MSL8096 Tape Library » HP StorageWorks MSL8096 Tape Library

The HP StorageWorks MSL8096 Tape Library will meet a broad range of demanding data storage needs including unattended backup, archive and disaster recovery for medium to large businesses, workgroups, or remote offices. The MSL8096 Tape Library offers up to 153.6 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity in an 8U form factor with your choice of LTO-4 or LTO-3 Ultrium Tape Drives. The library is also available with a wide choice of interfaces including Fibre Channel, SCSI and SAS.

What's new

  • IPv6 network protocol support. Libraries can now be connected over both IPv6 and IPv4 networks. Libraries have obtained the IPv6 Ready, Phase-2 logo.
  • Configure library into multiple partitions for maximum flexibility.
  • LTO-4 Ultrium library-enabled encryption to protect your data from unauthorized access.
  • HTTPS support for authenticated and encrypted transfers over the Internet.

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Storage Software

HP SmartStart for EVA Storage » HP SmartStart for EVA Storage

HP SmartStart for EVA Storage is a configuration utility that simplifies the installation for the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 4000 (EVA4000) family, installing both HP StorageWorks Command View EVA Software and HP StorageWorks Command View EVAperf Software. SmartStart for EVA Storage then assists you in the first provisioning of your new storage.

What's new

  • SmartStart for EVA Storage 2.1 delivers 8 Gb/s HBA support along with Microsoft Simple SAN component certification.
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software » HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software

HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Software provides an array based application that uses advanced replication technologies to replicate data over distance between HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Arrays. The HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA utilizes the powerfully simple graphical user interface (GUI) provided by Replication Solutions Manager (RSM) Software to create, manage and configure remote replication on the entire HP StorageWorks EVA family of storage arrays.

What's new

  • Enhanced Continuous Access Software support for the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
  • Support for Replication between EVA 4100/6100/8100 and EVA 4400

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CFT Solution Whitepapers (pdf)

» Backup and Recovery for Oracle 11g with Flashback on ProLiant with EVA using Symantec NetBackup
» Best practices for clustered NAS file serving using ProLiant storage servers and the EVA4100
» Best practices for Oracle 11g on ProLiant with EVA8100 using multiple databases
» Impact of implementing antivirus protection in a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 environment (20,000 users, 1GB Mbx)
» Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) proof of concept
» Replication Failover/Failback for Oracle11g with ASM & EVA8x00
» Scale Out for Oracle 11g on HP ProLiant Blades with HP EVA
» Technical overview of Windows Server 2008 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on the HP EVA array family

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New and updated Services

» HP Services for Storage
HP helps customers enhance their storage ROI through end-to-end storage services from basic to mission-critical; multivendor hardware/software support; integrated remote support technologies; comprehensive installation and implementation support; and a full suite of flexible, scalable services to boost ongoing storage performance and availability.

» HP Care Pack
A broad spectrum of HP Care Pack services are offered to extend and expand standard product warranty and let customers choose the support levels that meet their business requirements, from basic to mission-critical -- while helping contain total cost of ownership.

» Factory Express
HP Factory Express is designed to help you get a better return from your IT investment by providing customization, integration and deployment services along with your storage and server purchases. It provides predictable, trusted and tested IT solutions tailored to your business needs. We allow you to customize hardware to your exact specifications in the factory—helping to speed up deployment and free up internal resources.

» Financial Services
HP Financial Services provides innovative financing and financial asset management programs to help customers cost-effectively acquire, manage and ultimately retire their HP solutions. For more information on these services, please contact your HP representative or visit our website.

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