Organisations today struggle with rigid and outdated storage architectures that are incapable of efficiently managing the exponential growth in data. At the same time, these architectures are limited by the lack of multi-tenancy and scalability features required for cloud computing.
So said David Scott, senior VP and GM of HP storage, during a press briefing at HP Discover, in Las Vegas, this morning.
With this in mind, he said, HP has introduced Converged Storage architecture that fundamentally changes how data is accessed by integrating scale-out storage software with converged server and storage hardware platforms.
Scott also announced that HP is rebranding HP StorageWorks, which will now be known as HP Storage.
In addition, Scott said HP has introduced management tools that bridge the architecture, speed IT service delivery, and enable clients to deploy and grow storage 41% faster while reducing administration time by up to 90%.
Scott said the HP Converged Storage portfolio includes virtualised and utility solutions that span every major storage protocol, and are delivered as physical or virtual systems with the multi-tenancy required by the cloud.
HP also announced a re-architected ecosystem of services, financing and certification programmes.
Part of the Converged Storage portfolio, the HP X9000 IBRIX Storage System is designed for huge utility-based file storage, and scales to over 16 petabytes and more than 1 000 nodes, all of which are managed through a single interface.
The company also unveiled the HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System for medium-sized businesses, which was developed with Microsoft. Scott said the product is specifically tuned for Microsoft-based networks and clients.
"Proprietary storage systems, which are built on more complex operating systems, are often very difficult to manage by companies heavily invested in Microsoft environments," he explained.
He said the X5000 G2's dual-server, clustered architecture increases data availability. Quick-start deployment tools enable the system to be up and running in minutes.
"In addition, it lowers costs by reducing power requirements by up to 58% and cooling requirements by up to 63%, as well as decreasing data centre footprint by 50% over previous-generation platforms.”
Scott said as businesses need greater capacity, the complexity of managing multiple devices on legacy unified or network-attached storage architectures grows. HP's X9000 IBRIX Storage System, he said, eliminates this complexity by aggregating multiple devices and large virtual resource pools into a single namespace. This means that administrators can manage 1 000 devices as easily as one device.
He said the HP X9000 Network Storage System is available this month, while the X5000 G2 Network Storage System is expected to be available around September.
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