HP gets over 3Par generation gap
The Peer Motion software, unveiled on Tuesday, means enterprises can turn different 3Par storage arrays into a single pool of storage and equally distribute their data across the hardware to get the most out of it.
HP also introduced new HP P10000 3PAR Storage Systems with powerful features for the delivery of enterprise IT within public and private clouds, called IT-as-a-Service (IaaS), according to The Wall Street Journal.
These features include multi tenancy for workload consolidation, expanded thin technologies for efficient capacity utilisation and autonomic load rebalancing to drive enterprise agility, IDC estimates that by 2012, 85% of new applications will be specifically designed to be accessed in the cloud.
Agile delivery of these virtualised and cloud-based applications requires linking multiple storage systems together to act as a single entity. Called storage federation, this capability can eliminate the extra layer of virtualisation appliances and, as a result, decrease cost, administration overhead and service-level risk within the data centre architecture.
The P10000 features storage hypervisor-like technology providing secure multitenancy. It can be fitted with up to 48 drive chassis, each holding up to 40 drives, according to IT Wire.
A range of drive types is offered: 100 and 200GB SSD, 300 and 600GB 15K Fibre Channel, and 2TB SATA. The maximum total capacity is 800TB for the V400 model, and 1.6PB for the V800.
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