HP has innovated its Converged Storage portfolio in a move it says will break through complexities and inefficiencies with a single architecture for clients of all sizes.
Introduced today, solutions include the new HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, HP StoreAll Storage, and HP StoreOnce Backup.
"Legacy storage vendors are simply not equipped to help organisations respond to new workloads, and bolting on new features to old architectures has created a nightmare," said David Scott, senior VP and GM, Storage Division, HP.
"HP's unique set of Converged Storage innovations helps clients simplify infrastructure and reduce costs with a common architecture across storage segments and categories."
According to HP, many businesses waste up to 70% of their budgets on capacity that is not actually storing data. In addition, the company says administrators are battling to manage dozens of different architectures. This puts organisations in the position of needing to choose between features and affordability, says HP.
Scott says the company's vision is one of polymorphic simplicity, a concept that enables a single-system architecture to exist in several forms, shapes and sizes, from low to high, but retains common data services for block, object and file applications.
He adds that this vision calls for optimisation for both hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state disks (SSD). New to HP's storage portfolio is HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage, which Scott says is the industry's only midrange quad-controller platform offering tier 1 storage availability and quality-of-service features at an easy entry price point for organisations.
He says it supports both block and file data services, and is available with HDD and SSD or as an all-SSD configuration capable of performing more than 320 000 input/output operations per second, equating to 2.4 times that of a similarly-priced competitive array.
Also introduced today, HP StoreAll Storage is a highly scalable platform for object and file data access that provides a simplified environment for big data retention and cloud storage, while reducing the need for additional administrators or hardware.
HP StoreAll Express Query was also unveiled today. It is a metadata database that allows clients to conduct search queries 100 000 times faster than previous file system search methods, and facilitates informed business decisions based on the most current data.
HP StoreOnce 2000 and 4000 Backup, with support for HP StoreOnce Catalyst software, provides efficient data movement and high-performance deduplication to reduce data protection costs in remote sites and data centres. According to Scott, these perform backup operations up to three times faster at 35% lower cost than the closest competitive system.
The HP StoreServ 7200 is available globally immediately starting at $20 000.HP StoreServ 7400 starts at $32 000. HP Priority Optimisation will be available in 2013.
HP StoreAll Storage is expected to be available globally on 20 December, with pricing as low as $0.91 per GB.
HP StoreOnce 6200 Backup systems are available at a starting price of $250 000. HP StoreOnce 2000 Backup systems start at $10 000, and HP StoreOnce 4000 Backup systems start at $30 000. Both systems are available immediately worldwide. HP StoreOnce Catalyst Software licences start at $500.
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