HP StorageWorks
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The HPE Storage (formerly HP StorageWorks) is a portfolio of HPE storage products, includes online storage, nearline storage, storage networking, archiving, de-duplication, and storage software. HP and their predecessor, the Compaq Corporation,[1] has developed some of industry-first storage technologies to simplify network storage. HP is a proponent of converged storage, a storage architecture that combines storage and compute into a single entity.[2]
2011 products and solutions
HP Storage solutions announced in August 2011:[3]
- HPE 3PAR
- Utility Storage - shifts workloads, boost utilization by logically pooling capacity
- P10000, Peer Motion Software - refreshes/maintains storage, seeking zero application downtime
- and expanded its Converged Storage portfolio with the first federated storage capability to span from entry to high end systems and is available for both HP LeftHand and HP 3PAR storage systems. With HP Peer Motion, IT organizations can eliminate boundaries between systems with storage federation. For information on HP 3PAR Utility Storage, go to https://www.hpe.com/us/en/storage/3par.html
Other StorageWorks items:
- HP X9000 IBRIX Storage System - Simplify the storage and archival of massive content pools.
- HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) - 5th generation EVA to squeeze the most out of infrastructure
- HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System - Consolidate servers and increase data availability.
Disk arrays
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- HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage Array (8000, 9000, 20000)
- HPE XP7 Disk Array
- HPE Nimble Storage (All-Flash Arrays, Adaptive Flash Arrays, HPE Cloud Volumes)
- HPE MSA Storage (SAN Storage Solution)
- HPE StoreEasy Storage (File storage appliances based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server)
- HPE StoreOnce (Data Protection Backup Appliances)
Tape libraries
- HP Storage ESL G3 Tape Libraries
- HP Storage MSL Tape Libraries
- HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader
- HP Storage 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway
- HP Storage 9000 Virtual Library System
- HP StoreOnce D2D Backup System (various models)
- HP StoreOnce B6000 Backup System
Storage networking
Many models have been rebadged from Brocade Communications Systems, Cisco, Emulex, and QLogic.[clarification needed][citation needed]
Storage software
- HP StoreOnce Deduplication
- HP Storage Essentials
- HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring
PolyServe
PolyServe was founded in 2004[4] by Michael Callahan, serving as chief technology officer, and Carter George, serving as Vice-President, as "a software company in Portland, specializing in database and file serving."[5]
HP, when it bought Compaq, acquired its StorageWorks;[1] HP, when it bought PolyServe, placed its 100+ employees within StorageWorks.[6][7]
An example[4] of PolyServe's value is that a large British government agency which had 14 idle backup servers
- dropped the number to two, even though "PolyServe doesn't require the passive nodes, but he maintains them as extra protection" and
- reduced "failover time from five minutes to 30 seconds .. by 90% the number of users who lose connections during a failover."
See also
References
- ^ a b "IBM_COMPAQ offer data storage product". The New York Times. August 31, 2000.
- ^ Floyer, David (2011-08-15). "HP Converged Storage Sets the Stage for the Next Era of Computing". Wikibon, August 15, 2011. Retrieved from http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/HP_Converged_Storage_Sets_the_Stage_for_the_Next_Era_of_Computing.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b John Fontana. "PolyServe squeezes SQL Servers". NetworkWorld. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
- ^ "Melanie Thernstrom, Michael Callahan". The New York Times. January 21, 2007.
- ^ "HP pays for PolyServe while IBM and Dell watch". February 27, 2007.
- ^ "Hewlett-Packard to buy PolyServe".