Hewlett-Packard recently launched new initiatives to
provide guaranteed stress-free storage for its enterprise customers.
The company unveiled the HP SureStore E brand of
enterprise-storage solutions to address the growing customer demand for utility-class
storage that provides deployment flexibility, around-the-clock uptime, massive scalability
and centralized management.
The new multiplatform HP SureStore E `Stress-Free' hardware
and software provides the foundation for the HP equation storage architecture and is
SAN-ready product line designed to support electronic services.
It also includes a new high-end disk array and business
software-HP SureStore E disk array MC 256 with 11 complimentary software products and a
storage area network (SAN) management software and fabric devices-the HP SureStore E
Storage Node Manager and HP SureStore E Switch F16.
It also includes complete range of disk and tape storage
hardware, management and monitoring software, SAN-fabric devices, storage-specific
consulting services and support.
HP's storage package includes five product sets-HP SureDesign, HP
SureSpan, HP SureSoft, HP SureGear and HP SureGuide.