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HP refreshes 3PAR converged storage portfolio

HP announced a refreshed portfolio of midrange and flash-optimized HP 3PAR StoreServ systems.

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BANGALORE, INDIA: HP announced a refreshed portfolio of midrange and flash-optimized HP 3PAR StoreServ systems. The portfolio offers new workload-centric storage personas, including unified storage access as well as data protection for flat backup to HP StoreOnce.

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It include 3PAR File Persona software and the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7440c Converged Flash Array, which provides all-flash performance, unified storage agility, hybrid storage affordability and flat backup of 3PAR StoreServ snapshots to HP StoreOnce Backup fully orchestrated through HP OneView for VMware vCenter Server.

“Enterprises today understand that complexity can be a major bottleneck to new business expansion and IT innovation,” said Barun Lala, Director, Storage, HP India. “Today’s announcement builds on our vision for HP Converge Storage to simplify storage through polymorphic architectures with a single platform built for the New Style of IT.”

Traditional “unified storage” solutions promise device consolidation but do so at the expense of real-world efficiency and performance. The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000c-series with 3PAR File Persona software overcomes these gaps with converged file and object-access alongside existing flash-optimized block storage; reducing datacenter footprint 66 percent.

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All block, file, and object-access management is integrated within a new 3PAR StoreServ Management Console, which simplifies administration via a search-enabled dashboard and seamless HP OneView experience.

To overcome the roadblocks that enterprises face when modernizing their storage, HP 3PAR Online Import software now simplifies data migration from EMC VMAX systems in addition to EMC VNX and CLARIiiON CX4 systems. HP 3PAR Online Import saves customers time and money by enabling self-managed platform migration and inline thin volume conversion without requiring professional services engagements or external hardware appliances.

A new data protection offering, HP StoreOnce Recovery Manager Central (RMC) software, enables application-managed snapshots on 3PAR StoreServ systems together with automatic movement of changed data to a HP StoreOnce Backup target, delivering greater protection versus primary storage snapshots alone. With initial support for VMware vSphere, StoreOnce RMC is both simple and low cost, allowing direct backup from primary storage to secondary storage for VM-level backups.

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HP also expanded its Software-defined Storage offerings with a 50 terabyte (TB) HP StoreOnce VSA option that provides a higher capacity point to enable Backup-as-a-Service consolidation. Expanded support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine in addition to VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V Server support enables greater flexibility and choice.

Already the industry’s fastest and most scalable scale-out backup target, the HP StoreOnce Backup 6500 with Federated Catalyst now supports system-wide deduplication across eight nodes. While competing architectures require management of backup resources for each backup node, Federated Catalyst pools backup resources across eight nodes for simplified management, improved performance, and more efficient deduplication.

To provide a greater degree of ISV choice and improve recoverability of business applications, the HP StoreOnce Catalyst ecosystem has expanded to include Microsoft SQL Server, Symantec NetBackup AIR and Accelerator, and enhancements for the existing database backup manager.

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