HP rolls out new storage strategy

MUMBAI: Hewlett Packard has rolled out their new storage virtualization

strategy with the announcement of the HP Surestore SANlink appliance.

HP's storage virtualization strategy allows customers to increase the

efficiency of their data by optimizing underutilized storage resources and

placing virtualization where it is needed.

"Storage virtualization is a cornerstone in HP's federated storage area

management (FSAM) strategy. We are providing customers the key resource they

need to put them in control of their data centers by enabling disparate bundles

of storage, regardless of brand, to be managed and evolved through one pane of

glass," said, Network storage solutions operation, Asia Pacific vice-

president and general manager, Charlie Trentacosti.

The HP Surestore SANlink appliance integrates hardware, software and

services. It allows the capacity of multiple storage devices from different

vendors to be pooled and centrally managed as well as providing connectivity to

storage from multiple operating systems. The accompanying SANmaster software

provides remote data monitoring. These are the first products delivered as a

result of the StorageApps acquisition.