HP StorageWorks 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway

HP Updated: 2008-02-23
HP StorageWorks 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway

Expanding the power of having multiple HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) units, the HP StorageWorks 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway accelerates backup performance in these complex SAN environments while improving overall reliability. Integrating seamlessly into existing backup applications and processes by emulating popular tape libraries and tape drives, the HP VLS12000 EVA Gateway matches the existing data protection environment, removing the need to change backup software or monitoring policies. Additionally, because the VLS12000 EVA Gateway uses the HP EVAs units as the storage pool, allowing ease of use to be maintained throughout the system. By emulating multiple tape drives simultaneously, more backup jobs can be done in parallel resulting in reduced backup times and, because the data resides on disk, single file restores are exceptionally fast. The HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway provides hardware compression (compression without degradation) that allows for up to twice as much data in the same footprint.

The HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway simplifies your SAN environment by providing more virtual devices and leveraging existing switches and HP EVA infrastructure. The HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway now supports 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure. The result is the ability to vastly increase scale yet reduce the complexity of shared storage while maintaining the manageability of the system. As your environment changes, the HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway adapts to it – host masking and mapping verify that only the appropriate hosts have access to the HP Virtual Library System.

What's new

* Standard hardware compression that doesn’t slow performance
* Support for 4Gb Fibre Channel infrastructure
* Automigration capabilities for evaluation
* Data De-duplication ready (De-duplication available early 2008)

Features & Benefits

* Non-disruptive integration into the current backup and recovery processes : By emulating HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series and HP StorageWorks MSL Tape Libraries as well as HP StorageWorks 1/8 Autoloaders, the VLS12000 EVA Gateway integrates seamlessly into existing backup and recovery processes and applications.
* Certified with leading backup software packages: The HP StorageWorks 6000 Virtual Library System is certified under the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution with leading backup applications to ensure that integration into your environment is simple.
* Up to 600 MB/s throughput: The HP 6000 Virtual Library System provides aggregate performance of over 550MB/s and single stream performance of up to 150MB/s.
* Scales capacity and performance: Scale capacity and performance easily with the addition of capacity upgrade kits.
* Reduced TCO : Easy management of the VLS12000 EVA Gateway combined with the EVA results in minimal additional training. Additionally improved recovery performance improves time to resolution for help desks.
* High availability features enable backup consolidation: Multiple paths to the disk arrays, redundant power supplies and fans complement the high availability functions of the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array to create a highly reliable virtual library.
* Improved storage efficiency: The HP StorageWorks 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway includes standard hardware compression (compression without degradation) allowing the effective capacity to double.
* Respond to change quickly: Intuitive GUI enables resources to be provisioned in under 5 minutes.
* Virtual tape with the scale to backup up your enterprise: The HP VLS12000 EVA Gateway can scale beyond 1 PB and achieve aggregate throughputs in excess of 17.2 TB/hr with 2:1 compressible data.