HP StorageWorks 4100/6100/8100 Enterprise Virtual Arrays

HP Updated: 2008-02-23

The HP StorageWorks 4100/6100/8100 Enterprise Virtual Arrays continue to offer customers in the mid-range to enterprise market place; leading high performance, high capacity and high availability "virtual" array storage solutions. Not only do these solutions reduce IT costs and complexity, they save time, space and costs as compared to traditionally architected storage, and they are supported by a powerfully simple suite of management software making it easy for users to achieve highest level of productivity. For visualizing the big SAN picture and reducing SAN complexity, HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition SRM software, simplifies managing EVA with SAN infrastructure and is highly recommended.

Designed for the data center where there is a critical need for improved storage utilization and scalability, the EVA’s meet application specific demands for consistent high transaction I/O for the customer, and provide easy capacity expansion, instantaneous replication, and simplified storage administration. With affordable, easy to deploy EVA4100 Starter Kits for small SAN use, XCS v6.110 software, 4Gb Host Bus Adapters and switches support; the EVA4100, 6100, and 8100 provide a comprehensive solution, designed to simplify storage management and maximize performance. HP also brings integrated iSCSI connectivity to the EVA and Remote Replication, SAN over WAN with EVA Continuous Access EVA. Using the EVA Command View software to manage the iSCSI connectivity to the array offers a powerful solution providing iSCSI connectivity to an EVA utilizing the EVA’s existing FC infrastructure. And now EVA File Services provide easy cost effective storage consolidation with block and file support for EVA customers.

HP StorageWorks delivers easy-to-install, easy-to-manage, and easy-to-support proven server/storage/service solutions that help customers lower their TCO and minimize the complexity of their storage environment.

What's new

* Better capacity management and storage provisioning with new LUN shrink and growth.
* Improved reliability and availability; HP's data shows that most customers are achieving 99.999% availability with the EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00. Following HP's EVA Availability Best Practices can help customers achieve this result.
* EVA4100/6100/8100’s new point to point shelf provides a fully switched backend and redundant paths from the controllers to the disk for high data availability.
* Integration with HP Storage Essentials SRM Standard Edition to affordably manage small to medium EVA and SANs.
* New EVA4100 Starter Kit for HP is designed for HP BladeSystem environments that need affordable, fast and easy complete small-SAN deployment.
* New heterogeneous Fibre Channel SAN support for Apple Mac OS X
o Scaleable Enterprise class storage supports from 1TB to 120TB for Apple Mac OS X
o Local replication support

Features & Benefits

* Is management of your storage array complex and costly? Need to simplify your management tasks?: The EVA4100/6100/8100 combined with HP StorageWorks Command View EVA aggregates and automates management tasks to easily provision storage when capacity changes with just a few clicks. The EVA provides industry leading automatic LUN growth and shrink with Dynamic Capacity Manager
* As your need for additional capacity grows, would you like to lower your cost of ownership?: EVA provides lower total cost of ownership through savings in IT support and less unplanned downtime for more affordable data center management.
* Investment protection: State-of-the-art virtualization improves performance, disk usage, and allows for easy dynamic expansion. EVA's also offers support for integrated iSCSI connectivity, IP Distance Gateway for Continuous Access EVA, SAN over WAN and EVA File Services.
* Virtually instantaneous Snapclone and capacity-free Snapshot (Vsnap) and Delta Resync (Mirrorclone): Virtually instantaneous Snapclone and capacity-free Snapshot (Vsnap) and Delta Resync (Mirrorclone)Allows immediate use of the clone copy, saving significant time. And provides a very efficient, low cost local data replication option. Saves disk space and improves disk efficiency and utilization.
* Do you want to manage your storage array from a single view point?: The power of the HP tools, such as Storage Essentials and ProLiant Essentials, easily integrates your EVA into your overall management framework.
* Do you need an affordable array controller with excellent reliability and availability?: Shown to be reliable with most customers achieving 99.999% availability with the EVA 4x00/6x00/8x00. Minimize planned downtime with online firmware upgrades and automated drive upgrades. EVA’s fully switched architecture provides industry leading multiple redundant paths from the controllers to the data.
* Does your SAN environment require disaster tolerant solutions that span distance?: Superior business continuity solutions such as MetroCluster, Cluster Extensions, and Continuous Access journaling make EVA highly available.
* Do you need to minimize the costs associated with data center environmental expenses?: Compared to a traditional array, an EVA can store 30% more data with the same amount of disk capacity. Integration with the new HP Dynamic Smart Cooling energy management system. This system actively manages the environment to deliver cooling where it is needed most, enabling essential cost savings to end users.
* Comprehensive SAN Management, Service and Support Tools and Customer Self Repair: SAN management tools and Customer Self Repair to improve service levels and meet customer flexibility requirements. HP Systems Insight Manager server-storage management application, HP Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) provide proactive remote monitoring for high availability.
* Do you need to increase service deliver and support for uses in your application environment?: Outstanding virtualization ensures the disks in the array are used efficiently, providing automated load leveling which eliminates stranded capacity, keeping drives busier, providing superior performance. New controllers with up to 24% improved performance.