VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

HP has announced innovations for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to support the transformation to hybrid IT and all-flash data centers. It includes a new 8000 family featuring the industry’s most affordable all-flash array (AFA), twice the workload performance of previous generations and automated performance assurance with flash-optimized quality of service (QoS) controls. HP is accelerating customer transition to all-flash data centers with the new quad-controller HP 3PAR StoreServ 8000 Storage family as well as a new eight-controller HP 3PAR StoreServ 20800 AFA Starter Kit and software updates for the full HP 3PAR StoreServ family. Only HP 3PAR StoreServ is able to span from a $19K entry price to multi-petabyte systems reaching 3.2 million IOPs, with scale-out capabilities from 2 to 8 controllers, and proven tier-1 resiliency giving businesses a simple approach to meet virtually any workload requirement... Read more

Designed for virtual desktops and remote office productivity, HP has announced the new HP ConvergedSystem 250-HC StoreVirtual (CS 250), a hyper-converged appliance that offers a highly available virtual server and storage infrastructure that is configurable in minutes for nearly half the price of competitive systems. Building on HP’s market-leading x86 server and virtualization solutions combined with its proven HP StoreVirtual software-defined storage (SDS) technology, the new CS 250 is business continuity-enabled from day one. The CS 250 features an enhanced VMware integration, supports hybrid-cloud solution architectures and is accompanied by new delivery services and channel .. Read more

HP has announced a series of innovations for HP MSA Storage aimed at helping small and midsize businesses (SMBs) become more competitive. HP is helping start-ups, established SMBs, and customers with small sites increase their competitiveness with low-cost ways to drive faster time to value and easy ways to reduce equipment costs with HP MSA Storage. New firmware enhancements for MSA 2040 Storage help customers make better and faster decisions by accelerating applications as much as 45 per cent at no additional cost. “In the idea economy, time is everything. The smaller the business, the more this is magnified. HP is committed to bringing high-impact technologies like flash to smaller customers at incredibly affordable prices – and we are doing it on proven platforms like MSA to give them the power to accelerate their business growth with confidence in their IT infrastructure,” said Barun Lala, Director, Storage, HP India... Read more

To accelerate transformation to the all-flash data center, HP is lowering the cost of all-flash storage to $1.50 per usable gigabyte and introducing ultra-dense and scalable flash systems. The new HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage 20000 enterprise flash family boosts performance with over 3.2 million IOPS at sub-millisecond latency and consumes 85% less space than traditional high-end arrays  for massive footprint reduction. To support mission-critical workloads and enable greater agility, HP is unveiling flash-optimized software for end-to-end availability and non-disruptive workload balancing across the data center. These capabilities build on an already strong set of tier-1 data services unmatched by competitive all-flash arrays. The new Family includes the all-flash 3PAR StorServ 20850 and 3PAR StorServ 20800 converged flash array. The new HP 3PAR StoreServ 20000 family scales out to eight nodes and is ideal for customers consolidating multiple racks of legacy high-end storage w...

Keeping midsized businesses in mind, HP has announced new storage offerings that give midsized companies the ability to cost-effectively increase performance while reducing risk. Midsized companies need to move fast, yet often lack the resources to take advantage of powerful storage technologies widely deployed in the enterprise. HP is helping bridge this gap with low-cost ways to accelerate applications, including the most affordable solid-state drive (SSD) read-caching solution from a major vendor with SSD options for HP MSA Storage starting at $1,599. For customers looking at hybrid flash storage, HP is now offering a new HP StoreVirtual Storage system which is 12 times faster than an equivalently priced spinning media array. Additionally, HP is now helping customers protect data with a more scalable HP StoreOnce Backup appliance and new HP StoreEasy Storage file serving appliances that include software for disaster recovery and cloud backup...   See more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intending to enable high virtualized application performance while reducing costs by dynamically moving data between solid-state and traditional disk drives, HP(NYSE:HPQ)  has introduced a new software-defined storage system,  HP StoreVirtual 4335 Storage  for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs). HP StoreVirtual 4335 Storage is a hybrid storage system which offers a unique Adaptive Optimization feature that automates the intelligent movement of frequently accessed data from  hard disk drives (HDDs) to high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) . Barun Lala, Director, Storage, HP India , stated, “Workloads in virtual server environments can be unpredictable and are heavily dependent on the underlying storage for performance. This creates challenges in meeting service levels – particularly for companies looking to virtualize more of their applications, implementing desktop virtualization, or simply experiencin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP(NYSE:HPQ)  has announced expansion of its  Converged Storage portfolio  with a number of offerings such as solid-state optimized HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 storage system that is designed to deliver performance and low latency. In addition, HP also has extended its six-year lead in software-defined storage with a new HP StoreOnce Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) that cuts the cost of small site backup by up to 65 per cent. Barun Lala, Director, HP Storage, HP India , said, “It is impossible for organizations to deal with unpredictable workloads cost-effectively if they are managing disparate storage silos. With the new 3PAR StoreServ and StoreOnce innovations, customers get best-in-class purpose-built solutions to address critical new requirements while retaining the simplicity that comes from an approach that can manage and serve a variety of needs without creating new storage silos.” New features added to  H...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To increase storage investments and generate new offerings for small and  midsize businesses (SMBs)  and government agencies,  HP(NYSE:HPQ)  has announced new enhancements to its StoreEasy Storage portfolio and a new programme for HP channel partners. These new solutions are available under HP’s new Simply StoreIT programme. This programme offers training, marketing and incentives for HP channel partners to quickly address their small and midsized customers’ challenges and pursue new revenue opportunities. Barun Lala, Director – Storage, HP India , said, “Virtualization and other emerging workloads threaten to drown SMBs in a sea of complexities that hinder, rather than support, growth. Simply StoreIT allows our partners to serve their small and midsized customers who are stressed for time, budget and resources to support a growing business, with a stress-free storage solution.” Limited IT resources and a ...