HP StorageWorks
Announcing

• NEW HP StorageWorks 1200r All-in-One Storage System
• NEW HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server
• HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server
• HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader
• HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive
• HP StorageWorks MSL2024 Tape Library
• HP StorageWorks MSL4048 Tape Library
• HP StorageWorks MSL8096 Tape Library
• HP Data Protector Express Software
• HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition Software
• HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
• HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array Starter Kits
• NEW HP StorageWorks EVA Virtualization Adapter

• HP StorageWorks XP Auto Path Software
• HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software
• Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
• NEW HP StorageWorks XP Replication Manager Software
• HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software
• HP StorageWorks XP 24000/XP20000 Disk Arrays
• NEW HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switch
• NEW HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
• NEW HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch
• NEW HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks 8Gb PCIe Host Bus Adapters
• HP Medical Archive solution
• HP Integrated Archive Platform
• NEW CFT Solution Whitepapers

Imagine having a single solution that could provide shared storage for application servers, enhanced file serving for end-user clients, and protection for your critical data; these are the key functions of HP All-in-One Storage and together, they allow businesses lower costs, increase efficiencies, and respond to rapid data growth. HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems are radically simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solutions that enable small and mid-size companies to easily manage, grow, and protect their data without requiring them to become storage experts. These integrated systems are designed for IT generalists with no storage expertise and deliver everything you need to lower the cost and complexity of rapidly growing data storage environments.

Key features:

• The AiO1200r is the new 2U/12-drive AiO solution that includes increased memory, support for multiple processors, select models with empty internal drive slots for future growth, and an integrated P800 storage controller for easy expansion to external MSA storage enclosures.

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Add high-density rack-mount file storage to your small, medium, or workgroup IT environment quickly and manage it more easily with an HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server. These flexible and intelligent network storage solutions are built on industry-standard components and offer fast deployment, scalability, and powerful management tools. The Windows-powered operating system is pre-installed and internal storage is pre-configured, so you're up and serving files in minutes and ready to consolidate your file services or create a scalable disk-based backup/replication target. The 2U 12-drive platform delivers the power and flexibility you need with quad-core processing, support for SATA and SAS drives, power redundancy, and easy storage expandability options.

Key features:

• The new 2U rack-mount, 12-drive ProLiant Storage Server platform
• Equipped with a Smart Array P800 controller, so all models are ready for MSA enclosure expansion

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HP PolyServe Software enables multiple Microsoft SQL Server instances to be consolidated onto substantially fewer servers and centralized SAN storage. This unique "shared data" architecture delivers enterprise class availability and virtualization-like flexibility in a utility platform. Unlike server virtualization and traditionally high availability products, it goes beyond just consolidation and simple failovers to provide scalable capacity allocation, on-the-fly instance mobility, and meets Microsoft's SQL Server Always On requirements, making it the ideal solution for database consolidation.

What's new:

• Support for Alternate Data Streams (ADS) and DOS 8.3 File Naming support - Provides full support of Microsoft's ADS format. ADS is used to provide extended file information for applications.

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Offering exceptional dense storage value for basic data protection, the 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader is ideal as an entry-level automated backup solution for small to medium sized businesses. It combines storage density and tape library features into a compact 1U form factor. With compressed capacity (2:1) of up to 12.8 TB using LTO-4 Ultrium tape drive technology, the 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader will provide cost-effective, easy-to-install unattended backup. All 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloaders include HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition Software for Windows, Linux and NetWare.

What's new:

• Integration of the HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 SCSI Tape Drive
• LTO-4 Ultrium autoloader-enabled encryption to protect your data from unauthorized access

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Based on fourth-generation LTO technology, the LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive is the highest capacity (1.6 TB compressed per cartridge), fastest performing (576 GB per hour) half-height tape drive in the HP StorageWorks family providing hardware data encryption to deliver the ultimate direct attach data protection solution for entry level and for midsized customers. It is available in both SCSI and SAS models and is fully read and write compatible with all fourth and third-generation Ultrium media offering further investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with second-generation Ultrium media.

What's new:

• Now available in U320 SCSI interface

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The MSL2024 is the ideal entry-level tape library that provides tape library capacity and extensive features in the compact form of a tape autoloader. With compressed capacity (2:1) of up to 38.4 TB, the MSL2024 can easily tackle backup and recovery jobs typically handled by mid-range tape libraries. Utilizing a 2U form factor, it provides a large amount of data storage without consuming a large amount of valuable rack space. Customers have the choice of purchasing a library equipped with LTO Ultrium tape drives and either a SCSI, SAS or Fibre Channel interface.

What's new:

• Integration of the HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 SCSI Tape Drive.
• LTO-4 Ultrium library-enabled encryption to protect your data from unauthorized access.

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The MSL4048 Tape Library will meet a broad range of demanding data storage needs including unattended backup, archive and disaster recovery for small to medium businesses, workgroups, or remote offices. The MSL4048 offers up to 76.8 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity in only a 4U form factor and your choice of LTO-4 or LTO-3 Ultrium tape drives. The library is also available with a wide choice of interfaces including Fibre Channel, SCSI and SAS to allow installation of the library into any IT environment.

What's new:

• Integration of the HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1760 SCSI Tape Drive.

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The MSL8096 Tape Library will meet a broad range of demanding data storage needs including unattended backup, archive and disaster recovery for medium to large businesses, workgroups, or remote offices. The MSL8096 offers up to 153.6 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity in an 8U form factor with your choice of LTO-4 or LTO-3 Ultrium Tape Drives. The library is also available with a wide choice of interfaces including Fibre Channel, SCSI and SAS. A second power supply can be added for enhanced system up-time.

What's new:

• IPv6 network protocol support - Libraries can now be connected over both IPv6 and IPv4 networks. Libraries have obtained the IPv6 Ready, Phase-2 logo.
• LTO-4 Ultrium library-enabled encryption to protect your data from unauthorized access.
• HTTPS support for authenticated and encrypted transfers over the Internet.

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HP Data Protector Express Software provides secure protection for data, applications and systems on a single machine or a small network without requiring an expert. This simple and reliable data protection is for Windows, Linux or NetWare with backup to disk, tape or DVD/CD. It is easy to add machines for protection, share backup devices and manage all this from a simple interface. The D2Any2Any feature allows automated movement of data from backup media to other media easy disk-to-disk-to-tape backups. Data encryption is a standard feature.

What's new:

• Support for Windows Server 2008

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Easy to install, use and manage backup and recovery software, HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition Software is available exclusively for HP StorageWorks tape drives and HP StorageWorks tape autoloaders - it is not available any other way. This powerful software is suitable for organizations with limited IT resource because it is designed for true ease-of-use. It protects a single Windows, Linux or NetWare server by back up to an HP StorageWorks tape product, disk and/or CD/DVD.

What's new:

• Support for Windows Server 2008

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The EVA4400 offers an easily deployed enterprise-class virtual storage array at an affordable price for the midsized customer. EVA virtualization improves capacity and reduces management complexities, lowering the total cost of ownership. A virtual environment benefits the bottom line by providing broad operating system support and proven integration with applications. Built on the EVA4100/6100/8100 architecture that offers 99.999% availability, the EVA4400 supports the robust local and remote replication capabilities of Business Copy and Continuous Access EVA.

What's new:

• Better performance and more capacity than the EVA4100, at an affordable price
• More storage services with more robust replication capabilities than MSA
• 8Gb/s SAN interconnect with two embedded 8Gb/s 10-port B-series SAN switch

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The EVA4400 Starter Kits are an affordable, easy to order, and simple to deploy set of packages for the midsized customer including specific packages for HP BladeSystems. EVA virtualization improves capacity and reduces management complexities, lowering total cost of ownership. A virtual environment benefits the bottom line by providing broad operating system support and proven integration with applications.

What's new:

• The EVA4400 Starter Kit and Bundle for BladeSystems is specifically targeted for market segments using HP BladeSystems.

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Delivers an HP developed adapter that enables VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to operate with HP storage. The HP Adapter provides discovery of StorageWorks arrays, DR group failover and BC snapshot functions for SRM solution.

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XP Auto Path software provides HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Hitachi storage customers with a robust path failover and load balancing solution for their IBM AIX storage network environments. It improves access to and availability of storage by distributing the load across multiple paths and from one path to another in the event of path failure.

What's new:

• Reduced Host Agent footprint on your production server. HP StorageWorks XP Auto Path Software version 6.0 uses a Host Agent common with HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition Software.

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XP External Storage Software decreases the stress and reduces the cost of owning heterogeneous data storage by simplifying and centralizing common SAN management tasks though storage virtualization. In addition it simplifies movement of data between dissimilar arrays by giving you the ability to access, monitor, and manage data residing on a variety of different disk arrays as if all of the data were residing on an HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array.

What's new:

• Now provides a cost-effective frame-based license for the XP20000

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HDLM software provides HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Hitachi storage customers with a robust path failover and load balancing solution for their Windows, Linux, and Sun Solaris storage network environments. It improves access to and availability of storage by distributing the load across multiple paths and from one path to another in the event of path failure.

What's new:

• Reduced Host Agent footprint on your production server. HDLM version 6.0 uses a Host Agent common with HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition.

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XP Replication Manager Software enables you to create, manage, and maintain HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array replication pairs. It provides centralized management of replication applications, decreases storage administration complexity, increases productivity, and improves service levels by providing a single enterprise view of the replication environment. It allows you to view replication status graphically in real time, improving your efficiency. In addition, HP XP Replication Manager Software also provides early warning of impending problems.

Key features:

• XP Replication Manager Software, which replaces XP Replication Monitor Software, adds the ability to create and manage replication pairs. It does not require HP StorageWorks XP Command View AE as a prerequisite.

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XP Thin Provisioning Software reduces the cost, accelerates return on investment, and reduces environmental impact of your HP StorageWorks XP24000 and XP20000 Disk Arrays. Allocate anticipated future storage capacity needs from a pool of virtual disk storage and reduce the physical disk capacity initially required. As utilization of disk space increases over time, purchase more disk capacity as it is needed, and install it without affecting your applications.

What's new:

• HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software now provides reduced cost licenses for the HP StorageWorks XP20000 Disk Array.

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XP24000/XP20000 Disk Arrays are large enterprise-class storage systems that combine a fully redundant hardware platform with unique data replication capabilities that are integrated with clustering solutions for complete business continuity.

What's new:

• The XP24000 and XP20000 disk arrays now support a 1 TB 7.2K rpm SATA disk drive. SATA drives offer a higher capacity/lower cost per gigabyte and an energy savings option compared to the FC drives.

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The HP 8/24 SAN switch range comes with 16 enabled ports, functioning as standalone core switches or as lower-cost edge switches in large core-to-edge tiered SAN. It can meet the needs of small and medium-size organizations as well as very large enterprises. With Ports on Demand upgrades, organizations can scale the 8/24 SAN Switch in low-cost "pay-as-you-grow" increments to 24 enabled ports.

Key features:

• 8 Gb Technology
• Full 1:1 subscription on all ports at 8 Gbit/sec
• Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking

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The HP 8/40 SAN Switch is ideal for organizations requiring a flexible solution that is forward and backward compatible and will meet rapidly evolving storage requirements, either as a small "building-block" switch for a departmental fabric or as a high-performance edge switch in larger core-to-edge SAN configurations. It's designed for rapidly growing storage requirements in mission-critical environments with ports on demand upgrades in configurations of 24, 32, or 40 enabled ports. A fully populated 8/40 SAN Switch with 40 ports enabled provides an aggregate bandwidth of 680 Gbit/sec.

Key features:

• 8 Gb Technology
• Full 1:1 subscription on all ports at 8 Gbit/sec
• Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking

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The 8/8 Base SAN Switch and the 8/8 SAN Switch range in size from 8 to 24 enabled ports and are targeted for small to medium sized enterprises. The 8/8 Base SAN Switch provides an affordable single-switch solution for a new, small SAN installation and connects to storage and servers only. The 8/8 SAN Switch comes with a Full Fabric license and may be connected to multiple switches and is ideal for entry-level SANs or as an edge switch for core-to-edge SAN environments.

Key features:

• 8 Gbit/sec Technology
• Full 1:1 subscription on all ports at 8 Gbit/sec
• Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking

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The 8/80 SAN Switch features a non-blocking architecture with as many as 80 ports concurrently active at 8 Gbit/sec providing an aggregate bandwidth of 1280 Gbit/sec. The HP 8/80 SAN switch range in size from 48 to 80 ports, functioning as standalone core switches or as lower-cost edge switches in large core-to-edge tiered storage networks. As a result, it can meet the needs of small and medium-size organizations as well as very large enterprises. With Ports on Demand upgrades, organizations can minimize their upfront investment while maintaining their ability to scale in low-cost "pay-as-you-grow" increments in the future.

Key features:

• 8 Gb Technology
• Full 1:1 subscription on all ports at 8 Gbit/sec
• Enhanced Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking

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HP StorageWorks 8Gb PCIe FC Host Bus Adapters are priced only slightly higher than equivalent 4Gb HBAs yet they have the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance. An 8Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapter (HBA) is backward compatible with 4Gb and 2Gb and, if purchased today, will protect your investment longer. Having an HBA that supports and maximizes your server virtualization efforts protects significant investments in virtualization technology.

What's new:

• Enhanced for storage intensive applications
• Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization
• Redundant HBAs for high availability

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The HP MAS is a specialized archiving platform to help global healthcare providers of all sizes address exploding medical image retention requirements. With MAS, healthcare providers can strengthen their focus on improving patient care and adhering to strict compliance regulations by ensuring fast-growing medical image data are securely indexed, preserved, and highly available. The grid architecture satisfies the scalability and performance requirements of healthcare providers at a price point any customer can afford.

What's new:

• Single suite of 2U nodes based on ProLiant servers (DL320s storage server and DL380 G5)
• Security enhancements for enterprise grids
• Integration of HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) and OpenView (OV) hardware and software monitoring agents into the MAS OS

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HP IAP provides long-term retention and high speed search and retrieval of your information assets to minimize the cost and business impact of e-discovery preparation, legal response, and regulatory compliance. By archiving information from primary storage systems, and eliminating primary storage congestion, HP IAP also helps you to maximize the application performance, defer capital expenditures on technology infrastructure, improve availability by reducing the time and backup of primary application storage.

What's new:

• Increased Universal Smartcell useable capacity to 2.0 TB - Reduces the cost and overall footprint of archive storage and can allow the IAP to scale to over 400 TB.
• Supports "Folder" capture available in upcoming HP Email Archiving software for Microsoft Exchange 2.0 release - Retains folder structure for search and export of original folder structures to PST.

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