Sunday, 24 August 2014

HP introduces new affordable options for the software-defined data centre

HP introduces new affordable options for the software-defined data centre

HP has updated its storage options for the software designed data centre [SDDC] that allows yet more 
companies to use it as the result of a range of newly integrated storage options.
Improving efficiency and control is at the heart of the update and to this end it now features StoreVirtual 
VSA as a storage option for HP Helion OpenStack and HP Helion OpenStack Community Edition. It has 
also enhanced HP StoreVirtual Storage hypervisor integration and released a new 4TB HP StoreOnce VSA licence to reduce backup costs by 86 per cent for small and remote sites.
It has added a new entry-level all-flash array that offers a much lower initial outlay for the same service as 
well as new options that make for faster adoption and deployment of storage solutions.
The SDDC implementation process has been simplified by HP with its StoreVirtual Virtual Storage 
Appliance [VSA] that is configured to support the deployment of any physical server or hypervisor-attached 
external storage.
To offer automated cloud services management, HP StoreVirtual Storage has an updated Cinder interface 
that brings with it OpenStack orchestration support and there is also a full-set of RESTful APIs.
Lastly, the new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 All-Flash Starter Kit that has a starting price of $35,000 
[£21,100] and claims to be less than half the price of competing entry-level all-flash arrays.
“As customers move to the software-defined data center, they face gaps with legacy hardware-oriented 
storage,” said David Scott, senior vice president and general manager, HP Storage. “For increased agility, 
HP delivers software-defined storage via VSAs that optimize cost and all-flash, service-refined storage to 
optimize service levels—both orchestrated with common tools.”

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