HP StorageWorks Is for Virtual Infrastructures

By DE Editors

HP (Palo Alto, CA) announced StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP), a software and hardware storage virtualization solution that enables enterprises to improve productivity, simplify operations, and achieve lower total cost of ownership for their storage-area network (SAN) environments. It is expected to be available in December.

Part of HP’s growing portfolio of storage virtualization solutions, the new HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform (SVSP) improves the efficiency and simplifies the management of heterogeneous midrange storage arrays.

HP SVSP is a network-based storage platform that pools capacity across HP and non-HP storage hardware. It works with the HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA) and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) as well as a number of third-party arrays to centralize the management of a virtualized SAN environment.

As a result, enterprise customers deploying Fibre Channel SANs are able to simplify operations and improve overall productivity.

HP SVSP features data services that enable customers to quickly adapt to changing business needs while reducing total cost of ownership and enhancing disaster recovery capabilities.

The HP SVSP separates data flow from management processes. This architecture means that the processing power needed to handle the data path workloads can scale independently from the resources used for management. As a result, the HP SVSP delivers superior performance and greater scalability than traditional architectures.

For more information about HP StorageWorks, go to HP.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.