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Manual HP AutoRAID 12H

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  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 1

    hp vir tual array: double your operating ef ficiency ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 2

    executive summary In today’ s market envir onment, you are constantly challenged to find ways to both grow your business and save costs. And with the current market growth uncertainties, saving costs is getting a lot of attention by ever yone from Main Street to W a ll Street to inside the Beltway . HP has invented a solution that will get you on ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 3

    2 1 table of contents • Amazon.com i • Room & Board i ” • State of New Mexico ii i • V iaSat • Santa Clara ii section 1: hp storage white paper November 2001 • virtualization, simplification and storage 1.0 • array virtualization defined 1.0 • the reasons you need more virtualization in the array 1.1 • key features of hp’ ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 4

    vir tualization new . Many companies have optimized their performance with HP , including: ” Amazon.com “W e look at three things when selecting data warehouse disks. Price per terabyte, throughput capabilities, and availability features. With the HP V i r tual Array 7100, the price per terabyte was extremely competitive and the throughput w a ...

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    ” Santa Clara “W e needed to move to the next generation of technology as we merged data centers. W e had outgrown the large ser ver farm scenario and wanted to focus on consolidation. In discussing our current and future needs for our NT environment, the V A7400 was the best solution. W e have transformed to an enterprise environment with grea ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 6

    1 in storage capacity they will only become more so. HP’ s Array V i r tualization is evolutionar y , not revolutionar y . It is a logical progression in array technology . It is proven. It is necessar y . It is the perfect storage area network (SAN) technology . And it is offered only by Hewlett-Packard! section 1 virtualization, simplification ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 7

    hp storage white paper This allows the array to dy namically allocate and de-allocate clusters of any RAID type without affecting the logical view as seen from the ser ver . In other words, clusters can be moved and new RAID 5 and RAID 1+0 stripes can be created or extended dynamically without the host view being cha nge d and without system admini ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 8

    hp storage white paper 1 why now is the time for array virtualization Data centers have become enormously complex. Interestingly , new technologies that initially held the promise of simplifying the data center have, in fact, added to the complexity—at least for now . Fibre Channel, SANs, and the low cost and ease of adding storage have enabled d ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 9

    section 1 In addition, the same processes must be followed whenever disk drives are added or the environment changes. Plus, these additional factors must be considered: • current configuration • desired additional capacity , per formance, and availability • whether the new disks will be stripe extensions of existing disks or be independent gr ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 10

    section 1 the system administrator ’ s dilemma Change is the issue. Many environments change over time and this makes their initial configurations progressively less and less optimal. The dilemma is that an optimum configuration today eventually becomes out-of-date, and typically over time, perfor mance degrades in traditional arrays, but the adm ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 11

    section 1 The HP V ir tual Array accepts new disks while the array is up and running and accepting I/Os as with some higher-end traditional arrays. However , the HP V ir tual Array takes it one step further . Once the disk is inserted, the array automatically includes that disk into the existing disk space and stripes all LUNs across that disk. Thi ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 12

    section 1 Ever y LUN would have 30 spindles at its disposal. And don’t forget, in the virtual array the spare disk capacity is also spread across all of the spindles, i.e., there are no unused spindles in an HP V ir tual Array . Second, the virtual array automatically per formance tunes the array 24 hours per day , 365 days per year . The RAID le ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 13

    section 1 gives 100X the data protection of traditional RAID 5 and 10X the data protection of RAID 1. Second: The HP V ir tual Array stripes across all the disks in the redundancy group. This involves more disks but is not so different from any other RAID 1+0 implementation. Third: array striping is the way of the future. It’ s faster and safer . ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 14

    1 things. At first, bits were grouped into bytes. When there were too many bytes to keep track of, they had to be grouped i nt o b l ocks. When there were too many blocks to manage, someone invented volumes and volume managers. What do you think the next logical step is when there are too many volumes? section 1 accurately , the traditional array a ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 15

    section 2 virtual value in hp’ s va7000 series 2 Vir tualization is a key to solving complexities associated with storage configurations. As Information T echnology continues its non-stop evolution, tools and devices that improve manageability while increasing business efficiency w ill command a premium in the marketplace. HP has taken a signific ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 16

    section 2 V A7000 virtualization, managed at the array level, offers the advantage of providing greater granularity when managing a pool of logical storage. Logical Unit Name (LUN) capacity is definable as a logical set of storage blocks rather than as a specific set of predefined physical disks. Each LUN becomes scalable from a few megabytes to se ...

  • HP AutoRAID 12H - page 17

    section 2 reliability characteristics of hp’ s va7000 series • redundant, hot swappable controllers, fans, power supplies, and an internal fibre-channel hub eliminates planned downtime • online fir mware and capacity upgrade using mixed capacity disk drives • Checksum algorithm used for end-to-end data and data-path protection against data ...

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    section 2 software extends virtual functions 2 While hardware design and functionality are critical to enabling performance, software function can maximize the efficiency and flexibility of the device. HP’ s software packages extend the management and flexibility of the V A7000 family w hile exploiting the vir tualization capability . HP’ s Sof ...

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    section 2 The major HP Surestore software packages 1 (identified on page 2.2) include, 2 • Command View SDM speeds and eases local and remote management, including install, configure, monitor , and control via a web browser , direct host attach, or SAN. HP Predictive Support programs and Event Monitoring Ser vice (EMS) provide phone-home capabili ...

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