Taking another big leap in the adoption and deployment of Storage for the Software-defined Data Center, HP(NYSE:HPQ) has announced new storage offerings that simplify deployment of scale-out storage for cloud computing and virtual server environments.
The company has also introduced a new entry-level all-flash array to enable affordable application performance acceleration.To address this need, HP is building on its market leadership in software-defined storage by featuring HP StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) as a fully-integrated storage option for HP Helion OpenStack and HP Helion OpenStack Community Edition. HP has also enhanced HP StoreVirtual Storage hypervisor integration and released a new HP StoreOnce VSA licence that cuts backup costs by 86 per cent for small and remote sites.
Additionally, HP is enabling high service levels while removing cost barriers to flash storage adoption with the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 All-Flash Starter Kit. Starting at US$35,000, SDDC customers can benefit from all-flash performance at half the cost of competing entry-level all-flash arrays. HP also announced that it is continuing to collaborate with VMware to integrate HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage on VMware's planned Virtual Volumes (VVols) storage architecture.
"As customers move to the software-defined data center, they face gaps with legacy hardware-oriented 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," said Barun Lala, Director, HP Storage, India.
The HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 All-Flash Starter Kit will be available worldwide on September 29, for a starting price of $35,000. HP 3PAR OS support for VMware’s planned VVols feature, which is currently part of the vSphere beta, will be included as part of the next HP 3PAR Operating System release at no additional charge to customers with active support contracts.
