HP's new StoreServ.[/caption] In what Hewlett-Packard executives dubbed their most important storage-related announcement ever, the company has unveiled a new platform for managing unstructured data, improved StoreOnce federated de-duplication products, and high-performance 3PAR Tier 1 storage options. HP made the announcements at its HPDiscover event in Frankfurt, Germany. All the products are apparently available immediately with the exception of HP’s new StoreAll information-retention platform, which will begin shipping Dec. 20. The StoreAll platform is complemented by a StoreAll Express Query that executives claim can reduce seach-query times to fractions of a second—an important feature at a time when HP’s competitors are also focused on hardware and software that can deliver queries at blazing-fast speeds. Why does HP believe this particular storage announcement qualifies as its “most important”? For one thing, it plays heavily into the company’s converged storage strategy. For the past two years or so, HP has argued that the data center is far too complex, with as many as 20 different architectures needed for specialized tasks. “Our customers have told us: stop. We can’t afford this, we can’t manage this,” Craig Nunes, the vice president of worldwide marketing for HP storage, said last week. Thus, the creation of a new generation of storage and networking options that can streamline many vital functions onto fewer pieces of hardware, saving money and headaches. HP’s converged storage provides what it calls a consistent approach to data services from the low to high end—with one approach to block, object and file storage as well as both traditional rotating-disk and SSD or flash storage options.
HP Issues New Midrange, Converged Storage Offerings
[caption id="attachment_6246" align="aligncenter" width="506"] HP's new StoreServ.[/caption] In what Hewlett-Packard executives dubbed their most important storage-related announcement ever, the company has unveiled a new platform for managing unstructured data, improved StoreOnce federated de-duplication products, and high-performance 3PAR Tier 1 storage options. HP made the announcements at its HPDiscover event in Frankfurt, Germany. All the products are apparently available immediately with the exception of HP’s new StoreAll information-retention platform, which will begin shipping Dec. 20. The StoreAll platform is complemented by a StoreAll Express Query that executives claim can reduce seach-query times to fractions of a second—an important feature at a time when HP’s competitors are also focused on hardware and software that can deliver queries at blazing-fast speeds. Why does HP believe this particular storage announcement qualifies as its “most important”? For one thing, it plays heavily into the company’s converged storage strategy. For the past two years or so, HP has argued that the data center is far too complex, with as many as 20 different architectures needed for specialized tasks. “Our customers have told us: stop. We can’t afford this, we can’t manage this,” Craig Nunes, the vice president of worldwide marketing for HP storage, said last week. Thus, the creation of a new generation of storage and networking options that can streamline many vital functions onto fewer pieces of hardware, saving money and headaches. HP’s converged storage provides what it calls a consistent approach to data services from the low to high end—with one approach to block, object and file storage as well as both traditional rotating-disk and SSD or flash storage options.
HP's new StoreServ.[/caption] In what Hewlett-Packard executives dubbed their most important storage-related announcement ever, the company has unveiled a new platform for managing unstructured data, improved StoreOnce federated de-duplication products, and high-performance 3PAR Tier 1 storage options. HP made the announcements at its HPDiscover event in Frankfurt, Germany. All the products are apparently available immediately with the exception of HP’s new StoreAll information-retention platform, which will begin shipping Dec. 20. The StoreAll platform is complemented by a StoreAll Express Query that executives claim can reduce seach-query times to fractions of a second—an important feature at a time when HP’s competitors are also focused on hardware and software that can deliver queries at blazing-fast speeds. Why does HP believe this particular storage announcement qualifies as its “most important”? For one thing, it plays heavily into the company’s converged storage strategy. For the past two years or so, HP has argued that the data center is far too complex, with as many as 20 different architectures needed for specialized tasks. “Our customers have told us: stop. We can’t afford this, we can’t manage this,” Craig Nunes, the vice president of worldwide marketing for HP storage, said last week. Thus, the creation of a new generation of storage and networking options that can streamline many vital functions onto fewer pieces of hardware, saving money and headaches. HP’s converged storage provides what it calls a consistent approach to data services from the low to high end—with one approach to block, object and file storage as well as both traditional rotating-disk and SSD or flash storage options.
