HP Intros the EVA4400

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HP has introduced an easy-to-manage virtual storage disk array designed specifically for midsize customers who need to reduce the costs and complexity of implementing a storage-area network. The HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400) offers a combination of high-performance and availability features, virtualization capabilities and advanced provisioning software that makes it ideal for midsize businesses that want to cost-effectively manage large amounts of data in a SAN environment without investing in deep storage experience.

Third-party testing has shown that IT managers spend up to 75 percent less time managing the EVA due to its superior ease of use when compared to competing arrays from EMC and NetApp. Midsize customers who adopt server virtualization can further reduce their storage costs and simplify consolidation by using the EVA4400.

To validate how much better the user experience is for customers and partners using the EVA4400, HP held a challenge of array products comparing the EVA4400 and EMC's competing storage array.

In a recent survey of current and planned virtualization users by analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group, 28 percent said they plan to implement server virtualization in the next six months and 42 percent plan to deploy within the next year.

The EVA4400 has key virtualization features previously available only on high-end arrays, but now at a price designed for midsize businesses. Specifically, the EVA4400 features a dual-redundant hardware architecture that supports local and remote replication software. This eliminates single points of failure and helps ensure maximum uptime.

Storage provisioning also is available with HP StorageWorks EVA Dynamic Capacity Management (DCM) software to help efficiently manage resources and improve overall productivity.

The benefits of a complete virtualized storage and server environment can add to a company's bottom line by using technology more efficiently. Ideal for use with HP BladeSystem, HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers, the EVA4400 provides customers a complete solution in which storage and servers are managed together. Integrated management tools make the infrastructure easier to manage and faster to deploy and decrease overall management costs.

Solution Blocks also are available with the EVA4400 and include pre-tested "blueprint" solutions that combine the right server, storage and application components to reduce time and effort by both customers and channel partners. The Solution Blocks simplify the integration of the most popular midsize business applications, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle E-Business Suite, VMware ESX Server and HP PolyServe Scalable NAS.

HP has also announced the HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection portfolio for new SAN customers. It offers the latest in Fibre Channel (FC) technology for the EVA4400 at the same price as 4Gb FC.

The Simple SAN Connection portfolio includes software to simplify management, a 20-port capable 8Gb switch and a PCI Express FC host bus adapter (HBA). The single-port 8Gb HBA offers twice the throughput of 4Gb HBAs and includes new advanced features to support virtualization and adaptive power management.

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