HP ProLiant ML110 G5 Server series Overview
Overview	The HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server provides all the necessary server features in an affordable, functional package. The latest Intel processors, such as Intel® Xeon® and Pentium® D processors, provide the necessary computing power, while a mix of PCI and PCI-Express slots delivers the expandability that a growing business requires. In addition, the ML110 G5 can be upgraded with the cost-effective HP Lights-Out 100c Remote Management card for remote sites or second offices. Like all ProLiant products, the ML110 G5 comes with proven ProLiant reliability. The ProLiant ML110 G5 is a value-packed server with appropriate technology suitable for small to medium businesses.
What's new:	The ProLiant ML110 G5 delivers the latest Intel Xeon and Pentium D processors, an upgraded Lights-Out 100c Remote Management Card (optional), and four hard disk drive bays. The improvements made in Generation 5 provide small businesses with the server power and features required to accomplish day-to-day server tasks. Performance: Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors 3360, 3350, 3330, 3320, 3220 and 3210 sequence Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors 3100 & 3000 sequence Dual-Core Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors 4000 sequence Dual-Core Intel® Pentium® D Processors 2000 sequence Single-Core Intel® Celeron® D Processors 400 sequence 512MB Standard / 8GB Maximum of PC6400 DDR2, un-buffered ECC 4 total I/O slots: One (1) 3.3V PCI and three (3) PCI Express (1 x8 & 2 x1) Embedded 4 disk SATA controller with SATA RAID 0/1/10 Management: HP ProLiant Easy Set Up CD: simplifies deployment and installation process and has a Smartstart "like" look and feel for a consistent user experience across the ProLiant servers HP ProLiant ML110 G5 Lights-Out 100c Remote Management Card (optional): delivers essential remote management functionality at a cost-effective price Options: USB DAT tape drives for value-based backup solutions UPS options to help secure data Optional drive key via front USB or internal USB for ease of booting Design: (4) Four HDD bays in an improved chassis design (8) Eight total USB ports (2 front, 4 rear, and 2 internal) Easily accessible chassis for upgrade and expansion Graphics: 32MB shared supporting 1600x1200x16M resolution
Ideal environment:	Ideal Applications: File and print Web messaging Small vertical applications or databases Shared internet access and LAN infrastructure FreeDOS Remote sites or branch offices of small/medium businesses: Entry-level, single processor server solution for the budget-conscious businesses Optional, industry standard remote manageability to manage remote locations HP offers a variety of service options to tailor support solutions Small businesses running light applications The ML110 G5 delivers peace-of-mind solution through practical design and strenuous testing while ensuring dependable performance Growth and adaptability are achieved through memory, HDD, and PCI card expandability giving the ML110 G5 the headroom to grow with the small businesses Small businesses can depend on HP to provide the products and support needed to handle their day-to-day server tasks in a smooth and efficient manner
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HP ProLiant ML150 G5 Server series Overview
Overview	The HP ProLiant ML150 G5 is a high performance entry 2P server that is easy on your IT budget with significant headroom to grow with your business. Deploying the most updated Intel architecture processors and redundant power supply, the ML150 G5 is a tower server that is optimized for price-performance. Companies with remote locations can take advantage of the available Lights-Out 100c remote management card to decrease server/company downtime and increase overall productivity.
What's new:	Introducing the HP ProLiant ML150 G5, now available with the latest Intel Xeon Quad Core processors. With a total of up to 8 LFF SAS/SATA disk drives, the ML150 G5 provides the storage expandability to meet future business growth needs. Available redundant power supply helps ensure that the HP ProLiant ML150 G5 server continues to support your business in the event of a system power error
Ideal environment:	Developing and Emerging Market Affordable with latest technology Room for expandability Ease of use for IT manager Small Medium Business The ML150 delivers peace of mind through practical design and strenuous testing, ensuring dependable performance Growth and adaptability are achieved through memory, HDD and PCI-e card expandability Small businesses can depend on HP to provide equipment that can handle their tasks and provide support if something goes wrong Remote site for branch offices Entry-level, dual processor server solution for budget-conscious business Optional, industry standard remote manageability to manage remote locations HP offers a variety of service options to tailor support solutions
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HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server series Overview
Overview	The HP ProLiant ML350 G5 server is designed with reliability, expandability, performance and environmental features that continue to make it one of the most flexible tower servers in the world. The best word to describe the ML350 server is “dual”. Dual socket, dual redundant hot plug power supplies, dual redundant fans, and dual purpose chassis that can support either the 2.5-inch (SFF) or 3.5-inch (LFF) SAS or SATA drives.
What's new:	Intel® Xeon® Quad-Core X5460, low power Quad-Core L5420 and higher speed Dual-Core X5260 Processors Quad- and Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5000 sequence processors with up to 1333 MHz FSB, and 12MB L2 cache on the latest Intel Quad-Core processors
Ideal environment:	Remote and branch office deployments Modular chassis provides the flexibility to deploy in tower or rack environment Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO-2) provides secure and dedicated remote management and control Five (5) media bays standard: Add backup devices, optical drives, and still have room for future growth Security: Lockable tower bezel with removable media bay cover enhances deployment capabilities while ensuring physical security Small and medium businesses Excellent price-performance and value Whisper quiet fans are ideal for the small office environment Add processors, memory, backup devices and PCI cards in a snap to add users and get a competitive edge Enhanced memory configuration provides low cost memory expansion
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HP ProLiant DL360 G5 Server series Overview
Overview	Combining concentrated 1U compute power, integrated Lights-Out management, and essential fault tolerance, the HP Proliant DL360 G5 is optimized for space constrained installations. Quad-Core and Dual-Core Xeon® Processors, DDR2 Fully Buffered DIMMs, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and PCI Express technology provide a high performance system, ideal for the full range of scale out applications. What's more, the DL360 G5 steps up the fault tolerant in an ultra-dense platform with redundant power, redundant fans, mirrored memory or online spare memory, embedded RAID capability, and full-featured remote Lights-Out management.
What's new:	New Intel Xeon Quad-Core processors (X5470, L5430) Performance: Up to two (2) Intel Xeon processor 5400/5300/5200/5100 sequence with Intel VT technology to improve performance in a virtual environment Up to 32GB of 667MHz DDR2 Fully-buffered DIMMs; with 4:1 interleaving, mirrored memory and online spare capability Two (2) PCI-Express x8 expansion slots standard, optional PCI-X HP Smart Array P400i with 256MB read cache; or Smart Array E200i with 64MB read cache. Both controllers are upgradeable to write cache capabilities and larger cache sizes. Management: Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) Management for high speed remote management Smart power and thermal management. HP Power Regulator for policy based power management providing energy. New industry exclusive Power Meter reporting capability to log actual power usage. New Systems Insight Display for walk up system diagnostics Reliability and Efficiency: Redundant fans standard; redundant power optional Expandable storage for support of up to six high performance serial disk drives Optional ambidextrous cable management arm Ultra-dense 1U rack design offers maximum utilization of server rack and data center space
Ideal environment:	Corporate data centers and service providers: Redundant fans standard and optional, redundant power supplies limit costly network downtime Remote manageability to support centralized or remote data center environments Sliding rack rails standard and optional cable management arm & fixed cord PDU accommodate dense server deployment Small and medium businesses: ProLiant management tools ease server deployment and life cycle management when resources are limited Internal configuration flexibility supports a variety of applications SAS and SATA models expand deployment options Ideal applications: Corporate infrastructure: mail & messaging, domain controller, directory services, firewall, web hosting High Performance Computing (HPC), High Availability Clustering and Storage Area Networks Citrix Terminal Services
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HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server series Overview
Overview	The HP ProLiant DL380, the world's best selling server, delivers on its proven history of design excellence with enterprise-class uptime and manageability, proven 2-socket Intel® Xeon® performance, and 2U density for a variety of rack deployments and applications. The HP ProLiant ProLiant DL380 G5 earned two-processor world record performance results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark on Windows. These results surpassed competitors by up to 39.8% in performance results.
What's new:	New Intel Xeon Quad-Core processors (X5470, L5430) Performance: Up to two (2) Intel Xeon 5X00 sequence Dual-Core or Quad-Core processors with Intel VT technology to improve flexibility, enhanced multi-tasking capabilities, and performance in a virtual environment Up to 64GB of 667MHz DDR2 Fully-buffered DIMMs; with interleaving, mirrored memory and online spare capability Four (4) available PCI-Express expansion slots standard with optional PCi-X/PCI-X Express riser HP Smart Array P400 512MB with BBWC (Performance models); HP Smart Array P400 with 256MB read cache (Base models); HP Smart Array E200 with 64MB read cache (Entry model); Both controllers are upgradeable with battery-backed write cache capabilities and larger read cache sizes. Management: Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) Management for high speed remote management New Systems Insight Display for walk up system diagnostics Power Regulator and Power Meter for ProLiant, delivering integrated power monitoring and server level, policy-based power management for energy efficiency and cost savings HP Smart Array P400 512MB with BBWC (Performance models); Dual multifunction Gigabit NICs with TOE to reduce network latency Reliability and Efficiency: Expandable storage for support of up to eight (8) SAS or SATA small form factor drives Integrated VMware 3i and Citrix XenServer virtualization technology Hot plug redundant fans standard; Hot plug redundant power optional (standard on performance models) Worldwide service and support options
Reliability and Efficiency:	Environments of all types and sizes The unmatched flexibility of the DL380 has made it the best selling server in the world. Sold to businesses of all sizes for a vast array of applications. Easily connected to storage networks and easily managed from wherever you are The DL380 G5 now offers integrated VMware and XenServer virtualization technology. This revolutionary way of distributing virtualization technology enables fast, straight forward virtual deployments with a consistent and reliable ProLiant experience. Space-constrained corporate data centers and service providers The DL380 packs the storage, memory, and I/O you need into only 2U of rack space Ambidextrous cable management and a quick deploy rail solution make racking a snap Availability features like hot plug redundant power, online spare memory, and hot plug redundant fans keep environments up and running Sophisticated SMB locations The DL380 is not just for enterprises. Small and medium businesses with rack environments that can benefit from remote server management or network backup should consider the DL380. Not ready for a rack environment? Consider the ProLiant ML370.
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HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c Storage Blade Overview & Features
Overview	Rapid data growth of both unstructured file data and structured application data from database and e-mail means your storage capacity requirements continue to evolve. HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c Storage Blade is a single solution that provides shared storage for HP BladeSystem c-Class application servers (iSCSI), enhanced file serving (NAS) for end-user clients, and software to protect the data on the device. The AiO SB600c Storage Blade is an “in-the-enclosure” storage solution that consists of a HP ProLiant BL460c server and an SB40c Storage Blade. The AiO SB600c Storage Blade is a radically simple shared storage solution, enabling small and mid-sized businesses to affordably manage growth and protect their data without the complexity of external storage. With the AiO Storage Manager (ASM) you can easily expand data areas, migrate data from capacity constrained servers, implement disk and tape backup policies, and setup end-user file shares.
What's new:	Updated processor: Systems comes with One Quad-Core Intel® Xeon ® E5410 (2.33GHz, 1333FSB, 80w) processor pre-installed Choose the type and quantity of SFF hot plug drives to be pre-installed in the SB40c: Up to six SFF 146GB 10K SAS hot plug hard disk drives Up to six SFF 250GB 5.4k SATA hot plug hard drive
Features & Benefits:	Unbelievably simple multi-tasking storage in a blade enclosure Integrated file server and iSCSI storage solution: Managed through a single interface, the AiO SB600c Storage Blade provides shared application storage (iSCSI SAN), file serving (NAS), and data protection in a single, integrated solution. And the SB600c costs substantially less than implementing these features using separate products. Shared storage within the BladeSystem enclosure: Shared storage within the BladeSystem enclosure reduces the complexity of attaching to external storage. The industry standard iSCSI interface provides the benefits of shared SAN storage within the enclosure by simply using the server's embedded NICs Intuitive storage management from HP: The AiO storage Manager (ASM) provides a straight-forward user interface for setup and ongoing maintenance, and requires no specialized storage training. Easily expand data areas, migrate data from capacity constrained servers, implement disk and tape backup policies, and setup end-user file shares. The HP toolkit is a ‘storage expert in the box’: The AiO SB600c Storage Blade includes HP tools to easily migrate and manage data using best practice settings. iSCSI storage for a Microsoft Exchange Group can be setup and migrated in fewer than 10 mouse clicks. Uniquely efficient storage solution Efficient shared storage solution: The AiO SB600c proves that sharing storage among a group of servers is up to 30% more efficient than using direct attached storage, especially in an ultra-dense BladeSystem environment. The intuitive AiO Storage Manager helps get the SB600c setup and actively serving files in less than 30 minutes. Microsoft storage-specific OS is pre-installed: Ready to deploy- get up and running in minutes Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 is pre-installed to speed deployment time. HP makes data migration easy by including optimization wizards for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server. Integrated deduplication tools enhance capability: Single Instance Storage (SIS) from Microsoft improves capacity utilization by up to 30% or more by eliminating duplicate files within shared volumes. Full text search capabilities increase the speed of end-user search. Unquestionably reliable data protection Data protection is built-in: Includes integrated data protection software from HP for archive backups. Data can also be replicated to another system for enhanced disaster recovery. Easy disk-based snapshots: Integrated HP storage management tools provide an easy process to manage disk based snapshots for easy rollback. Worry-free, industry standard hardware: Industry standard HP BladeSystem hardware is backed by a 3/3/3 hardware warranty and 1 year software support. HP world class support organization and partner network is your resource in the case of a problem.
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HP StorageWorks SB40c storage blade overview
Overview	Introducing a new category of storage blade that delivers unmatched direct attach storage density for c-Class server blades. The StorageWorks SB40c is a half-height c-Class storage blade featuring support for up to six hot-plug Small Form Factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives. Using the onboard Smart Array P400, the SB40c provides industry-leading performance, availability, and storage density, to meet customers' demanding and growing storage needs.
What's new:	Designed to keep pace with increasing demand for storage, the HP StorageWorks SB40c offers SAS reliability and flexibility with Smart Array performance and manageability. Performance High speed PCI Express connection to adjacent c-Class server blade High performance HP Smart Array P400 with 256MB Battery Backed-Write Cache Six hot-plug SAS or SATA drives Management Simple to use, browser based Array Configuration Utility (ACU) to configure your array, add additional disk drives to an existing configuration, or completely reconfigure your disk drive array
Ideal environment:	Large Enterprise data centers Outstanding performance with Smart Array and Serial Attached SCSI Essential fault tolerance: Embedded Hardware RAID 0,1,5, 6 (ADG) capability to limit costly downtime with Battery Backed-Write Cache for increased performance and data protection High performance remote manageability to support centralized or remote data center environments Mainstream/mid-sized data centers and departments, branch offices Enterprise performance and reliability at an affordable price ProLiant management tools ease of deployment and life cycle management when resources are limited Flexible SAS and SATA storage options Ideal applications Multi-tiered enterprises applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle, and JDE Corporate infrastructure: file/print, mail/messaging, domain name system, directory services, firewall such as Exchange, Lotus Notes, Databases and portals
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HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway Storage Server Overview & Features
Overview	Do you have a proliferation of NAS devices that you need to consolidate, or tier two applications that would benefit from centralized storage? You need a flexible NAS/SAN gateway that increases the efficiency of your existing infrastructure. The first internal blade NAS/SAN fusion gateway product available, the HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway Storage Server is a flexible ready to deploy NAS/SAN gateway solution for both enterprise and workgroup SAN environments. The SB460c SAN Gateway is used to access SAN storage, translating file data from the server into blocks for storage. Centralize file serving onto a SAN to control proliferation of NAS devices while preserving your existing NAS storage investments. Also enables hosting of application (block) storage, using less expensive iSCSI to connect to a SAN infrastructure or HP MSA shared storage using iSCSI over the network, to increase efficiency of your existing infrastructure.
Features & Benefits:	Cost-effective flexibility Flexible and ready to deploy NAS Gateway: Use the HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway as a NAS gateway to access SAN storage, translating file data from the server into blocks for storage. Cost efficient iSCSI SAN gateway: Enable application servers to use less expensive iSCSI over the network to connect to an existing SAN Fibre Channel infrastructure. Use as a Windows Print Server: The SB460c SAN Gateway can be used as a Windows print server, where the integrated print management console allows multiple printers to be managed from a single interface. Time-saving installation and deployment OS pre-installation streamlines deployment: HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway saves configuration time with Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 factory-installed on local hard drives. HP startup wizard enables deployment in minutes: The HP Rapid Start-up Wizard simplifies and accelerates new device deployment by walking you through basic system settings step-by-step. Enhanced administrative support: HP-enhanced Microsoft Management Console centralizes HP storage management tools within the familiar MMC console. Intelligent storage management File de-duplication reduces redundant data stored: The HP ProLiant SB460c SAN Gateway makes more efficient use of storage space using the file de-duplicating Single-instance Storage (SIS). Indexed Search extracts data for easy access: Includes additional storage-specific tools like Indexed Search, SharePoint® Services support, Quotas, File Screening, Storage Reporting, and Distributed File System (DFS) Replication. Distributed File System (DFS) Management Console: Deploy and centrally manage wide range of heterogeneous file serving environments with support for SMB/CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP, WebDAV, AppleTalk, and NetWare file protocols. Industry standard, single vendor solution Buy with confidence from HP: End to end integration testing with HP servers and infrastructure as well as HP and third party external storage and backup solutions ensures functionality, performance and compatibility. Built on the ProLiant BL460c for industry standard reliability within your BladeSystem enclosure. One source simplicity: Optimize troubleshooting and repair time by choosing a single vendor for storage and server infrastructure. All inclusive for easy setup and fast deployment: The price of the SB460c SAN Gateway is all-inclusive, which means no additional costly options are required to get your NAS/SAN gateway up and running in minutes.
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HP StorageWorks 1200r SATA All-in-One Storage System Overview & Features
Overview	Imagine a single solution for your business that provides optimized NAS file serving, shared iSCSI storage for application servers, and built-in data protection capabilities. Now imagine that you don't need to be a storage expert to use it. HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems are radically simple, integrated, and affordable solutions that enable you to manage, grow, and protect data in small- and medium-sized office environments. Designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists, they deliver everything you need to decrease the costs of rapid data growth. The revolutionary All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) interface automates storage tasks, masks complexity, and presents capacity in familiar application-centric terms. IT generalists can look like storage experts with tools to set up shared folders, iSCSI Target application storage, and backup/replication. The AiO1200r is a high-density 2U rack-mount and easily expandable platform supporting both SATA and SAS drives.
What's new?	A high-capacity and high-performance 5.4TB SAS model (AK223A) featuring twelve 450GB SAS HDDs
Features & Benefits:	Unbelievably Simple Multi-protocol file serving: Compatible with a wide range of heterogeneous file serving environments and optimized for up to 20% faster file serving performance than a Windows Server 2003 R2 installation Application-centric storage management: Hides block storage complexity and allows for management, growth, and protection at the application level (Exchange, SQL, data protection, etc.) Intelligent automation: Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007) and SQL Server (2000/2005/2008) enables ‘best practice’ storage setup and data migration in less than 10 mouse clicks. Seamless interface: Do more in less time. Manage capacity, security, quotas, alerts, data protection, replication, and more in a single graphical dashboard with point & click simplicity Uniquely Affordable Server-independent storage: Capacity can be allocated, shared, and used by multiple servers all over TCP/IP networks. This lowers costs and improves efficiency Flexible growth: Take control of the insatiable demand for storage and gain the flexibility to adapt as needs change. Easily expand data areas without disrupting servers or users Industry standard building blocks: HP ProLiant hardware enables long-term investment protection and exclusive features like Lights-out remote management. The Windows-powered O/S integrates natively into your Active Directory and DFS environments and runs your favorite antivirus, backup, and storage management applications. Capacity and scalability in a 2U rack platform: This high storage density, performance-optimized, and easily expandable solution is built on the HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server and supports up to 12 SAS or SATA hard drives. Unquestionably Reliable Built in data protection with no backup window: Application-aware snapshots (up to 512), backup, replication, and redundant hardware ensure data is safe and secure. HP reliability and the HP partner network: A name you can trust along with HP’s 145,000 partners to provide local assistance and valuable expertise – when and where you need it Automatic problem notification: Be notified automatically of pending problems or actual issues, via e-mail or page. Monitor capacity and set alerts to manage growth
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HP StorageWorks 1200r SAS All-in-One Storage System Overview & Features
Overview	Imagine a single solution for your business that provides optimized NAS file serving, shared iSCSI storage for application servers, and built-in data protection capabilities. Now imagine that you don't need to be a storage expert to use it. HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems are radically simple, integrated, and affordable solutions that enable you to manage, grow, and protect data in small- and medium-sized office environments. Designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists, they deliver everything you need to decrease the costs of rapid data growth. The revolutionary All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) interface automates storage tasks, masks complexity, and presents capacity in familiar application-centric terms. IT generalists can look like storage experts with tools to set up shared folders, iSCSI Target application storage, and backup/replication. The AiO1200r is a high-density 2U rack-mount and easily expandable platform supporting both SATA and SAS drives.
What's new?	A high-capacity and high-performance 5.4TB SAS model (AK223A) featuring twelve 450GB SAS HDDs
Features & Benefits:	Unbelievably Simple Multi-protocol file serving: Compatible with a wide range of heterogeneous file serving environments and optimized for up to 20% faster file serving performance than a Windows Server 2003 R2 installation Application-centric storage management: Hides block storage complexity and allows for management, growth, and protection at the application level (Exchange, SQL, data protection, etc.) Intelligent automation: Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange (2003/2007) and SQL Server (2000/2005/2008) enables ‘best practice’ storage setup and data migration in less than 10 mouse clicks. Seamless interface: Do more in less time. Manage capacity, security, quotas, alerts, data protection, replication, and more in a single graphical dashboard with point & click simplicity Uniquely Affordable Server-independent storage: Capacity can be allocated, shared, and used by multiple servers all over TCP/IP networks. This lowers costs and improves efficiency Flexible growth:Take control of the insatiable demand for storage and gain the flexibility to adapt as needs change. Easily expand data areas without disrupting servers or users Industry standard building blocks: HP ProLiant hardware enables long-term investment protection and exclusive features like Lights-out remote management. The Windows-powered O/S integrates natively into your Active Directory and DFS environments and runs your favorite antivirus, backup, and storage management applications. Capacity and scalability in a 2U rack platform:This high storage density, performance-optimized, and easily expandable solution is built on the HP ProLiant DL185 G5 Storage Server and supports up to 12 SAS or SATA hard drives. Unquestionably Reliable Built in data protection with no backup window:Application-aware snapshots (up to 512), backup, replication, and redundant hardware ensure data is safe and secure. HP reliability and the HP partner network:A name you can trust along with HP’s 145,000 partners to provide local assistance and valuable expertise – when and where you need it Automatic problem notification:Be notified automatically of pending problems or actual issues, via e-mail or page. Monitor capacity and set alerts to manage growth
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HP StorageWorks 600 All-in-One Storage System Overview & Features
Overview	Imagine an integrated solution that could provide shared storage for application servers, enhanced file serving for end-user clients, and data protection for your critical information; these are the key functions of HP All-in-One Storage and together, they allow businesses to lower costs, increase efficiencies, and respond to rapid data growth. HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems are radically simple, integrated, and affordable network storage solutions that enable small and mid-size companies to easily manage, grow, and protect their data without requiring them to become storage experts. These systems are designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists with no storage expertise and deliver everything you need to lower the cost and complexity of rapidly growing data storage environments. The revolutionary All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) interface reduces the time, expense, and expertise required to keep up with rapidly growing applications. ASM eliminates the complexity of storage by automating storage tasks and presenting network storage in familiar application-centric terms, providing a simple way to control data growth. IT generalists can look like storage experts with tools to setup shared folders and iSCSI Target storage for hosts running Windows Server, Linux, VMWare ESX Server, and more. Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server enables painless data migration. Quickly and easily setup or expand data areas, move data from capacity constrained servers, manage disk based backup areas, implement data protection policies, consolidate backup, replicate data between sites, and more. Finally, a simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solution that dynamically adapts to the needs of your business; providing many of the management, consolidation, and data protection features typically reserved for higher-priced products.
What's new?	iSCSI Target provisioning for non-Windows hosts: Allows you to use ASM to easily setup storage for VMware ESX, Linux, and more without having to go into a separate interface. Improved data protection management for hosted data:Improved scheduling and management of backup jobs and dynamic space management for snapshots simplifies administration. Use the All-in-One Storage Server as a Data Protector Express backup server for other systems in your network: You can now create and manage space for virtual library devices within ASM which enables consolidation of midline and online storage. Multi-node management: Customers with multiple All-in-One Storage Systems can manage them all from a single interface which saves time in larger deployments. Scripting interface for 3rd party backup applications: Allows customers to backup iSCSI data directly from snapshots on the All-in-One Storage System using their existing backup applications.
Features & Benefits:	Breakthrough simplicity that lowers the cost and complexity of data management: The intuitive All-in-One Storage Manager interface radically simplifies the growth, management, and protection of data by hiding complexity and enabling storage to be a turnkey resource. Designed for IT generalists with no storage expertise, these systems can be setup and actively serving files in less than 30 minutes. Integrated and adaptive storage solutions to enable business growth: HP All-in-One Storage Systems offer an incredible degree of utility and flexibility by providing shared storage for multiple application servers, file serving for end-user clients, and data protection for both file and application data via disk-snapshots and backup software. Affordable and cost effective solution for growing application environments: Managed through a single interface, HP All-in-One Storage provides shared application storage (iSCSI SAN), file serving (NAS), and data protection below the cost of separate products and without the need to change your infrastructure. Application-centric storage management simplifies operation and lowers costs: Easy to manage because it uses terms and functions familiar to application administrators. Includes end-to-end iSCSI management for Windows Servers plus iSCSI provisioning for other iSCSI initiators (Linux, VMWare, etc.). Provides data migration wizards for Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 and SQL Server 2000/2005. ‘Best Practice’ toolkit makes every IT Administrator look like a storage expert: HP All-in-One Storage Systems include tools to easily migrate and manage data using best practice settings. For example, iSCSI storage for a Microsoft Exchange Storage Group can be expertly setup and migrated in less than 10 mouse clicks, saving you time and reducing the risk to your business. Shared storage for growing application servers (iSCSI SAN) enables efficient use of capacity: Sharing storage between servers is more efficient and costs less to manage over time when compared to adding additional drives or servers. Sharing storage means that you maximize investments in additional capacity while enabling easier growth and shorter backup windows. Enhanced file serving for end-user clients (NAS) to improve productivity and collaboration: Tuned for faster file serving performance (beyond standard Windows servers). The Single Instance Storage (SIS) de-duplication feature can improve capacity utilization by 30% or more by eliminating duplicate files within shared volumes. Full text search capabilities increase the speed of end-user search. Comprehensive and integrated data protection to ensure easy roll-back and disaster recovery: Integrated data protection software allows you to easily manage disk based snapshots, consolidate network backup, and copy data to tape for offsite and long term archival. Includes hot plug disk drives (RAID), and hardware redundancy. Data can also be replicated to another system for enhanced disaster recovery. Easy to deploy and manage so you can focus on your core business: The industry standard iSCSI interface provides the benefits of shared SAN storage on a traditional TCP/IP network. HP ProLiant hardware ensures reliability, low TCO, and easy support. The All-in-One Storage Manager quickly walks administrators through all setup and management tasks. Award winning warranty, support and troubleshooting tools to ensure worry-free operation: HP All-in-One Storage Systems can send alerts for various events such as an impending disk failure reducing the potential for downtime while HP’s world class support organization and partner network ensures that you can quickly recover in the case of a problem.
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HP StorageWorks 400t/400r All-in-One Storage System Overview & Features
Overview	Imagine a single solution that could provide shared storage for application servers via iSCSI, optimized NAS file serving, and data protection for your information; these are the key functions of HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Systems and allow businesses to lower costs, increase efficiencies, and respond to rapid data growth. These radically simple, integrated, and affordable solutions enable you to easily manage, grow, and protect data without requiring storage expertise. Designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists with no storage expertise, they deliver everything you need to lower the cost and complexity of rapidly growing data storage environments. The revolutionary All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) interface reduces the time, expense, and expertise required to keep up with rapidly growing applications. ASM eliminates complexity by automating storage tasks and presenting capacity in familiar application-centric terms, providing a simple way to control data growth. IT generalists can look like storage experts with tools to setup shared folders and iSCSI Target storage for hosts running Windows, Linux, VMWare ESX Server, and more. Tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server enables painless data migration. Quickly and easily setup or expand data areas, move data from capacity constrained servers, manage disk based backup areas, implement data protection policies, consolidate backup, replicate data between sites, and more. Finally, a simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solution that dynamically adapts to the needs of your business; providing many of the management, consolidation, and data protection features typically reserved for higher-priced products. AiO400t/AiO400r: These affordable 4-drive (SATA or SAS) entry-level network storage solutions are great for small environments that need less than 2TB of raw capacity.
What's new?	The new AiO400r (rack) replaces the AiO400 and is built on the HP ProLiant DL160 G5. It is a true ProLiant platform with the reliability and performance you expect from the industry leader. It also is available in both SATA and SAS HDD configurations. The AiO400t (tower) is a completely new AiO product built on the HP ProLiant ML110 G5. It offers a tower form factor, both SATA and SAS HDDs, and a lower entry price point.
Features & Benefits:	Breakthrough simplicity that lowers the cost and complexity of data management: The intuitive All-in-One Storage Manager interface radically simplifies the growth, management, and protection of data by hiding complexity and enabling storage to be a turnkey resource. Designed for IT generalists with no storage expertise, these systems can be setup and actively serving files in less than 30 minutes. Integrated and adaptive storage solutions to enable business growth: HP All-in-One Storage Systems offer an incredible degree of utility and flexibility by providing shared storage for multiple application servers, file serving for end-user clients, and data protection for both file and application data via disk-snapshots and backup software. Affordable and cost effective solution for growing application environments: Managed through a single interface, HP All-in-One Storage provides shared application storage (iSCSI SAN), file serving (NAS), and data protection below the cost of separate products and without the need to change your infrastructure. Application-centric storage management simplifies operation and lowers costs: Easy to manage because it uses terms and functions familiar to application administrators. Includes end-to-end iSCSI management for Windows Servers plus iSCSI provisioning for other iSCSI initiators (Linux, VMWare, etc.). Provides data migration wizards for Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 and SQL Server 2000/2005. ‘Best Practice’ toolkit makes every IT Administrator look like a storage expert: HP All-in-One Storage Systems include tools to easily migrate and manage data using best practice settings. For example, iSCSI storage for a Microsoft Exchange Storage Group can be expertly setup and migrated in less than 10 mouse clicks, saving you time and reducing the risk to your business. Shared storage for growing application servers (iSCSI SAN) enables efficient use of capacity: Sharing storage between servers is more efficient and costs less to manage over time when compared to adding additional drives or servers. Sharing storage means that you maximize investments in additional capacity while enabling easier growth and shorter backup windows. Enhanced file serving for end-user clients (NAS) to improve productivity and collaboration: Tuned for faster file serving performance (beyond standard Windows servers). The Single Instance Storage (SIS) de-duplication feature can improve capacity utilization by 30% or more by eliminating duplicate files within shared volumes. Full text search capabilities increase the speed of end-user search. Comprehensive and integrated data protection to ensure easy roll-back and disaster recovery: Integrated data protection software allows you to easily manage disk based snapshots, consolidate network backup, and copy data to tape for offsite and long term archival. Includes hot plug disk drives (RAID), and hardware redundancy. Data can also be replicated to another system for enhanced disaster recovery. Easy to deploy and manage so you can focus on your core business: The industry standard iSCSI interface provides the benefits of shared SAN storage on a traditional TCP/IP network. HP ProLiant hardware ensures reliability, low TCO, and easy support. The All-in-One Storage Manager quickly walks administrators through all setup and management tasks. Award winning warranty, support and troubleshooting tools to ensure worry-free operation: HP All-in-One Storage Systems can send alerts for various events such as an impending disk failure reducing the potential for downtime while HP’s world class support organization and partner network ensures that you can quickly recover in the case of a problem.
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HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway Overview & Features
Overview	The HP StorageWorks Enterprise Files Services (EFS) Clustered Gateway is a file server that delivers scalable file serving performance with assured availability for mid-range and enterprise customers on an industry standard platform. The EFS Clustered Gateway uses a shared data architecture. This enables EFS Clustered Gateway servers to be configured into a cluster of up to 16 servers. This clustering capability allows you to scale your file serving performance in a near linear fashion to over 3 GB/s. EFS Clustered Gateway provides continuously available storage that can also be scaled as application needs dictate without loss of performance. The shared data architecture of the EFS Clustered Gateway maximizes file server consolidation opportunities. EFS Clustered Gateway supports industry standard servers and software. Servers supported include the HP ProLiant and HP ProLiant BladeSystems. Supported software includes Windows and Linux operating systems. This capability enables you to purchase only the file serving capability you require and add nodes as you need them – without a forklift upgrade. You can also utilize familiar tools and processes to manage and maintain the EFS Clustered Gateway solution. EFS Clustered Gateway provides unified storage management. It can create an integrated block- and file-level storage solution out of any SAN, consolidating individual silos of storage into to a single, shared pool of storage that simplifies storage allocation, yields high utilization and reduces IT costs as compared to traditionally architected storage solutions. High availability for mission critical applications are ideal for EFS Clustered Gateway because its share data architecture ensures that there is no single point of failure - every server in the cluster sees the same view of the data.
What's new?	Support for HP PolyServe Database Utility software: The HP StorageWorks PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server enables multiple SQL Server instances to be consolidated onto a smaller number of servers and those instances can be dynamically re-hosted between servers when workload or conditions change. The Database Utility also provides utility-wide high availability and streamlines software updates and the migration to newer versions of SQL Server. Simplifies Enterprise Management: Includes an HP Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 for alerting via SNMP traps. Enhances Enterprise Security: Enables three main areas of control and security. It enables 'Role Based Administration and Security" with integration to Active Directory groups - a key requirement to enable multi-department coordination and responsibility sharing. It provides single sign-on Active Directory based authentication that simplifies login and authentication. Thirdly, it supports Auditing as it records to the Windows Event Log any human initiated changes and logon attempts included failed/succeeded logons. Expedites Disaster Recoverability: Helps to complete a DR strategy by supporting off-site or cross-campus failover and auto-volume reconstruction as the product can re-assemble all component volumes and enable the second site to recover quickly. Run truly centralized backups: Enables a single node backup solution so that all backups can be run from a single server taking advantage of the shared data architecture. This would allow customers to use only one copy of backup software (covering up to 16 servers) as opposed to every server.
Features & Benefits:	Scalable File Serving Performance from 1 to 16 servers: Purchase the right amount of file serving throughput and performance you need today with the ability to easily add performance and throughput in the future without a "forklift" upgrade. Continuously available storage can scale as application needs dictate without loss of performance: Quickly adapt your storage capacity to changing business requirements without fear of disruption to current operations. Shared data architecture maximizes file server consolidation opportunities: Consolidate file servers to provide IT departments a way to both drastically reduce the cost of operations and provide more efficient management of the incredible storage growth everyone is facing Supports industry standard servers and software: HP ProLiant DL server is the world’s best selling server with enterprise class uptime and management features. Both Linux and Windows are supported. Creates an integrated block- and file-level storage solution out of any SAN: Increases the ROI on your exiting SAN investment. Shared storage for growing application servers (iSCSI SAN) enables efficient use of capacity: Sharing storage between servers is more efficient and costs less to manage over time when compared to adding additional drives or servers. Sharing storage means that you maximize investments in additional capacity while enabling easier growth and shorter backup windows. Creates an integrated block- and file-level storage solution out of any SAN: Increases the ROI on your exiting SAN investment. Single, shared pool of storage: Simplifies storage allocation, yields high utilization and lowers TCO.. Storage Virtualization across heterogeneous arrays for easy online capacity growth: Provides configurable striping to meet workload and performance demands. Online volume growth and aggregation across multiple arrays allows full use of storage infrastructure. Storage Virtualization across heterogeneous arrays for easy online capacity growth: Provides configurable striping to meet workload and performance demands. Online volume growth and aggregation across multiple arrays allows full use of storage infrastructure. High Availability for Mission Critical Applications: Cache coherency and data integrity is maintained in the event of a single or multiple file server failure. Clients are failed over transparently and uniformly distributed across the cluster to ensure optimal load balancing and uninterrupted file serving for critical applications. No single point of failure, because every node in the cluster sees the same view of the data: With a shared data architecture, every file server in the cluster has the same data view. This ensures that cluster integrity. Failover from file server to another happens quickly and the client is unaware a failure has occurred as file serving has failed-over to all remaining filers. There is no single point of failure. Operationally efficient manageability, with support for all major management software: Manage a single cluster rather than individual servers. The cluster can be monitored from any node or from any system running Windows or Linux. In addition to cluster management, storage management and fabric management can also be done from the cluster console.
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HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services Overview & Features
Overview	You need scalable file serving performance and you cannot afford any downtime for your business critical applications. Medium-sized customers who need to seamlessly increase application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption will find that the HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is a fully factory configured storage solution. It includes an HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array with dual array controllers and 4.8 TB of storage, three file serving nodes, management and replication software, and support for Windows or Linux. With three file serving nodes and dual array controllers, the 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure. The 4400 Scalable NAS File Services offers great total cost of ownership with a low initial purchase price and “shared data” architecture that yields lower management expenses from a shared pool of file serving nodes and storage.
Features & Benefits	Scalable File Serving Performance: Transparently scale application throughput: The HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services reduces file serving bottlenecks and increase the productivity of your file serving applications far in excess of traditional NAS products. Advanced storage virtualization features: Easily add storage online to support growing needs without the need to over provision. Native application hosting: Simplify your application server environment and dramatically increase your file serving application performance. Expedites Disaster Recoverability: Helps to complete a DR strategy by supporting off-site or cross-campus failover and auto-volume reconstruction as the product can re-assemble all component volumes and enable the second site to recover quickly. High Availability: High availability: Reduced downtime and increased productivity for applications served by the 4400 Scalable NAS File Services solution. No single point of failure: The 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is designed to operate under extreme conditions. Instant data recovery with advanced replication: Support comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery policies for your critical data. Low purchase price and low total cost of ownership Shared data architecture: Enables low $/GB initial expense. Shared pool of file serving nodes and storage: Lower the amount of servers and storage that must be purchased and deliver higher server and storage utilization rates. Factory pre-configuration: The 4400 Scalable NAS File Services sets up fast for quick deployment of file and storage services since it has been configured in the factory.
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HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array Overview & Features
Overview	The HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array (MSA2000sa) is a direct attach, external shared storage solution that helps customers easily transition from direct attached to centralized storage. The ideal customers needing to consolidate their storage include smaller companies with tight budgets and limited IT expertise, or larger companies with perhaps hundreds of smaller departments and remote locations. The MSA2000sa comes standard with twelve drive bays able to simultaneously accommodate 3.5-inch enterprise-class, dual-ported SAS drives and archival-class SATA drives. Additional capacity can easily be added by attaching up to three MSA2000 12-bay drive enclosures. Maximum raw capacity ranges from 5.4 TB SAS or 12 TB SATA in the base cabinet, to over 21.6 TB SAS or 48 TB SATA with the addition of the three drive enclosures. The MSA2000 family of arrays are cost efficient in that there are never additional hidden charges, licenses or fees as you add enclosures, hosts and users.
What's new	Continuing to enhance dual-port portfolio with higher capacity drives with the addition of the MSA2 450 GB 15K 3.5-inch Dual-port SAS HDD
Features & Benefits	Highly efficient consolidation and storage sharing: The HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array delivers low cost, consolidated storage array technology to meet departmental and small to medium businesses requirements matched with the newest SAS and SATA drives. Flexibility in drive types and sizes: The MSA2000sa arrays offer a choice of drives: high performance enterprise class SAS drives and low cost, high capacity archival class SATA. Each model comes standard with twelve drive bays able to simultaneously accommodate 3.5-inch dual-ported SAS drives and SATA drives. Cost Efficient: The MSA2000sa offers single and dual controller models. Choose a single controller model for lowest initial investment, or choose a dual controller model for greater data protection. Balance performance with cost by choosing lower cost SATA drives for archival areas. Grow as storage demands increase: The MSA2000sa array allows customers to grow their storage as demands increase up to 21.6 TB SAS or 48 TB SATA supporting up to 4 hosts for SAS attach. The MSA2000 array family can support up to 3 drive enclosures and 48 drives. Supports up to 4 hosts for SAS direct attach: Powerful new controller and 1 GB cache provides support for up to 4 hosts. Latest SAS technology means that the users will have fast and reliable access to their data. MSA2000sa supports up to 256 LUNs with sizes up to 16 TB: With 256 LUNs, the MSA2000sa has more than sufficient LUNs for storage configuration flexibility. High availability for business continuity: Reduce risk of IT failure with active/active controllers, dual-ported drives, and redundant hardware components. Increased level of data protection: All models support the optional HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Snapshot Software which offers controller-based snapshot and cloning functionality for increased data protection. Controller-based snaps require no host resources being used and they produce space-efficient, copy-on-write snapshots and clones. Easy to manage and service: Reduced time to operation with easy and secure deployment. Reduced risk from operator errors, resulting in less downtime and data loss, while increasing customer satisfaction. Supports customer replaceable hot plug components such as drives, controllers, fans and power supplies. Space-efficient design: The array unit itself only occupies 2U of rack space and includes 12-drive bays. There is no requirement for a special UPS that takes additional space to protect the cache because the protection comes standard within the unit. Each additional drive enclosure also only occupies 2U of rack space.
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