StoreVirtual - a new name for Lefty
In December, HP launches third-generation storage for its iSCSI-based SANs. These systems, formerly known as the HP LeftHand P4000 (LeftHand - the name of the company that HP acquired three years ago), will now be called HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage. HP, like other vendors, periodically update their brands, for example, from the Compaq legacy for ten years, only ProLiant has remained (except for OpenVMS and NonStop).
However, LeftHand will remain in the name of Lefty's operating system, which is renamed from SAN / iQ to HP LeftHand Operating System (OS). Given that all the functionality of the HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage is implemented exclusively at the software level, including clustering, linear scalability of performance, and improved fault tolerance based on Network RAID, it can be assumed that the name LeftHand will not be out of use for a long time. In addition, Lefty’s standard configuration includes the entire Lefthand OS package and customers of these systems do not need to spend money on licensing options that implement the most “advanced” features (for example, synchronous and asynchronous replication, thin provisioning, or snapshots).
Upgrading the HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage lineup began with a lower-end system. HP introduced two third-generation models that are based on the latest single-slot HP ProLiant Gen8 rack-mount servers with one six-core Xeon E5-2620 processor. The HP StoreVirtual 4130 is the most affordable Lefty model, focused on SMB companies and corporate affiliates. In its case is placed four six-gigabyte 2.5-inch SAS hard drives, combined in RAID-5 (usable capacity - 1.56 TB). Thanks to LeftHand OS technology, it scales to 32 arrays with 128 disks and 128 Gigabit Ethernet network ports.
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The second more powerful HP StoreVirtual 4330 model with a height of 1U is equipped with eight 2.5-inch disks with support for RAID 5, 6 and 10. The storage system can use “ten thousand” SAS with a capacity of 450 or 900 GB and single-terabyte MDL SAS 7200 rpm. As standard, this model, like the HP StoreVirtual 4130, is equipped with four Gigabit Ethernet ports, which is twice as much as in the previous generation. If this is not enough, the system can be retrofitted with two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The main innovation of this generation is the support of two eight-gigabit Fiber Channel ports as an option. This option is useful for those customers who want to connect their servers using Fiber Channel to Lefty, to combine FC and iSCSI networks into one infrastructure, or plan to gradually replace the existing FC storage network with an iSCSI-based SAN.
Older systems will be updated in early 2013 and will be positioned as the main stack in medium-sized companies or for virtualization in large companies, since support virtually all VMware vSphere and MS Hyper-V functionality.
The main enhancements to LeftHand OS are improved integration with Active Directory directories (administrators can manage HP StoreVirtual Storage user authentication using Windows AD tools) and implement recovery function using Recovery Manager snapshots for Windows files and folders. It is worth noting that the owners of the second generation HP LeftHand P4000 G2 will be able to transfer their systems to the new OS for free.
However, LeftHand will remain in the name of Lefty's operating system, which is renamed from SAN / iQ to HP LeftHand Operating System (OS). Given that all the functionality of the HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage is implemented exclusively at the software level, including clustering, linear scalability of performance, and improved fault tolerance based on Network RAID, it can be assumed that the name LeftHand will not be out of use for a long time. In addition, Lefty’s standard configuration includes the entire Lefthand OS package and customers of these systems do not need to spend money on licensing options that implement the most “advanced” features (for example, synchronous and asynchronous replication, thin provisioning, or snapshots).
Upgrading the HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage lineup began with a lower-end system. HP introduced two third-generation models that are based on the latest single-slot HP ProLiant Gen8 rack-mount servers with one six-core Xeon E5-2620 processor. The HP StoreVirtual 4130 is the most affordable Lefty model, focused on SMB companies and corporate affiliates. In its case is placed four six-gigabyte 2.5-inch SAS hard drives, combined in RAID-5 (usable capacity - 1.56 TB). Thanks to LeftHand OS technology, it scales to 32 arrays with 128 disks and 128 Gigabit Ethernet network ports.
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The second more powerful HP StoreVirtual 4330 model with a height of 1U is equipped with eight 2.5-inch disks with support for RAID 5, 6 and 10. The storage system can use “ten thousand” SAS with a capacity of 450 or 900 GB and single-terabyte MDL SAS 7200 rpm. As standard, this model, like the HP StoreVirtual 4130, is equipped with four Gigabit Ethernet ports, which is twice as much as in the previous generation. If this is not enough, the system can be retrofitted with two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The main innovation of this generation is the support of two eight-gigabit Fiber Channel ports as an option. This option is useful for those customers who want to connect their servers using Fiber Channel to Lefty, to combine FC and iSCSI networks into one infrastructure, or plan to gradually replace the existing FC storage network with an iSCSI-based SAN.
Older systems will be updated in early 2013 and will be positioned as the main stack in medium-sized companies or for virtualization in large companies, since support virtually all VMware vSphere and MS Hyper-V functionality.
The main enhancements to LeftHand OS are improved integration with Active Directory directories (administrators can manage HP StoreVirtual Storage user authentication using Windows AD tools) and implement recovery function using Recovery Manager snapshots for Windows files and folders. It is worth noting that the owners of the second generation HP LeftHand P4000 G2 will be able to transfer their systems to the new OS for free.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/161595/
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