HP StoreEasy - Easily store unstructured data.

HP updated its low-end NAS line-ups in December, and HP StoreEasy1000, 3000, and 5000 replaced the previous X-series NAS (X1000, X3000 and X5000). Of course, the changes compared to its predecessors are not limited to the new brand. First of all, the HP ProLiant Gen8 servers released this spring have become the hardware basis for the new systems.

As we already said in our blog , in this generation the best in the industry of the standard architecture industry servers have significantly increased performance and reliability, which is extremely important for storing data, business depends on uninterrupted access to which.

In addition, as the OS, new NASs use the recently released Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012, which implements such new features as block-level deduplication, flexible provisioning (thin provisioning), fault-tolerant ReFS file system, and the ability to combine multiple systems into a fault-tolerant cluster , supports NFS version 4.1 and SMB 3.0 protocol, enhanced scaling for NFS, SMB, or iSCSI environments.
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These OS enhancements offer converged storage on the HP StoreEasy, i.e. the owner of this system can store not only files on it, but also block data of server applications with access through an iSCSI-based storage network.



The HP StoreEasy Storage line is now out of three series - the 1000th and 5000th series of fully ready-to-use file storage systems and the 3000th series of NAS gateways:

• HP StoreEasy 1000 Storage with a capacity from 5 to 50 TB is an entry-level model based on tower and rack-mounted HP ProLiant Gen8, targeted at small companies, branches and working groups. Such a system can be implemented to replace several standard Windows servers used to store files, and as a result, we can improve the speed of access to data, secure storage, and reduce the cost of maintaining the server fleet.
• HP StoreEasy 5000 Storage capacity from 100 to 400 TB is a turnkey solution for medium-sized companies that provides high availability with a two-node active-active cluster that is optimized for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V maintenance and virtualization implementation. HP StoreEasy 5000 Storage is fully compatible with the 1000th model of this series, so if this model is installed at the main office of the enterprise, with geographically distributed infrastructure, and StoreEasy 1000 in its branches, then you can easily implement data replication from branches to the center. For such a scenario, the HP Hosted BranchCache feature is useful, which stores frequently requested data in the local cache of a remote division to reduce the delay in moving data from the main office to the branches and loading communication channels between them.
• HP StoreEasy 3000 Storage — these are clustered NAS gateways that allow you to implement NAS storage functions for your existing disk array in a SAN infrastructure and turn it into a converged storage system. They are fully compatible with HP 3PAR Storage and HP StoreVirtual Storage (LeftHand) storage systems, and provide access to data on these arrays both as file resources and at the block level.

But of course, all this is just the beginning. We will return to the story about StoreEasy more than once with practical examples from our laboratory and real applications with HP customers.