HP 1500 cs Customer Benefits

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HP StorageWorks 1500 cs Modular Smart Array

Overview

Customer Benefits

Capability of building an enterprise-class SAN with SCSI reliability by attaching up-to-four MSA30 SCSI-drive enclosures for a native capacity of 16.8 TB (using 56 - 300 GB SCSI disks)

Low cost, high capacity - For less than $.01 per/MB customers can obtain up to 24 TB of capacity (eight SATA enclosures) using up to 96 - 250 GB SATA disk drives.

Flexibility - Can choose SATA configuration for secondary storage of data, and/or SCSI configuration for primary storage, mixing of both technologies behind the same controller is supported but limited to separate SCSI I/O modules.

Ability to utilize a tiered storage approach as data values decrease, choosing the right disk technology for your data storage. Investment Protection - the ability to upgrade from the MSA1000 to the MSA1500 cs. Remove the controllers from the MSA1000 and place them into the controller bays in the MSA1500 cs and upgrade the firmware. (Requires purchase of one MSA1500 FC I/O Module per moved controller)

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