Feature

Function

Benefit

HP Storage Management

 

 

 

Suite bundle

 

 

 

 

Hardware Assisted E-Copy

Provides the ability to move

Allows for off-host backup

All bundles

 

data across the SAN

or restore processing to

 

 

without having to first read

occur, which by definition

 

 

it into the server memory

implies virtually no server

 

 

 

CPU cycles are dedicated

 

 

 

to this task

 

 

 

 

 

History log

Provides a journal of issued

Faster time to resolution for

All bundles

 

commands

support

 

 

 

 

 

Hot relocation

Migrates data

Reduced unplanned

T2771xx, T2773xx,

 

automatically from failing

downtime

T2774xx, T2775xx

 

disks to healthy disks online

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intelligent Storage

Proprietary language to

Simplified manageability

All bundles

Provisioning

create volume templates

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi-Volume File System

Provides the capability to

Better manageability

All bundles

 

have multiple volumes (that

 

 

 

can be comprised of

 

 

 

multiple LUNs) across

 

 

 

heterogeneous storage

 

 

 

subsystems supported under

 

 

 

a single file system

 

 

 

 

 

 

Named data streams

Associates arbitrary data

Allows annotation of

All bundles

 

with a given file

specific details about a

 

 

 

given file

 

 

 

 

 

NBU Advanced Client

Allows for snapshot and

Provides the fastest

T2771xx, T2773xx,

Support

backup/recovery of data

mechanisms known today to

T2774xx

 

and leverages existing

take a snapshot and move

 

 

customer investment in

the data to disk or tape for

 

 

hardware and software

rapid backup and recovery;

 

 

 

enables the backup and

 

 

 

recovery data without

 

 

 

utilizing production servers,

 

 

 

by using scsi3 xcopy

 

 

 

enabled devices or another

 

 

 

server to move the data

 

 

 

 

 

Online Administration

Performs volume and file

Limits the amount of time

All bundles

 

system resizing (including

disks must be offline for

 

 

shrinking), domain

maintenance

 

 

reconfiguration,

 

 

 

defragmentation, backup,

 

 

 

and off-host processing

 

 

 

while the data remains

 

 

 

online and available

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online Intent Log Resize

Resizes the VxFS intent log

Minimizes application

All bundles

 

while applications are online

downtime

 

 

 

 

 

Oracle Disk Manager

Provides unified I/O and

Increases I/O performance,

T2773xx, T2774xx,

 

file management for Oracle

uses system resources more

T8686xx, T2777xx

 

servers and reduces the

efficiently, and improves

 

 

number of system calls that

file management

 

 

Oracle servers generate; all

 

 

 

Oracle processes use a

 

 

 

single I/O library

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oracle SmartSnyc Support

Improves Oracle runtime

Improved performance

All bundles

 

and recovery performance

 

 

 

with mirrored volumes. Raw

 

 

 

volume configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

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