HP xp1024 manual What’s new, Key features and benefits, Controllable, Resilient, Extensible

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hp StorageWorks xp1024 disk array

hp StorageWorks xp1024 disk array

what’s new

•new disk type, 146 GB 10Krpm, allows over 130 TB of usable storage capacity

•OpenV (Variable Lun Size)

•continuous access over ESCON

The HP StorageWorks xp1024 disk array delivers state-of-the-art architecture, software and solutions. It accommodates the highest number of disks of any disk array available, offering up to 149 TB of storage capacity. Plus, the xp1024 disk array supports heterogeneous connectivity, including HP-UX, Microsoft® Windows®, Solaris, AIX and Linux.

The xp1024 disk array uses advanced crossbar fault-tolerant, redundant architecture optimizing performance for a broad set of applications. No single-point- of-failure and non-disruptive online upgrades ensure that the infrastructure is “always on, always available.” And now, OpenV emulation allows users to configure the xp1024 disk array quicker and easier than ever before.

Because the xp1024 accommodates the highest number of disk drives of any disk array available, in a remarkably small footprint, it meets the storage needs of today and those of tomorrow.

key features and benefits

controllable

•manageable: manages many arrays from a single web-enabled console

•upgradeable: scales from 8 drives to 1024 drives, four drives at a time, with no interruptions to applications or hosts

•serviceable: replaces any component online with no interruption to applications or hosts

resilient

•reliable: provides extreme reliability and availability with redundant hot replaceable processors, I/O interfaces, power supplies, batteries and control processors

extensible

•open: supports multiple operating systems, including HP-UX, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000, HP OpenVMS, HP Tru64, NetWare, IRIX and mainframes

•flexible: supports mixed disk environments and is backward compatible with 1-2 Gb Fibre Channel, FICON and ESCON

•scalable: scales up to 1024 disk drives or over 130 TB of usable storage capacity in a single array to accommodate growing storage needs