HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 3000
Overview
The HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 3000 (EVA3000) is the mid-range member of the HP StorageWorks Virtual Disk Array enabled by VersaStor technology. The EVA3000 is a high performance, high availability "virtual" RAID storage solution serving the middle tier of the enterprise class marketplace that removes the time, space and cost boundaries of traditionally architected storage.
The EVA3000 is designed for the data center where there is a critical need for improved storage utilization and scalability while meeting application specific demands for consistently high transaction I/O and MB data rate performance, seamless capacity expansion, instantaneous replication, simplified storage administration and cost effectiveness.
The EVA3000 is a full 2 Gb end-to-end Fibre Channel array which operates in 1 Gb, 2 Gb or mixed (1 Gb and 2 Gb) Storage Area Network (SAN) fabrics and complements the current EVA5000 solutions.
The EVA3000 is available in one of four integrated "Independent Bundle" configurations (each bundle includes one pair of HSV100 controllers, two FC drive enclosures, and 8 to 16 integrated FC hard drives -varied by bundle). Broader choice of racks: EVA3000 Independent Bundles are factory integrated in your choice of EVA cab (22, 36U, 42U) or Rack System/E rack systems (25U, 33U, 41U). Configured solutions include support for the most popular multi-vendor operating system platforms and stringent data center availability enhancements such as multi-pathing and clustering.
The EVA3000 is for data centers having continuously increasing capacity/replication requirements, performance demands, and ever-increasing business continuance needs, the EVA3000 is the clear choice for creating impressive value opportunities within the areas of space, time and cost savings.
Features & Benefits
- Management: allows management of large SAN configurations, reduces management time and lowers costs.
- Performance: outstanding self-tuning performance accomplishes more in less time, scales capacity on-demand and minimizes data administration.
- Unique virtualization features: state-of-the-art architecture improves performance, optimizes disk usage, and allows for easy dynamic storage expansion.
- Virtually instantaneous snapclone: allows immediate use of the clone copy, saving significant time.
- Virtually capacity-free Snapshot (Vsnap): saves customers disk space and improves disk utilization efficiency during local replication operations
