HP Simplifies Deployment of Storage for the Software-defined Data Center

IT departments and service providers are under pressure to deliver rapid business value with fewer resources. This is fueling the growth of cloud computing and a move to the SDDC, which requires next-generation storage platforms that improve efficiency and control.

HP announced new storage offerings for the software-defined data center (SDDC) that simplify deployment of scale-out storage for cloud computing and virtual server environments.

The company also introduced a new entry-level all-flash array to enable affordable application performance acceleration.

To address this need, HP is building on its leadership in software-defined storage by featuring HP StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) as a fully integrated storage option for HP Helion OpenStack and HP Helion OpenStack Community Edition. HP has also enhanced HP StoreVirtual Storage hypervisor integration and released a new HP StoreOnce VSA license that cuts backup costs by 86 percent for small and remote sites.

Additionally, HP is enabling high service levels while removing cost barriers to flash storage adoption with the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 All-Flash Starter Kit. Starting at US$35,000, SDDC customers can benefit from all-flash performance at half the cost of competing entry-level all-flash arrays. HP also announced that it is continuing to collaborate with VMware to integrate HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage on VMware’s planned Virtual Volumes (VVols) storage architecture.

“As customers move to the software-defined data center, they face gaps with legacy hardware-oriented storage,” said  Barun Lala, director, HP Storage, India. “For increased agility, HP delivers software-defined storage via VSAs that optimize cost and all-flash, service-refined storage to optimize service levels—both orchestrated with common tools.”

“The software-defined data center extends virtualization concepts such as resource pooling and automation to all infrastructure services including storage, to make the underlying infrastructure as cost-effective and dynamic as virtualized servers,” said John Gilmartin, vice president and general manager, SDDC Suite Business Unit, VMware. “HP has been a critical VMware partner in enabling this transformation for external storage through their engineering design and development support of Virtual Volumes with HP 3PAR StoreServ.”

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