HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition Software -
Overview & Features

Overview

HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition Software allows companies to consolidate a variety of online storage needs onto one central XP disk array, confident that the quality of service and data security requirements of each user can be maintained.

What's new

• HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition is bundled in with HP StorageWorks XP Array Manager for the HP StorageWorks XP24000 and XP20000 Disk Arrays.

Features and Benefits

• Enhance the success of storage consolidation efforts: Create partitions that are independently configured and managed. This partitioning model provides increased security for user data and HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array resources, and limits the scope of administrator errors to a single partition.
• Allocate resources to make sure critical applications have the performance they need: Divide your HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array into multiple sub-arrays, or partitions, with each partition having its own host ports, disk array groups and cache. Assign partitions to critical applications and size them to maintain required performance.
• Isolate applications from each other: Prevent applications from affecting each other by assigning them to different partitions. Applications in one partition cannot affect the resources available to applications in other partitions. For example, a cache-heavy application in one partition cannot affect the cache performance of applications in other partitions.
• Adjust resources as storage needs change: Reassign resources from one partition to another while the HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array is operating.