HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services - Overview & Features

Overview

Medium-sized customers who need to seamlessly increase application throughput far in excess of traditional NAS products and easily grow storage capacity online without service disruption will find that the HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services is a fully factory configured storage solution. It includes an HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array with dual array controllers and up to 12 TB of storage standard, two file serving nodes, management and replication software, and support for Windows or Linux. With two file serving nodes and dual array controllers, the HP 4400 Scalable NAS File Services does not have a single point of failure. It offers great total cost of ownership (TCO) with a low initial purchase price and “shared data” architecture yielding lower management expenses from a shared pool of file serving nodes and storage.

What's new

• Support for DL360 G6 File Servers
• Support for either 5.4 TB or 12 TB of initial storage
• Support for file-based Replication (Linux version)

Features & Benefits

• Transparently scale application throughput: Reduce file serving bottlenecks and increase the productivity of your file serving applications far in excess of traditional NAS products.
• Advanced storage virtualization features: Easily add storage online to support growing needs without the need to over provision.
• Native application hosting: Simplify your application server environment and dramatically increase your file serving application performance.

• High availability: Reduce downtime and increase productivity for applications.
• No single point of failure: Designed to operate under extreme conditions.
• Instant data recovery with advanced replication: Support comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery policies for your critical data.

• Shared data architecture: Enables low $/GB initial expense.
• Shared pool of file serving nodes and storage: Lowers the amount of servers and storage that must be purchased and delivers higher server and storage utilization rates.
• Factory pre-configuration: Sets up quickly and facilitates faster deployment of file and storage services since it has been configured in the factory.