HP today announced new storage offerings for the software-defined data centre (SDDC) that simplify deployment of scale-out storage for cloud computing and virtual server environments.
It also introduced a new entry-level all-flash array to enable affordable application performance acceleration.
IT departments and service providers are under pressure to deliver rapid business value with fewer resources. This is fuelling the growth of cloud computing and a move to the SDDC, which requires next-generation storage platforms that improve efficiency and control.
To address this need, HP is building on its market 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 $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.”