The HP P6000/EVA product line is ideal for running key business applications in midsize data centers that require enterprise level services for availability, reliability and performance from single or multiple locations.

Applications

HP P6000 Technical Specifications (pdf)

Price & Availability

HP P6000 EVA Product Proposal

HP P6000 EVA

The HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA4400) offers an easily deployed enterprise class virtual storage array for midsized customers at an affordable price. The EVA4400 fits well for customers looking for a high-performance, scalable, reliable and highly available storage solution that can be installed in just a few hours, offering tiered storage with support for high-performance SSDs and Fibre Channel drives or lower priced FATA drives. The EVA4400 brings a host of benefits in a virtual environment: ease of management with Command View EVA software, superior integration, broad operating system support, high availability architecture, dual-redundant design and 99.999% availability, iSCSI and FC SAN attach, and support of local and remote replication capabilities and disaster tolerance software.

Application Solutions

The Hewlett Packard StorageWorks P6000 EVA Family Delivers virtual storage for the midsize customer that provides enhanced performance, better capacity utilization, and easier management of on-demand storage activities. The EVA is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, and Oracle Virtual Machine.

For customers, one of the greatest concerns is always database performance. With larger LUNS and Solid State Disk (SSD) built into the HP EVA, customers get industry leading, super fast performance along with the scalability, availability, and ease of management capabilities they have come to expect from HP Storage Solutions. Everything a customer depends on when managing their most critical business asset...business data.

HP has developed an in-depth understanding of Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and VMware technology by extensive lab-testing best practices with HP EVAs, HP servers, and management software; high availability and disaster recovery solutions; and backup and recovery on the Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP application platforms. As a result, our customers can expect a wide range of operational and business benefits where they can:

• Achieve optimal performance on an Oracle, Microsoft, SAP platforms
• Minimize back windows and simplify recovery of their database and/or application
• Significantly improve Exchange messaging recovery points and recovery time
• Get predictable operational results
• Reduce implementation costs and risks
• Gain optimum return on Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP investments

To learn more about specific HP Storage Solutions that are built with Oracle, Microsoft and SAP environments in mind, visit the solution sites supporting each of these applications.

HP Storage for Oracle hyperlink to: http://www.hp.com/storage/oracle
HP Storage for Microsoft hyperlink to: http://www.hp.com/storage/microsoft
HP Storage for SAP hyperlink to: http://www.hp.com/storage/sap

	Technical Briefs
	» P6000 EVA with Oracle Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with SAP Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with Microsoft Exchange Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with Microsoft SQL Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with Microsoft SharePoint Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with Vmware Technical Brief » P6000 EVA with Microsoft Hyper-V Technical Brief
	Solution Briefs
	» P6000 EVA and Microsoft Exchange Solution Brief » P6000 EVA and Oracle E-Business Suite Solution Brief » P6000 EVA and VMware vSphere Solution Brief » P6000 EVA and Microsoft SQL Solution Brief » P6000 EVA and SAP ERP Solution Brief

HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Application Solutions are right-sized and hassle-free for businesses who want to remove the guesswork when implementing the most common business applications.

	HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Array Systems	HP 6400/8400 Enterprise Virtual Array	HP 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array
Ideal For	Enterprise deployment of business critical applications needing storage that is easy to use and economical to own.	Business critical enterprise customers who need highly available storage and want to make efficient use of valuable IT staff, resources and budget	Running key business applications in midsize data centers that require enterprise level services for availability, reliability and performance
Drive Description	(450) SFF SAS or (240) LFF SAS Maximum, depending on model	(324) Fibre Channel/FATA/SSD Supported	(96) LFF Fibre Channel/FATA/SSD Supported
Capacity	480 TB Maximum, depending on model	628 TB Maximum, depending on model	192 TB Maximum
Host Interface	8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel Ports per controller and 1 Gb/sec iSCSI Ports per controller or 10 GbE Ports per controller	4 Gb/sec Fibre Channel (4) Ports per controller	4 Gb Fibre Channel (4) Ports or 8 Gb/sec Fibre Channel (20) Ports Depending on model
Type and Number of Disk Enclosures	M6625 M6612 Up to 10 M6612 or M6625 are supported with the P6300 EVA up to 20 M6612 or up to 18 M6625 are supported with the P6500 EVA	(27) M6412A Maximum, depending on model	(8) M6412A Up to 8 are supported
Drives per Enclosure	25 Maximum for M6625 12 Maximum for M6612	12 Maximum	12 Maximum
Servers Supported	HP servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, AlphaServers) X86 servers Dell Servers Sun Servers IBM Servers Maximum, depending on model	HP Servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, AlphaServers) X86 Servers Dell Servers Sun Servers IBM Servers Apple Mac OS X Servers (PowerPC and Intel) Fujitsu Siemens & Primergy Servers Maximum, depending on model	HP servers (HP-UX, ProLiant, AlphaServers) X86 servers Dell Servers Sun Servers IBM Servers Apple Mac OS X Servers (PowerPC and Intel) Maximum, depending on model
Cache	8 GB Maximum, depending on model	22 GB Maximum, depending on model	4 GB Maximum
Storage Controller	(2) HSV340 or HSV360 Depending on model	(2) HSV400 or HSV450 Depending on model	(2) HSV300 Included
Supported Operating Systems	HP-UX HP OpenVMS Linux Sun Solaris Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 VMware IBM AIX Apple Mac OS X Xen	HP-UX HP OpenVMS Windows 2003 Windows Server 2008 Sun Solaris Linux - Red Hat, SuSE/SLES (including OES) and Oracle Enterprise Linux IBM AIX VMware Apple Mac OS X Xen - Citrix Xen, RHEL Virtualization and Oracle Virtual Machine	HP-UX HP OpenVMS Linux SUN Solaris Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows 2008 VMware Novell NetWare IBM AIX Apple OS X Xen
Availability	Dual redundant active/active controllers, hot pluggable power supplies, fans, cache batteries, I/O modules, environmental monitoring units, disks, power distribution units	Dual redundant controllers, hot pluggable power supplies, fans, power distribution units, cache batteries, I/O modules, environmental monitoring units, disks	Dual redundant controllers, hot pluggable power supplies, fans, cache batteries, I/O modules, environmental monitoring units, disks, power distribution units, embedded switches
Business Application Support			Oracle, SAP, Microsoft
Warranty (parts-labor-onsite)	3/3/3	3/3/3	3/3/3

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