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HP StoreVirtual 4000

  • StoreVirtual as the P4000 Successor
  • LeftHand OS (SAN/IQ 10.5) Update
  • Pricing

HP StoreVirtual Appliance


In 2012, HP introduced the third generation of storage arrays based on their LeftHand acquisition. The HP StoreVirtual 4000 platform is the successor of the P4000 (P4300 and P4500 G2) arrays.
SAN /IQ, the core software that makes the platform unique, has been renamed LeftHand OS as of version 10.5.

 

 

HP P4000 Features & Architecture

HP StoreVirtual QuickSpecs

 

 

StoreVirtual 4000 vs p4300 / p4500 g2
The StoreVirtual appliances have been updated to utilize HP's Gen8 Proliant Server hardware (for example, you will notice the disk drives using the new Smart Carrier design.)

 

More Flexible Configuration

The StoreVirtual 4000 series is offered in many different SKUs. Nodes can be purchased with as few as (4) disk drives and as many as 25 disk drives. Some models are shipped "half populated," leaving the door open to install more disk drives. No longer are you restricted to (8) drives (P4300) or (12) drives (P4500.) Furthermore, there are no longer any starter bundles ("Starter SANs.") In the past, HP pricing would encourage the purchase of nodes in pairs. Now, customers feel less pressure to buy nodes in pairs when adding on. (For example, starting a cluster of 4 nodes to 5.)

 

Fibre Channel (FC) Connectivity

The HP StoreVirtual Platform now supports 8Gb FC front-end connectivity. This is great for customers that like to isolate their storage traffic on a separate fabric than their IP traffic (and, of course, customers that have a significant infrastructure investment in Fibre.) Note that only FRONT-END traffic can be Fibre. Backend traffic (inter-node communication) still must be done via 1Gb or 10Gb Ethernet.

 

More Horsepower

The P4300 G2 and P4500 G2 shipped with Quad Core Xeon CPUs with 8GB and 12GB of RAM, respectively. The new StoreVirtual nodes all ship with 6-Core CPUs, and more importantly, up to 64GB of RAM. The extra RAM and CPU power will help speed up I/O requests during local and remote snapshot windows.

 

 

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HP LeftHand Operating System was known as SAN/IQ prior to release 10.5. HP StoreVirtual (3rd Generation) and P4300 / P4500 / P4800 / P4900 G2 products can be updated to run LeftHand OS 10.5. A patch is available here for enable remote copy to older nodes that cannot be upgraded to 10.5

 

LeftHand OS (SAN/IQ) 10.5 Update

 

Key Notes for 10.5 update


Compatible Devices

HP StoreVirtual 4130

HP StoreVirtual 4330

HP StoreVirtual 4530

HP StoreVirtual 4630

HP StoreVirtual 4730

HP P4300 G2

HP P4500 G2

HP P4800 G2

HP P4900 G2

HP P4000 VSA

HP StoreVirtual VSA

 

Users with SAN/IQ 9.0, 9.5, and 10.0 can upgrade directly to 10.5. Users of 10.0 will NOT experience a reboot of the node

 

Better Performance

HP claims remote copy performance has been increased by 3x. While we can't confirm what they did to make such a change, clients have reported better performance (placebo effect?)

 

VSA performance has increased as well. HP claims a 2x performance increase, but that is just based on enabling a second Virtual CPU on the hypervisor.

 

 

FC (Fibre Channel) support has been added.

 

 

 

 



 


Windows 2012 Support

Integrate into Windows 2012 Active Directory Domains

Manage from Windows 2012 Hosts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Missing Features

Two features that customers have been longing for are block level deuplication and auto-tiering of LUNs.

 

Regarding deduplication: HP claims that deduplication of primary storage is still not a proven technology (whether from HP, DELL, NetApp, or EMC.) HP claims that other space saving features on the StoreVirtual array (such as reservation-less snapshots) provide customers with more space savings than de-duplication. HP claims that only backups benefit from the benefits of deduplication and customers should chose HP StoreOnce backup for this purpose. HP shows that while NetApp achieves a 70% space savings with deduplication of Virtual Machine data (the second biggest data type aligned for de-duplication), it comes with s 35% performance hit.

 

Regarding auto-tiering: HP claims that the concept of auto-tiering violates their data protection strategy. While DELL Equallogic and EMC have made significant progress on implementing efficient sub-LUN auto-tiering, HP claims that spreading data across multiple disks at too granular of a level can cause data loss. For example, if an EMC DAE or Equallogic node fails in a sub-LUN auto-tiered environment, data loss will occur. HP's primary focus of the P4000 / StoreVirtual product line is to protect against such data loss but accommodating at least one, if not more, enclosure failures before data is lost. LUNs can be moved from 7200 RPM clusters to 10K RPM clusters manually via Peer Motion.


 

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HP Storevirtual 4130 / 4330 / 4730 Models

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The HP Baseline models offers mainstream business solutions at competitive prices with amazing savings, excellent availability, and superior HP quality. Storage Networks, as HP authorized channel partners, ships directly from HP to your facility or to a Storage Networks facility for configuration by certified Systems Integration Engineers. Contact a project coordinator for configuration assistance or submit a quotation request for a competitive custom quotation.

HP StoreVirtual Pair

 

 

HP StoreVirtual 4000 Node Description Model / SKU Price Quotation
HP StoreVirtual 4130 600GB SAS Storage B7E16A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4330 450GB SAS Storage B7E17A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4330 900GB SAS Storage B7E18A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4330 1TB MDL SAS Storage B7E19A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4330 FC 900GB SAS Storage B7E20A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4530 450GB SAS Storage B7E25A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4530 600GB SAS Storage B7E26A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4530 2TB MDL SAS Storage B7E23A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4530 3TB MDL SAS Storage B7E24A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4730 600GB SAS Storage B7E27A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4730 900GB SAS Storage B7E28A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4730 FC 900GB SAS Storage B7E29A Get a Storage Networks Quote
HP StoreVirtual 4630 900GB SAS Storage B7E30A Get a Storage Networks Quote

 

 

HP Storevirtual 4130 4330 4530 4730 Spare Parts

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Your solution requirements may demand some of the below listed spare parts and HDD's. Leverage your current storage assets or trade in older equipment for additional savings. Storage Networks, as a HP authorized channel partner, ships directly from HP to your facility. In stock spare parts ship the same day. Contact a project coordinator for configuration assistance or submit a quotation request for a competitive custom quotation.

HP StoreVirtual Pair

 

 

HP StoreVirtual 4000 Series Spare Parts & Disk Drives Model / SKU Price Quotation
HP 450GB 10K SFF SAS Disk Drive 652572-B21
HP 600GB 10K SFF SAS Disk Drive 652583-B21
HP 900GB 10K SFF SAS Disk Drive (Except for 4630!) 652589-B21
HP 1TB 7.2K SFF SAS-MDL Disk Drive 605835-B21
HP 2TB 7.2K LFF SAS-MDL Disk Drive 652757-B21
HP 3TB 7.2K LFF SAS-MDL Disk Drive 652766-B21
HP 450GB 15K LFF SAS Disk Drive 652615-B21
HP 600GB 15K LFF SAS Disk Drive 652620-B21
HP 900GB 10K SFF SAS Disk Drive for D2700 (StoreVirtual 4630 Only!) 619291-B21
HP 750W Common Slot Platinum Plus Power Supply Kit (4530, 4730) 656363-B21
HP 460W Common Slot Platinum Plus Hot Plug Power Supply Kit (4130, 4330) 656362-B21

 

StoreVirtual 4130 4330 4530 4730 Options

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Contact a project coordinator or submit a quotation request to receive a custom quotation on these select options.

HP P4000

 

HP StoreVirtual 4000 Series Options Model / SKU Price Quotation
HP StoreVirtual 4130 / 4330 / 4530 / 4730 10G BASE-SFP+ Upgrade Kit B7E21A
HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage (NAS) B7E00A

 

 

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- Contact a Project Coordinator for configuration assistance and to make an informed decision.

Storage Networks is a HP Authorized Business Partner

- Call 855-638-7867 and press 2 to Obtain Quotations on Storage, Networking, and Server components, to place an order, or to obtain the status of a previous order.

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