Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced new shared storage solutions that help small and midsized businesses (SMBs) modernize their IT with hybrid flash and software-defined storage platforms that bring enterprise capabilities.
For years, SMB customers have been forced to subjugate business requirements due to the cost and complexity of enterprise storage. While others have deployed flash for app acceleration, leveraged software-defined storage for cost savings, and are exploring hyper-convergence to accelerate time-to-value, smaller customers and others with entry budgets have been priced out of these game-changing technologies.
HPE is bringing enterprise storage data services to the entry space with modern storage that eliminates technology dead ends. The new HPE StoreVirtual 3200 provides a next-generation, entry storage array with an easy on-ramp to software-defined storage while the HPE MSA 2042 delivers hybrid flash for application acceleration.
Both systems feature a rich set of data services from data migration, to flash tiering to embedded resiliency across systems and sites.
“No matter your size, when it comes to today’s digital transformation, ‘good enough’ storage is no longer good enough,” said Joybrata Mukherjee, Country Head, Storage, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India. “By lowering the cost of flash and enabling a composable data fabric across storage systems and hyper-converged appliances, HPE is helping customers get off the disposable technology treadmill and onto storage they can grow with, not out of.”
Modern shared storage with software-defined DNA
The new HPE StoreVirtual 3200 Storage is a next generation, flexible shared storage system built on HPE’s leading software-defined storage platform with over 200,000 StoreVirtual deployments worldwide.
The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 provides small and midsized storage customers with a new dual-controller array based on 64-bit ARM technology, a new RAID stack and advanced storage data services like snapshots, thin provisioning and replication at an unprecedented price point.
The StoreVirtual 3200 also provides customers with a futureproof and risk-free path for growth through a composable data fabric that spans HPE StoreVirtual Systems and VSA software running seamlessly on HPE ProLiant servers, HPE hyper converged appliances, and HPE Synergy. By using the same software-defined storage operating system everywhere, HPE’s vision is to provide customers the freedom to grow in any direction, at any time, across any form factor or consumption model.
Architected on a foundation with proven 5-nines availability, the HPE StoreVirtual 3200 is a new breed of StoreVirtual array that gives customers the flexibility to consolidate workloads, add flash when they are ready and scale to meet future demands. Advanced features are available which allow the system to address real-time workload changes by dynamically reacting to I/O fluctuations. This approach utilizes a small amount of flash storage to deliver application acceleration with no user intervention—making it ideal for server virtualization and productivity apps.
Deployable in minutes and manageable with zero learning curve, the HPE StoreVirtual 3200 introduces SMB customers to a consumer-driven user experience based on the same intuitive design framework now shared across HPE’s enterprise storage and data center offerings. This simplicity extends to a new remote, cloud-based analytics capability featuring a built-in best practices engine and capacity planning tools to simplify management and reduce risk.
The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 provides resiliency across systems and sites as well as built-in support for more than 2,000 snapshots for rapid, granular recovery designed to keep small to midsized businesses running. For additional protection, with software such as HPE VM Explorer, data can be backed up and stored on HPE StoreOnce Disk Backup.
