HP StorageWorks X5500 Network Storage Gateway Starter Kit for Linux
Having difficulty scaling your existing SAN and iSCSI storage systems? Do you want a unified storage management system that grows as your requirements increase?
The HP StorageWorks X5000 Storage Systems add scalable file services and a file server gateway for the mid-range and enterprise customer SAN and iSCSI storage systems. Based on a truly symmetrical cluster file system, the HP X5000 Storage Systems adds scale-out CIFS/NFS/HTTP file services to any new or existing SAN or iSCSI storage. Now file serving performance or storage capacity can by added independently on-line without service disruption.
The HP X5000 Storage Systems provide unified storage management. It can create an integrated block- and file-level storage solution out of any SAN, consolidating individual pools of storage into to a single, shared resource of storage that simplifies storage allocation, yields high utilization and reduces IT costs as compared to traditionally architected storage solutions.
Scalable File Serving Performance
• With the HP X5000 Storage Systems purchase the right amount of file serving throughput and performance you need today with the ability to easily upgrade to add performance and throughput in the future without having to replace the equipment.
Unified Storage Management
• With the HP X5000 Storage Systems you can consolidate file servers to provide a way to both drastically reduce the cost of operations and provide more efficient management of the storage growth.
High Availability for Mission Critical Applications
• The HP X5000 Storage System has shared data architecture, where every gateway node has the same data view to enable data integrity. Failover from one node to another happens automatically. Clients are unaware a failure has occurred as file serving continues uninterrupted, as an alert is sent to IT.
