It’s no wonder then that branch offices haven’t exactly jumped onto the storage area network bandwagon.
Sure, a storage area network could save a lot of headaches, but who has the time, money or expertise to install and manage a SAN?
Just about anyone, actually. Even the remote outposts of an enterprise can break free of the limitations of direct-attached storage, within budget and without storage expertise. Get everything you need to get started with networked storage in one affordable box, the HP StorageWorks 400 or 600 All-in-One Storage System. Just plug it in, walk through a few easy wizards, and you’re ready to go. Simple and affordable as it is, you get an expert feature set —you just don’t need specialized storage expertise to use it.
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The average branch office server room might seem straightforward enough. A handful of servers tap hard disks hanging off them. (Some simply use internal storage). But this direct-attached setup can be difficult to manage, grow and protect. One server may be filling every gigabyte it’s got while another sits half empty. Yet there’s no way for one server to share another’s disk space. When the storage needs of your application change, hardware has to be adjusted—or even replaced—to keep up with the demand.
Networked storage, on the other hand, shares one pool of centrally managed disc space among servers. Manually setting up network storage, however, can require up to 35 steps, six different interfaces, several hours and an experienced storage expert—resources that can be in short supply in branch and remote offices.
Today, with the introduction of the HP All-in-One Storage System family, implementation can be a minutes-long process most any server administrator can understand. Plug in the HP All-in-One Storage System and you’ve revolutionized your storage infrastructure in as few as 10 clicks.
Want more disk space for your Microsoft® Exchange application data? The HP All-in-One Storage System can ask you how much and then go behind the scenes to reprovision for you. No need to answer technical questions about LUNs, RAID level, stripe size or iSCSI.
Integrated management tools give branch and remote offices many of the same storage efficiencies enjoyed by the home office. You can manage capacity, security, quotas, alerts, data protection and more using an intuitive graphical dashboard with point-and-click simplicity.
Microsoft® Windows® administrators can be comfortable with HP All-in-One Storage Systems right out of the box, because the familiar interface operates in terms of applications, not storage. The storage systems run Microsoft® Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 with Microsoft’s iSCSI Software target, and are built on HP’s reliable, industry-standard hardware. That means you can make the best use of current skill sets while enjoying low-cost maintenance and long-term investment protection. Yet, heterogeneous shops can find them just as simple and powerful to use, as HP All-in-One Storage builds on industry-standard components and supports industry standard iSCSI initiators.
Ready to install? Just plug it in. No need to put applications on hold. Your servers see the HP All-in-One Storage as a local hard disc, but now you can easily grow, share and protect that storage while reducing distruption to your servers and end-users.
Built-in data protection takes regular snapshots of server data. If you need to recover to a previous application state, just roll your servers back to the last data image. You also get HP Data Protector Express for easy backups and redundant hardware to help keep data safe. Automatic problem notification can alert you to potential problems or real issues via e-mail or pager. You can also monitor capacity from any place on the network and set alerts to manage storage growth.
As a HP-trained service partner we are available to offer local assistance and valuable expertise, when and where you need it.
Plus, the HP All-in-One Storage is built on HP’s reliable, industry-standard hardware. That means low-cost maintenance and long-term investment protection. No need to convince the CIO to buy a proprietary device that’s good for little more than a doorstop when you upgrade.
Now, there’s no excuse for not bringing every corporate outpost into the networked storage age.
Efficiency, management, protection and ease of data growth can belong to the entire enterprise with the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System.
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