Quickspecs – HP EVA4100 User Manual
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Scalability
A storage management server can manage up to 16 EVA controller pairs (EVA 3000s, EVA5000s,
EVA4x00 Starter Kits, EVA4x00s, EVA6x00s and/or EVA8x00s) in any one fabric. An EVA controller
pair will support up to 256 host connections (up to 1024 HBAs).
The EVA4100 Starter Kits and EVA4100 will scale up to 56 disks (56TB using 1TB FATA disk drives, and
25.2TB using 450GB high performance disk drives).
The EVA6100 will scale up to 112 disks (112TB using 1TB FATA disk drives, and 50.4TB using 450 GB
high performance disk drives).
The EVA8100 will scale up to 168 disks in a single cabinet and with the addition of an optional utility
cabinet, an EVA8100 will scale up to 240 disks (240TB using 1TB FATA disk drives, and 108TB using
450GB high performance disk drives).
Configure to Order (CTO) options and the HP 10000 G2 Series Racks allow even greater server and
device integration, flexibility and scalability for the EVA4100 Starter Kits and EVA4100/6100/8100.
Data center managers can customize server, storage and back-up configurations as well as using the
residual cabinet U space to mount Storage Management servers, switches and have the peace of mind
that it is built with HP factory precision manufacturing. The EVA8100 2C2D, 2C6D, and 2C12D, now
allows customers to configure-to-order their new EVA8100 units from HP manufacturing.
EVA as Virtualized Storage
behind the XP
HP StorageWorks EVA4100 Starter Kits and EVA4100/6100/8100 disk arrays can be connected as
external storage devices behind HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays.
The XP24000/XP20000 simplifies the management of heterogeneous SAN environments through its
ability to support up to 247 PB/ 96 PB respectively of external storage-all configured 'behind' a single XP.
XP External Storage software uses advanced virtualization technology to allow storage administrators to
host XP Disk Array LUNs on externally attached disk arrays. Any Fibre Channel port from any CHA pair
installed in any slot can be used to connect to external storage EVA4100 Starter Kits and
EVA4100/6100/8100.
With external EVA storage, XP presents multiple tiers of storage to a wide range of host systems. Instead
of seeing a confusing collection of arrays, host systems perceive all the data to be stored inside the XP
disk array. In effect, the XP disk array becomes the storage controller for a flexible, multi-tiered collection
of EVAs with a range of cost and performance capabilities. By configuring EVA storage arrays behind a
single XP24000/XP20000, data can be moved back and forth dynamically across tiers, all of which is
invisible to the applications.
The XP12000's virtualization feature also reduces the total cost of storage ownership by:
Exploiting common storage management across multiple vendors' systems
Easily deploying a dual-vendor policy
Facilitating simpler and lower cost data migrations
Increasing storage utilization
Extending the life of legacy storage
For more information please refer to the HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software web page at:
QuickSpecs
HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Family
Product Highlights
DA - 12745 Worldwide QuickSpecs — Version 5 — 2.26.2008
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