HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 7)

Required software applications
Thin Provisioning (THP) is required to use FS. THP accesses data in pool volumes by way of V-VOLs,
and can handle data in open-system servers such as UNIX and PC servers.
For more information about THP, see “Thin Provisioning” (page 8) .
Components of Fast Snap
FS typically consists of the following components:
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FS pairs - Components of volumes (P-VOL, S-VOL, and pool-VOL)
For more information, see “Components of volumes” (page 8) .
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Groups:
A consistency group
For more information, see “Consistency groups” (page 8) .
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◦ A snapshot group
For more information, see “Snapshot groups” (page 8) .
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Software applications:
FS
For more information, see “Fast Snap” (page 8) .
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◦ THP
For more information, see “Thin Provisioning” (page 8) .
◦ RAID Manager (RAID Manager)
For more information, see “RAID Manager” (page 9) .
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