HP xp1024 - Manual

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hp StorageWorks xp1024 disk array
key features and benefits
controllable
• manageable: manages many arrays
from a single web-enabled console
• upgradeable: scales from 8 drives to
1024 drives, four drives at a time, with
no interruptions to applications or hosts
• serviceable: replaces any
component online with no
interruption to applications or hosts
resilient
• reliable: provides extreme reliability
and availability with redundant hot
replaceable processors, I/O interfaces,
power supplies, batteries and
control processors
extensible
• open: supports multiple operating
systems, including HP-UX, Linux,
Microsoft Windows 2000, HP
OpenVMS, HP Tru64, NetWare,
IRIX and mainframes
• flexible: supports mixed disk
environments and is backward
compatible with 1-2 Gb Fibre
Channel, FICON and ESCON
• scalable: scales up to 1024 disk
drives or over 130 TB of usable
storage capacity in a single array to
accommodate growing storage needs
The HP StorageWorks xp1024 disk array
delivers state-of-the-art architecture,
software and solutions. It accommodates
the highest number of disks of any disk
array available, offering up to 149 TB of
storage capacity. Plus, the xp1024 disk
array supports heterogeneous connectivity,
including HP-UX, Microsoft
® Windows ® ,
Solaris, AIX and Linux.
The xp1024 disk array uses advanced
crossbar fault-tolerant, redundant
architecture optimizing performance for a
broad set of applications. No single-point-
of-failure and non-disruptive online
upgrades ensure that the infrastructure is
“always on, always available.” And now,
OpenV emulation allows users to
configure the xp1024 disk array quicker
and easier than ever before.
Because the xp1024 accommodates the
highest number of disk drives of any disk
array available, in a remarkably small
footprint, it meets the storage needs of
today and those of tomorrow.
hp StorageWorks
xp1024 disk array
what’s new
• new disk type, 146 GB 10Krpm,
allows over 130 TB of usable
storage capacity
• OpenV (Variable Lun Size)
• continuous access over ESCON