The growth of structured data from databases, e-mail and other applications has been exponential. The increasing flood of data can lead to a host of problems — failing to recognize that data storage must be managed as a critical resource often results in a very difficult environment to manage, a higher cost of ownership, less responsiveness to change and added risk to the business. This white paper discusses how a dedicated, optimized network storage solution can increase data availability and reduce operating costs by simplifying management and improving capacity utilization.
HP Simply Storage ConsolidationShared storage for file serving and application dataSpring 2009Table of contentsHP Simply StorageWorks overview 4Select the HP StorageWorks solution that suits your business best 5Typical customer scenarios 6 Scenario 1: HP network attached storage for your file-based data 6 Scenario 2: HP shared direct-attached storage for the small business or workgroup 8 Scenario 3: HP SAN disk array storage for your structured data 10 Scenario 4: Unified NAS and SAN storage 12Choose the right solution 14HP Simply Storage Consolidation at a glance 16Complement your storage solution with HP services 19For more information 19
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Storage is easy when you choose HPFor most midsized and even small businesses, Furthermore, whenever multiple devices are managing data is a major challenge. The growth deployed to serve the same basic need, risks of structured data from databases, e-mail and other increase because there are now multiple devices and applications, as well as file data such as PDFs, file volumes to protect.audio, video and graphics has been exponential. Furthermore, no end is in sight. According to Failing to recognise that data storage must be IDC, the need for on-line data storage capacity is managed as a critical resource often results in a increasing at a rate of nearly 58 per cent per year; very difficult environment to manage, a higher cost by 2011, it is estimated that companies worldwide of ownership, less responsiveness to change and will require disk storage of more than 32,000 added risk to the business.1petabytes of data . The answer: Consolidating storage with HP Simply The increasing flood of data can lead to a host of StorageWorks solutionsproblems, like added time and system slowdowns HP network storage provides many advantages due to the sheer volume of data; added cost, in over the limitations of unplanned or direct attached new equipment and especially in management storage. By consolidating storage into a dedicated overhead, to provide for all this data accumulation; resource, you can make your data available to any and the added business risk that comes with larger computer or server on the network - there are no data stores. isolated silos or islands of capacity. A dedicated, optimised network storage solution can reduce The temptation is to accommodate added data by operating costs by simplifying management and increasing the number of servers and disk drives. improving capacity utilisation.But simply adding servers is not the answer - in fact, without planning, the direct attachment of additional 1 S ource: 'Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2007 - 2011 Forecast drives or servers can create islands of storage, Update', IDC, 2007. resulting in greater management requirements. Such an unplanned and reactive approach to storage is inefficient, raising costs while limiting flexibility and the capacity to respond to new business opportunities.
3Data protection is another key area of storage. To HP Simply StorageWorks learn more about how HP can help you make sure that your data is safe and more secure, see the overview HP Simply Business Protection solution guide.HP Simply StorageWorks delivers better business outcomes by bringing together tools, solutions, We understand that servers, business applications products and services to help you navigate the and storage must work seamlessly together. To storage landscape - and bridge the gap between see more detailed information on specific business data explosion and your IT infrastructure. With applicati... [download for more]
