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Disk Array: Two or more disk drives combined in a single unit for increased capacity and speed as well as fault tolerant operation. A disk array typically refers to a group...; Full Disk Array Definition >>

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Disaster Proof: HP StorageWorks XP24000 disk array: Your enterprise needs constant access to vital data. This means downtime is not an option. The solution is a disaster-proof storage - with the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array. Empower your IT operations to drive better business outcome as you mitigate risk with constant data availability; lower costs through...; Tags: Solution, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing; Resource centers 2007-12-01
HP Announces Game-Changing Storage Integration: XP24000 disk array Simplifies Storage Provisioning and Improves Storage Infrastructure for the Delivery of Storage Services: Over the last number of years, the growth rate of storage resources has been extraordinary, driven by applications that have a greater thirst for more and larger files and a diversity of performance requirements. In the fall of 2004 with the initial announcement of the XP12000 Disk Array, HP set...; Tags: Storage Provisioning, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Disk Array, Integration, Barometrix, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-08-21
Sun Datapath Policies for Disks and disk arrays: This paper contains policies for disk and disk array implementations. This paper is limited to datapath interfaces and does not address policies related to physical interfaces or management interfaces independent from the datapath. The software considered includes drivers for the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) version 9 and later, and...; Tags: Disk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Standards, Disk Array, Sun Solaris, Quality, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations; White papers 2007-08-01
HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway Performance and Scalability With HP StorageWorks XP12000 disk array White Paper: High file system performance is often a requirement for the purchase of a storage solution, and performance scalability is a key differentiator for the HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services (EFS) Clustered Gateway product. Those customers who want high-performance storage and file services will likely purchase an XP disk array and...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Scalability, Disk Array, File System Performance, Performance Management, Utility Computing, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-08-01
HP StorageWorks XP Business Copy (HP StorageWorks XP10000/XP12000/XP24000 disk arrays) With Oracle 10gR2 RAC/ASM White Paper: There are several backup and recovery techniques that allow for fast recovery of an Oracle Database. Some are server based, some are appliance based, and some are storage based. This paper highlights the process to perform storage-based real-time backup and recovery using the HP StorageWorks XP10000, XP12000 and XP24000 Disk...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., HP StorageWorks, Storage, Disk Array, XP Snapshot, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2007-07-01

Business Continuity and Availability - XP24000 disk array: For financial services and other companies with grave requirements for business continuity, complexity of the data storage configuration can make meeting service-level and uptime objectives a nail-biter. Read this white paper to learn why HP's XP24000 Disk Array can offer peace of mind for any situation involving heterogeneity, long...; Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., Business Continuity, Disk Array, It Services, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2007-06-01
HP NonStop Servers and HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays Considerations and Best Practices: HP NonStop servers, the NonStop Kernel operating system, and HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays are an ideal combination for managing mission-critical data in the most demanding IT environments. Both systems are designed for the highest availability and performance. To get the most from a NonStop server coupled with an HP...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Server, Best Practice, Disk Array, Utility Computing; White papers 2006-12-01
Impact of Cache on the Performance of the HP StorageWorks XP12000 disk array: This white paper is intended for use by Storage Architects and advanced knowledge customers to determine if increasing cache will be a benefit for their XP Array. This applies to all XP Arrays from the HP StorageWorks XP512 Disk Array to the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array. Performance improvement due...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-09-01
HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition Best Practices: The HP StorageWorks XP12000/XP10000 disk arrays and the HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition feature provide the ability to subdivide the disk array into secure subsystems and to partition resources so that multiple applications can share the disk array without affecting each other. This white paper describes best use cases and...; Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Best Practice, Disk Array, Utility Computing; White papers 2006-08-01
HP StorageWorks XP disk array and Mainframe White Paper: With the ever-increasing importance of data processing in all phases of the business operations, it has become clear that these business operations - as well as the associated data processing sequences - must be secured against every possible contingency to ensure uninterrupted business operations. This has become known as business...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Business Operation, Mainframe, Business Continuity, Disk Array, It Services; White papers 2006-06-01
HP StorageWorks External Storage XP White Paper: Applications need resources. They do not care about servers or networks or disk arrays per se. To the application, all these are simply resources intended to serve its needs. The application just assumes the appropriate resources will be there when needed. In effect, as far as the application is concerned,...; Tags: Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft Windows XP, Disk Array, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-06-01
HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System White Paper: Applications need resources. They do not care about servers or networks or disk arrays per se. To the application, all these are simply resources intended to serve its needs. It does not care which physical servers or network or storage is being consumed (although the business might). It just assumes...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, HP StorageWorks 200 Storage Virtualization System, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 2006-04-01
Why Was the HP StorageWorks XP12000 disk array Able to Take the Bullet and Keep Running? White Paper: This white paper describes the features of the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array that enabled it to be shot and keep operating. The paper describes how the XP12000 Disk Array was able to sustain multiple catastrophic failures induced by an external force (the bullet) and continue delivering data services to...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Utility Computing; White papers 2006-03-01
Archive Storage Technologies Supporting Information Lifecycle Management: A large amount of fixed content has been generated due to the ongoing development of the broadband Internet and digital information technology. Consequently, there is a growing need for a special archive storage system that efficiently preserves and manages a large amount of content at low cost. Fujitsu has taken...; Tags: Tape Library, Fujitsu Ltd., Information Lifecycle Management, Disk Array, Backups, Storage, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Storage Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-01-01
Hibernator: Helping disk arrays Sleep Through the Winter: Energy consumption has become an important issue in high-end data centers, and disk arrays are one of the largest energy consumers within them. Although several attempts have been made to improve disk array energy management, the existing solutions either provide little energy savings or significantly degrade performance for data center...; Tags: Disk, Data Center, Disk Array, Energy Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2005-10-26
HP StorageWorks External Storage XP: An External/Subordinated Storage Solution for the HP StorageWorks XP12000/10000 disk array: This white paper is intended to supply HP StorageWorks External Storage XP information. Flex Copy XP is an HP StorageWorks XP disk array-based capability that enables the storage administrator to copy user data between an existing LU on an HP StorageWorks XP128 Disk Array, HP StorageWorks XP1024 Disk Array, or...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Microsoft Windows XP, Storage, Disk Array, Utility Computing; White papers 2005-10-01
Using HP StorageWorks XP128 disk array With Linux on HP Integrity Servers: This paper discusses configurations using the HP StorageWorks XP128 Disk Array with industry standard Linux solutions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0 update 1 was used in the creation of this paper to detail the configuration requirements for the platform. Testing was performed on HP Integrity servers. The server was...; Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Disk Array, Linux, Utility Computing, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; White papers 2005-10-01
HP StorageWorks XP12000 disk array: Next-Generation Enterprise Storage, Taking Oracle Applications to a Whole New Level of Performance, Availability, and Scalability: Because performance, availability, scalability, and management are critical for Oracle applications, XP disk arrays are the ideal storage solution. Its next-generation features and flexible configuration options, including connectivity with external storage, provide powerful solutions for high-end Oracle applications. Their industry-leading performance stands up to the demands of intense OLTP and...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, HP StorageWorks, Scalability, Disk Array, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2005-08-01
Consolidated Storage Applications With the HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition Software - Business Blueprint: Modern data centers often consolidate storage for multiple servers and applications into a single enterprise disk array, such as the HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array. The HP XP disk array family with the HP StorageWorks XP Disk/Cache Partition software ensures deterministic performance for key applications and safer simplified management. This...; Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Storage, Disk Array, Utility Computing; White papers 2005-07-01
How the HP Integrity NonStop Server Leverages the HP StorageWorks XP disk array: The HP StorageWorks XP disk array consists of hundreds of physical disk drives supported by a highly available fault-tolerant infrastructure. The XP disk array's processors, power supplies, cooling, data paths, and most important, the disk cache are all separate and redundant. There is no single point of failure, and most...; Tags: HP Integrity, Disk, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Server, Disk Array, HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array; White papers 2005-06-09