Persistent Storage for Containers

Solutions that enable container speed, portability and agility for enterprise applications and data.

Using containers? Don't forget the data.

Containers make apps portable so they build, ship, and run anywhere. But what about your data? When moving applications across environments, data should move with them. How do you support DevOps without overburdening IT teams?

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DevOps, assisted by containers, drive faster application delivery and iteration, helping to continuously release and improve products and services for business agility. IDC explains the role of stateful applications in enterprise containers strategy.

Speed up DevOps

Don’t wait for IT to deliver the data you need. Just control data with rich container integration.

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Make data as portable as containers

With the right persistent storage, data can be as easy to move and manage as containers themselves.

Learn about HPE 3PAR containers

Accelerate Application Modernisation

To modernise, applications must take advantage of the lightweight agility of containers. Deployment options need to address a range of workloads. HPE offers choice among leading container platforms.

INNOVATIONS

No storage expertise required

Control cloud-ready flash arrays from Docker, Kubernetes and Mesosphere. Lift and shift data with applications, speed DevOps with self-service automation for application development and IT, and simplify containers operations by bringing predictive flash to container environments.

No storage expertise required

Use multiple container platforms

Multicloud on-ramp

On-board data easily

Simplify container operations

No waiting

Powerful storage for CaaS

Use multiple container platforms

HPE offers industry leading integration to Docker, Mesosphere, and Kubernetes command lines, tools, and APIs.

Multicloud on-ramp

Move data between on-premises HPE arrays and AWS or Azure using HPE Cloud Volumes.

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On-board data easily

Instantly convert legacy volumes to persistent volumes when containerising applications.

Simplify container operations

Get consistent flash performance, six nines guaranteed, from HPE InfoSight with HPE storage arrays.

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No waiting

Create hundreds of production data copies in minutes to speed up dev, QA, and staging in continuous integration / continuous deployment (ci/cd).

Powerful storage for CaaS

Only HPE lets ops teams set Quality of Service (QoS) IOPS and capacity limits for tenants, while letting developers choose a container type: Linux or Windows.

Cloud storage and flash arrays for container environments

HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR all-flash, hybrid, or secondary flash arrays deliver performance and scale for container environments.

Tier 1 Storage

HPE Nimble Storage

Radically simplify operations with powerful predictive analytics. Deploy workloads on flash arrays, converged infrastructure and public cloud.

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Key Capabilities

99.9999

guaranteed availability*

Eliminates the gap across the entire HPE Nimble installed base.⁸

issue resolution*

Issues are automatically predicted, automatically resolved.⁹

in data capacity, guaranteed

Store more data per terabyte than any other all-flash array.¹⁰

All-Flash Storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage

Built for the extreme requirements of mission-critical workloads, HPE 3PAR Storage enables the highest levels of resiliency, performance, and capacity for enterprises and service providers. Protect your apps with full stack predictive analytics.

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Key capabilities

99.9999

data availability guaranteed*

Only HPE has storage smart enough to promise that.⁸

midrange storage array

HPE 3PAR StoreServ architecture has helped thousands modernize storage.¹¹

recommendation rate

Organizations that work with us, recommend us.¹²

Drivers and plugins

HPE Storage volume drivers and plugins

Download HPE Docker-certified plugins from HPE InfoSight or from the Docker Store to control HPE storage features using the Docker command line, tools, and APIs.

Download 3PAR for Docker Download Nimble for Docker

Drivers and plugins

Kubernetes and OpenShift

Use Dory, the open source HPE FlexVolume driver, with any Docker Volume plugin to control any storage with Kubernetes 1.5 and up together with OpenShift.

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Drivers and plugins

Mesosphere

HPE Docker storage volume plugins are versatile and can be used to control data with Mesosphere.

Download Nimble for Docker and Mesosphere Download 3PAR for Docker and Mesosphere

Services

HPE Pointnext

Services that accelerate your digital transformation.

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Benefits

Optimise infrastructure

Establish the right mix of optimised infrastructure solutions from edge to core.

Simplify IT lifecycle

Address culture, measurement, skills, change management and funding options.

Accelerate innovation

Improve execution and time to value with rapid, continuous project delivery.

Consumption Based IT

HPE GreenLake

Deliver the outcomes your business demands. Our suite of consumption-based IT solutions—designed, delivered, and operated by HPE Pointnext—offers a simple, industry leading pay-as-you-go IT financial model, leveraging HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity.

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Key capabilities

CAPEX savings due to eliminated need for overprovisioning ¹³

shorter time span to deploy global IT projects ¹³

increased IT team productivity by reducing the support load on IT ¹³

Hybrid Cloud Storage

HPE Cloud Volumes

Enterprise-grade multicloud storage service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

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Key benefits

Robust reliability

Proven storage availability and millions of times more durable than native cloud elastic block storage.

Spin up copies and back up fast

Instant snapshot backups and clones allow you to make copies faster and protect your data more often.

Secure and compliant

256-bit granular encryption and security controls enable SoC 2 Type 1 certification and HIPAA compliance.

Hyperconverged systems

HPE SimpliVity

An enterprise-grade hyperconverged platform that speeds application performance, improves efficiency and resiliency, and backs up/restores VMs in seconds.

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Benefits

Built-in backup and disaster recovery

Eliminate the need for third-party data protection.

Game-changing data efficiency

An average data efficiency improvement of 52:1 across deployments.

True hyperconvergence

Hyperconverge the complete IT stack.

Composable systems

HPE Synergy

World’s first platform architected for composable infrastructure, an adaptable Hybrid IT engine built for today’s workloads and tomorrow’s disruptors.

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Financial Services

IT financing and investment solutions

One-size-fits-all funding models aren’t cut out for IT transformation. Our innovative funding models can help you maximise efficiency, accelerate innovation, and increase the agility needed to respond to business change.

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Tier 1 Storage

HPE Nimble Storage

Radically simplify operations with powerful predictive analytics. Deploy workloads on flash arrays, converged infrastructure and public cloud.

Learn more

Key Capabilities

99.9999

guaranteed availability*

Eliminates the gap across the entire HPE Nimble installed base.⁸

issue resolution*

Issues are automatically predicted, automatically resolved.⁹

in data capacity, guaranteed

Store more data per terabyte than any other all-flash array.¹⁰

All-Flash Storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage

Learn more

Key capabilities

99.9999

data availability guaranteed*

Only HPE has storage smart enough to promise that.⁸

midrange storage array

HPE 3PAR StoreServ architecture has helped thousands modernize storage.¹¹

recommendation rate

Organizations that work with us, recommend us.¹²

Services

HPE Pointnext

Services that accelerate your digital transformation.

Learn more

Benefits

Optimise infrastructure

Establish the right mix of optimised infrastructure solutions from edge to core.

Simplify IT lifecycle

Address culture, measurement, skills, change management and funding options.

Accelerate innovation

Improve execution and time to value with rapid, continuous project delivery.

Consumption Based IT

HPE GreenLake

Learn more

Key capabilities

CAPEX savings due to eliminated need for overprovisioning ¹³

shorter time span to deploy global IT projects ¹³

increased IT team productivity by reducing the support load on IT ¹³

Hybrid Cloud Storage

HPE Cloud Volumes

Enterprise-grade multicloud storage service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Learn more Read the solution brief

Key benefits

Robust reliability

Proven storage availability and millions of times more durable than native cloud elastic block storage.

Spin up copies and back up fast

Instant snapshot backups and clones allow you to make copies faster and protect your data more often.

Secure and compliant

256-bit granular encryption and security controls enable SoC 2 Type 1 certification and HIPAA compliance.

Hyperconverged systems

HPE SimpliVity

An enterprise-grade hyperconverged platform that speeds application performance, improves efficiency and resiliency, and backs up/restores VMs in seconds.

Learn more Buy now

Benefits

Built-in backup and disaster recovery

Eliminate the need for third-party data protection.

Game-changing data efficiency

An average data efficiency improvement of 52:1 across deployments.

True hyperconvergence

Hyperconverge the complete IT stack.

Featured resource

IT Infrastructure modernisation: Containers for Dummies

Application container technology is a rapidly rising star in a field of infrastructure modernisation solutions designed to drive digital transformation. Learn what containers are, why you should use them, and how to get started.

What are containers?
The benefits of application containerisation
The impact of containers

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⁸ HPE Get 6-Nines Guarantee, HPE Nimble Storage, September 2017

⁹ HPE Business White paper "Redefining the standard for system availability", August 2017

¹⁰ HPE Store More Guarantee for HPE Nimble Storage All Flash Arrays solution brief

¹¹ IDC WW Disk Storage Systems Tracker CQ4 2016, March 2017

¹² HPE 3PAR StoreServ - Collection of Proof Points

¹³ Based on a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, The Total Economic Impact^TM of HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, May 2018

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Persistent Storage for Containers

Using containers? Don't forget the data.

+ show more

Trust HPE technology leadership

Speed up DevOps

Make data as portable as containers

Accelerate Application Modernisation

Cloud storage and flash arrays for container environments

HPE Nimble Storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage

HPE Storage volume drivers and plugins

Kubernetes and OpenShift

Mesosphere

HPE Pointnext

HPE GreenLake

HPE Cloud Volumes

HPE SimpliVity

HPE Synergy

IT financing and investment solutions

HPE Nimble Storage

guaranteed availability*

issue resolution*

in data capacity, guaranteed

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage

data availability guaranteed*

midrange storage array

recommendation rate

HPE Storage volume drivers and plugins

Kubernetes and OpenShift

Mesosphere

HPE Pointnext

Optimise infrastructure

Simplify IT lifecycle

Accelerate innovation

HPE GreenLake

CAPEX savings due to eliminated need for overprovisioning 13

shorter time span to deploy global IT projects 13

increased IT team productivity by reducing the support load on IT 13

HPE Cloud Volumes

Robust reliability

Spin up copies and back up fast

Secure and compliant

HPE SimpliVity

Built-in backup and disaster recovery

Game-changing data efficiency

True hyperconvergence

HPE Synergy

IT financing and investment solutions

HPE Nimble Storage

guaranteed availability*

issue resolution*

in data capacity, guaranteed

IT Infrastructure modernisation: Containers for Dummies

Containers solution brief

HPE persistent storage for containers

HPE Reference Configuration for Red Hat OpenShift on HPE Synergy and HPE Nimble Storage

HPE 3PAR Integration to Docker for Production Containers

HPE Discover: Storage and container use cases

HPE Nimble Storage: Mainstreaming Docker containers with persistent storage

Top 10 reasons to get excited about the HPE 3PAR Volume Plug-in for Docker 3.0

HPE 3PAR volume plugin for Docker and Mesosphere

HPE Dory, Kubernetes Flex volume plugin

HPE Nimble Storage Docker & Mesosphere volume plugin

How can we help?

CAPEX savings due to eliminated need for overprovisioning ¹³

shorter time span to deploy global IT projects ¹³

increased IT team productivity by reducing the support load on IT ¹³