Storage for Server Virtualisation

Storage infrastructure that delivers the differentiated performance, integration, management, and availability needed for server virtualisation deployments.

Take full advantage of server virtualisation

Add the right storage platform to server virtualisation and increase the agility, reliability and scalability of your tier-1 and mission-critical applications. HPE lets you choose converged or software-defined storage solutions.

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Virtualise servers with confidence

Enrich your server virtualisation projects. HPE storage optimises VM density and storage efficiency and streamlines administration with modern architectures designed specifically for virtualisation, and solutions for any sized virtual environment.

Performance at scale

Achieve consistent performance and seamlessly support the VMware I/O blender.

High availability

Get simple, reliable, automated end-to-end disaster recovery.

Increased efficiency

Eliminate over-provisioning and automatically reclaim space, and reduce capacity requirements and waste.

Reduced management

Simplify the tasks placed on the storage administrator and enable efficiency in day-to-day operations.

Reduced management

Simplify the tasks placed on the storage administrator and enable efficiency in day-to-day operations.

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HPE delivers breakthrough storage intelligence

Introducing AI-driven storage that now not only thinks for itself, but acts for itself, with unmatched agility. All delivered as a service.

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Re-imagine HCI

Evolve to a new model of intelligent hyperconverged infrastructure: choose from HCI and disaggregated HCI (dHCI) that are both enhanced with the self-managing, self-optimising and self-healing power of HPE InfoSight.

Explore a new model of HCI

Storage products for virtualisation

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.

Disaggregated HCI

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

Take advantage of an intelligent platform for business-critical applications that combines the simplicity of HCI with the flexibility of converged infrastructure.

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Capabilities

minutes rack-to-apps

99.9999

storage availability ¹

Zero

wasted resources

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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Capabilities

99.9999

guaranteed availability ²

Eliminates the gap across the entire HPE Nimble installed base. ³

issue resolution ⁴

Issues are automatically predicted, automatically resolved. ⁵

in data capacity, guaranteed

Store more data per terabyte than any other all-flash array. ⁶

Tier 0 Storage

HPE Primera

The world’s most intelligent storage for mission-critical apps ⁷ that delivers extreme resiliency and performance with the agility of the cloud.

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Benefits

less time needed ⁸

Deploy, manage and scale storage more efficiently. ⁹

100

availability guaranteed ¹⁰

Predict and prevent disruptions across the infrastructure stack. ¹¹

122

faster Oracle performance ¹²

Consolidate traditional and modern applications at scale, without risk. ¹³

Virtual storage

HPE StoreOnce

A space saving virtual appliance that delivers high backup performance and deduplication-optimised replication.

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Software

HPE Recovery Manager Central Software

Download technical details for RMC Software, integrating with SAP HANA, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft Exchange and SQL.

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Analytics

HPE StoreFront Analytics

Operations dashboards that deliver deep insights into the the storage infrastructure’s performance and capacity capabilities.

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Infrastructure Management Software

HPE OneView

Integrated IT management that transforms compute, storage and networking into software-defined infrastructure to automate tasks and accelerate your business.

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KEY BENEFITS

Less unplanned downtime ¹⁴

Faster server deployment ¹⁵

Faster storage deployment ¹⁶

All-flash storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Tier 1 flash arrays that scale from midsized organisations to the largest enterprises for instant application provisioning and high level of service.

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Capabilities

Flexible

Deploy highly configurable, scale-out storage for multi-tenant workloads.

Fast

Experience consistent mixed-workload performance – up to 3M IOPs.

Predictive

Anticipate and prevent issues across the infrastructure stack.

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.

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

Capabilities

99.9999

guaranteed availability ²

Eliminates the gap across the entire HPE Nimble installed base. ³

issue resolution ⁴

Issues are automatically predicted, automatically resolved. ⁵

in data capacity, guaranteed

Store more data per terabyte than any other all-flash array. ⁶

Tier 0 Storage

HPE Primera

The world’s most intelligent storage for mission-critical apps ⁷ that delivers extreme resiliency and performance with the agility of the cloud.

Learn more

Benefits

less time needed ⁸

Deploy, manage and scale storage more efficiently. ⁹

100

availability guaranteed ¹⁰

Predict and prevent disruptions across the infrastructure stack. ¹¹

122

faster Oracle performance ¹²

Consolidate traditional and modern applications at scale, without risk. ¹³

All-flash storage

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Tier 1 flash arrays that scale from midsized organisations to the largest enterprises for instant application provisioning and high level of service.

Learn more

Capabilities

Flexible

Deploy highly configurable, scale-out storage for multi-tenant workloads.

Fast

Experience consistent mixed-workload performance – up to 3M IOPs.

Predictive

Anticipate and prevent issues across the infrastructure stack.

The key to delivering storage value

VVols integration delivers increased efficiency and simplicity to array-based services which is key to virtualisation success. According to IDC, HPE is more mature and feature rich than other vendors.

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Featured resource

Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ

This white paper introduces the VVols architecture and gives an understanding of the new concepts and terminology associated with VVols. It covers the benefits that VVols provide and demonstrates how to apply the new SPBM to individual VMs. It will also guide you through getting started with VVols so you can implement and administer VVols with HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage in your vSphere environment

Architecture overview of VVOLs
Implementing and configuring VVOLs
Administration and management of VVOLs

Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Architecture overview of VVOLs
Implementing and configuring VVOLs
Administration and management of VVOLs

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Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ technical white paper

A comprehensive guide to implementing the new VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) storage architecture that is part of vSphere 6 on HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage.

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technical white paper | PDF | 4151 KB

Storage for Server Virtualisation

Take full advantage of server virtualisation

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Virtualise servers with confidence

Performance at scale

High availability

Increased efficiency

Reduced management

Reduced management

Re-imagine HCI

Storage products for virtualisation

HPE SimpliVity

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

HPE Nimble Storage

HPE Primera

HPE StoreOnce

HPE Recovery Manager Central Software

HPE StoreFront Analytics

HPE OneView

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

HPE SimpliVity

Built-in backup and disaster recovery

Game-changing data efficiency

True hyperconvergence

HPE Nimble Storage dHCI

minutes rack-to-apps

storage availability 1

wasted resources

HPE Nimble Storage

guaranteed availability 2

issue resolution 4

in data capacity, guaranteed

HPE Primera

less time needed 8

availability guaranteed 10

faster Oracle performance 12

HPE StoreOnce

HPE Recovery Manager Central Software

HPE StoreFront Analytics

HPE OneView

Less unplanned downtime 14

Faster server deployment 15

Faster storage deployment 16

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Flexible

Fast

Predictive

HPE SimpliVity

Built-in backup and disaster recovery

Game-changing data efficiency

True hyperconvergence

The key to delivering storage value

Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HPE 3PAR StoreServ technical white paper

HPE Nimble Storage Solution for VMware vSphere

storage availability ¹

guaranteed availability ²

issue resolution ⁴

less time needed ⁸

availability guaranteed ¹⁰

faster Oracle performance ¹²

Less unplanned downtime ¹⁴

Faster server deployment ¹⁵

Faster storage deployment ¹⁶