QuickSpecs
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage QuickSpecs
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A cloud-operational experience and cloud consumption model for on-prem storage infrastructure
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage provides a cloud-operational experience and cloud consumption model for on-prem storage infrastructure. It boosts operational agility and financial flexibility and frees up resources and capital – enabling organizations to simplify storage management and move faster.
Overview
At A Glance
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage is the industry’s first block storage-as-a-service offering that offers self-service and a 100% data availability guarantee built-in for mission critical environments. Businesses can transform faster with a cloud operational experience and self-service agility everywhere. It empowers customers to transform from IT operator to service provider, focusing on accelerating outcomes, not managing infrastructure. With this service, customers can:
- – Go faster with self-service agility. Line of business and database (DB) admins can self-provision storage instantly to accelerate application deployment.
- – Consume as a service with predictable monthly payments based on consumption.
- – Get started quickly with self-service quoting and ordering by choosing from pre-configured templates and modifying attribute as desired .
- – Run any application without compromise while enjoying 100% availability guarantee for mission-critical apps and get an industry-leading 6x9s for all other workloads, versus the typical 4x9s.
What’s New
- – Smart templates for ordering with flexibility to commit at varying levels of maximum installed capacity.
- – Ability to retain media as an attribute while subscribing to HPE GreenLake for Block Storage.
- – General purpose tier – suited for mix of primary and secondary workloads
- – Transform from LUN-centric to AI-driven, app centric storage provisioning. No storage expertise required, and no more guesswork.
- – Unified cloud management enables you to globally manage and monitor your entire fleet of block storage from a single Cloud -based cloud console that’s accessible from any location, on any device.
- – Say goodbye to endless firefighting thanks to industry-leading AIOps for infrastructure that drives autonomous operations and helps ensure your apps are always on and always fast.
- – Help ensure quality of service for your mission-critical apps by setting priorities on a specific volume or application group that ensure performance expectations are always met.
- – Support for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP solutions designed to serve workloads ranging from SMB to Fortune 100 Enterprise workloads.
Standard Features
Key Features and Benefits
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage is a cloud data service—offered on the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform—that simplifies on-prem storage management with the speed and agility of a cloud operational experience. It provides cloud-like self-service ordering, provisioning, and management that abstracts and automates underlying storage infrastructure complexity, shifting operations to be app, and not infrastructure-centric. And it delivers on-premises storage consumed as a service, meeting any workload SLA with the right resilience (including a 100% availability guarantee for mission-critical apps), performance, and cost.
The core feature set includes:
- – Instant, self-service quoting and ordering
- – All block lifecycle management (volume provisioning, protection policies, volume update, delete, and grow)
- – Intent based provisioning of application data with recommendation of headroom availability, which indicates the relative ability of a storage system to support a proposed workload without experiencing performance degradation. Furthermore, with a remote protection policy for the volumes, recommendations are based on headroom availability in the source and partner systems.
- – Inventory dash boarding (capacity details/trends, performance details/trends, alerts, protection levels)
- – Replication and Management of restore points (replication configuration and restore point management: restore, sync, promote/demote, export/un-export, delete)
- – Customize columns in table view for volume inventory
- – Create volumes without exporting to a host group
- – Customize LUN ID while creating volumes
- – View host paths information in host detail page
- – Reporting (performance reporting, capacity reporting, alert reporting, audit logging, task status)
- – Create and manage volume clones
- – Virtual lock support for Mission Critical Tier
- – Enhanced reporting capabilities for Mission Critical Tier
- Two new charts have been added to trend I/O Size and Queue Length
- Pre-defined templates are available for top volume paths by read latency, top volume sets by read IOPS, top host ports by write throughput.
- Customize views by resource type for volumes, volume sets, host ports and hosts with Top-6 or Select-10 with sorting by metric.
- View and compare performance metrics across remote copy links using the custom reports
- Reports can be downloaded as CSV or PDF
- – Enhanced reporting capabilities for Business Critical and General Purpose Tier:
- Three charts available to show IOPS, throughput and latency trends for Volume(s) and Pool(s).
- Two predefined templates have been added: Top volume by read latency and write latency that can be customized by resource type for volumes with Top-6 sorting by metric or Select-10 and for Pools with Select-10.
- Reports can be downloaded as CSV or PDF
- – Extended reporting that helps analyse and troubleshoot performance issues of a storage system and its volumes:
- Headroom utilization with analysis breakdown by Top-5 volume contribution available for Mission Critical Tier.
All HPE GreenLake services are subject to the terms and conditions of the HPE GreenLake Service Descriptions. You can find the most current version https://www.HPE.com/psnow/doc/a50005247ENW
When ordering for delivery to multiple locations, a separate purchase order is required for each location
Service and Support
Service and Support
Support is included as part of the subscription for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage. Included with the support is 24x7 telephone and email support for the arrays and hardware components for the chosen subscription term. Based on the configuration (Value, Balanced or Performance) selected, either a Lite or Entry level HPE GreenLake Select solutions experience will apply. More information on the HPE GreenLake Select Solutions can be found here.
Refer to the HPE GreenLake for Block Data Sheet https://www.HPE.com/psnow/doc/a50006454enwfor the service deliverables and the shared responsibility model as part of the subscription.
Additional recommended HPE Services to help accelerate your business outcomes:
- – HPE Edge-to-Cloud Transformation Maturity (workshop)
- – HPE Service Credits
- – HPE Storage Networking
- – HPE Accelerated Migration
- – HPE Asset Upcycling
- – HPE Data Migration Services
- – HPE Data Sanitization Service
- – HPE Security Risk and Compliance
Configuration Information
Step 1 – Open OCA and Select New Configuration
- – Hover over New Configuration and select HPE GreenLake from drop-down options
- – Ensure that Integrated Quoting (IQ) is selected under Quotation mode
- – Click on Select from Smart Templates in bottom left
Step 2 – Choose your Smart Template Category
- – Under Data Storage category select either sub-category Block Storage or Block Storage MP
- Select Block Storage sub-category for General Purpose (HPE Alletra 5000), Business Critical (HPE Alletra 6000), or Mission Critical (HPE Alletra 9000) Storage solutions
- Select Block Storage MP sub-category for Storage solutions built on HPE Alletra MP Storage
Step 3 – Use Filters to select Smart Template with desired configuration
- – Use Filters to find Smart Template that reflects desired specifications
- Notes: Select the Smart Template closest to desired configuration and modify config via menu as needed
- – HPE Alletra Smart Template config names & descriptions explain what template contains in configuration
- – Filters for HPE Greenlake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP
- HPE Greenlake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP Smart Templates can support performance workloads ranging from SMB to high-end Enterprise performance requirements
- Drive Config - All configs are 24 drives with 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 shelves (Example: 6 shelves of 24 drives = 24 × 24 × 24 × 24 × 24 × 24)
- ο If you are building a config with <24 drives (12, 16, 18, or 20) - select Smart Template that is closest to desired config and modify # of drives
- > Example: If desire 12-drive config, select 24-drives and use menu to remove 12 drives
- Drive Size - Options are 1.92 TB , 3.84 TB , 7.68 TB , or 15.36 TB NVMe SSDs
- Min Commit TB (Billable capacity) - Options range from 0-50 TB to 1000-2999 TB in varying increments
- Nodes - 2-Node or 4-Node options
- Tier (Core Count) - 8-Core, 16-Core, or 32-Core options
- Workload (Clusterability) - Clustered or Non-Clustered options
- – Filters for HPE Greenlake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage (Alletra 5000, 6000, 9000)
- Min Commit TB Filter – use to filter Smart Templates for desired Usable Capacity
- Notes: User must select reserve commit of 60%/70%/80%/90% for chosen smart template.
- Workload Filter– Choose Availability level
- ο Mission Critical - suited for mission-critical applications that require:
- > 100% availability guaranteed
- > Bandwidth optimized performance > 10 GB/sec
- > Advanced, synchronous, and multi-site resiliency
- > Large-scale environments
- ο Business Critical - suited for business-critical applications that require:
- > 99.9999% availability
- > Wide range for performance expectations from 2 GB 10 GB/sec
- > Advanced site replication desired, with some tolerance for failover time
- > Medium-sized or virtual environments
- ο General Purpose - suited for applications that require
- > 99.9999% availability
- > Wide range of performance expectations from 0.3 GB 2 GB/sec
- > Mix of primary workloads and secondary backup and disaster recovery
- > Small or Medium-sized environments
- Tier Filter – Choose your performance service level objective
- ο Performance Optimized Tier - A block storage service for I/O intensive, very-low latency workloads, and bandwidth-intensive applications at a given availability level. Most common for SAP HANA, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and IBM DB2 based applications
- ο Balanced Optimized Tier - A block storage service designed to balance scalable capacity requirements with I/O sensitive, very-low latency workloads at a given availability level.
- ο Value Optimized Tier - A block storage service optimized for cost for I/O sensitive, very-low latency workloads at a given availability level.
| Performance Requirement | HPE Greenlake for Block built on HPE Alletra MP | Mission Critical (HPE Alletra 9000) | Business Critical (HPE Alletra 6000) | General Purpose (HPE Alletra 5000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Tier | Up to 1.1 m IOPS (read) | Up to 1 m IOPS (read) | Up to 400K IOPS (read) | Up to 120K IOPS (read) |
| Up to 382K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 300K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 200K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 120K IOPS (mixed) | |
| Up to 30 GB/s & 9 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 30 GB/s & 6 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 9 GB/s & 3 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 5.0 GB/s & 2.0 GB/s (read & write) | |
| Balanced Tier | Up to 640K IOPS (read) | Up to 600K IOPS (read) | Up to 200K IOPS (read) | Up to 65K IOPS (read) |
| Up to 210K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 200K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 100K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 60K IOPS (mixed) | |
| Up to 20 GB/s & 5 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 25 GB/s & 5 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 2 GB/s & 2 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 1.9 GB/s & 1.0 GB/s (read & write) | |
| Value Tier | Up to 355K IOPS (read) | Up to 300K IOPS (read) | Up to 150K IOPS (read) | Up to 20K IOPS (read) |
| Up to 118K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 100K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 75K IOPS (mixed) | Up to 15K IOPS (mixed) | |
| Up to 11 GB/s & 2 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 12 GB/s & 2 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 4 GB/s & 1 GB/s (read & write) | Up to 1.0 GB/s & 0.3 GB/s (read & write) | |
| The performance service level objective includes standard data operations (i.e. UI, Intelligent Autonomous Storage, garbage collection). Event-based data operations (replication, snapshots, hw upgrade, etc.) are excluded. | ||||
| The underlying device Infrastructure deployed is designed to deliver the stated total IOPS under 1ms latency for the specified workload: Read IOPS: 100%, 8k. | ||||
| Mixed IOPS: 50% read, 50% write, 8k. | ||||
| Throughput: 256k sequential | ||||
| Availability Tier | NVMe SSD | SAS HDD/SSD |
|---|---|---|
| Mission Critical | Yes | |
| Business Critical | Yes | |
| General Purpose | | Yes |
Step 4 – Modify Smart Template Configuration to satisfy Customer requirements
- – To modify HPE Alletra Storage MP Smart Templates - user must click on Components tab + click on HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP #1 Group in second row to view OCA menu
- Contract Term, Service Experience Level, Networking Interface + All HW config options can be modified
- Notes: All HPE Alletra Storage MP Smart Templates are configured as 3-Year Term with Standard Service Level and Fiber-Channel Network Interface
- – To modify HPE Alletra Storage Smart Templates - user must click on Components tab + click on HPE Alletra x000 #1 Group in second row to view Solution Wizard in OCA
- Contract Term, Service Experience Level, Networking Interface + all HW config options can be modified
- Notes: All HPE Alletra Storage MP Smart Templates configured as 3-Year Service Term
- – By using OCA menu to modify Smart Templates – wide ranges of usable capacity points can be supported. See table below.
| Smart Templates – Usable Capacity | Mission Critical – HPE Alletra MP | Mission Critical – HPE Alletra 9000 | Business Critical – HPE Alletra 6000 | General Purpose – HPE Alletra 5000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Optimized Tier | 31 TB to 2PB | 59 to 252 TB | 60 to 245 TB | 305 to 638 TB |
| Up to 2PB possible | Up to 2.3PB possible | Up to 984 TB possible | Up to 1260 TB possible | |
| Balanced Optimized Tier | 31 TB to 2PB | 125 to 512 TB | 60 to 245 TB | 91 to 152 TB |
| Up to 2PB possible | Up to 2.3PB possible | Up to 575 TB possible | Up to 504 TB possible | |
| Value Optimized Tier | 31 TB to 2PB | 125 to 256 TB | 29 to 122 TB | 30 to 60 TB |
| Up to 2PB possible | Up to 2.3PB possible | Up to 184 TB possible | Up to 210 TB possible |
Notes:
– Usable storage can be used for all object types including snapshots, clones and replicated volumes.
– Usable capacity Max for HPE Alletra MP solution will continue to scale higher in future releases.
Step 5: In Services tab - select Media retention setting to keep sensitive data protected
- – Defective Media Retention (DMR)
- – Comprehensive Defective Material Retention (CDMR)
To learn more about these please refer to HPE Defective Media solutions brief:
https://www.HPE.com/psnow/doc/4aa1-8067enw
Shared Responsibility Model (SRM)
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage subscription includes the necessary hardware, software, and services to deliver the service level specified. The service levels offered are based on a foundational shared responsibility model (SRM) depicted below:
| Customer | HPE |
|---|---|
| Responsible for the connectivity to GreenLake Cloud Platform (GLCP), the administration, and the management of the data/ objects | Responsible for the functionality of the infrastructure providing the service |
| Site Readiness including datacenter facilities and internet connectivity | Installation & activation of device |
| Maintain connectivity to GreenLake Cloud Platform | Customer Orientation |
| Volume Creation and administration | Access to software, firmware, and documentation updates |
| Data resilience and remote replication | Onsite hardware support |
| Data backup | Proactive support and operational guidance* |
| Applying recommended software updates & security patches | Test volume Creation |
| Data Monitoring | Operational Insights and Dashboard* |
| Initiating the order of additional capacity beyond total available capacity | Proactive capacity planning* |
| | Proactive incident alerting* |
| Communicate security incident & remediation |
Notes: *Proactive communication is delivered using HPE Infosight (included as part of subscription)
Pre-requisite for HPE GreenLake for Block Storage
As part of the shared responsibility model, the customer is expected to make appropriate decisions including but not limited to:
- – Rack Infrastructure requirements
- Space
- Rails
- – Power Infrastructure requirements
- PDU
- Cables
| Supported Operating Systems by Service Level | |
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| Business Critical & General Purpose Service Level | |
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| Notes: For the latest information on supported operating systems refer to Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) for HPE Storage products: https://h20272.www2.HPE.com/spock/ | |
Technical Specifications
Physical Dimensions | ||||||
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| Mission Critical (HPE Alletra MP) | Reservation Level | Height (Rack Units) | Host Ports Active/Total | Width (cm) | Depth (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| Performance | 31 TB -2PB | 8U to 27U | 10B-T: 32/32 10 GbE: 32/32 25 GbE: 32/32 32 GB FC: 32/32 | varies based on config choices -see table below | varies based on config choices -see table below | varies based on config choices -see table below |
| Balanced | 2U to 27U | |||||
| Value | 2U to 25U | |||||
| Mission Critical (HPE Alletra 9000) | Reservation Level | Height (Rack Units) | Host Ports Active/Total | Width (cm) | Depth (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| Performance | 33 TB -88 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 32/32 10 GbE: 32/32 25 GbE: 32/32 32 GB FC: 32/32 | 48.3 | 83.9 | 77.3 to 82.9 |
| 132 TB -198 TB | 8U | 151.1 | ||||
| Balanced | 66 TB -198 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 32/32 10 GbE: 32/32 25 GbE: 32/32 32 GB FC: 32/32 | 77.3 to 82.9 | ||
| 264 TB -385 TB | 8U | 151.1 | ||||
| Value | 66 TB – 88 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 16/16 10 GbE: 16/16 25 GbE: 16/16 32 GB FC: 16/16 | 55.1 | ||
| 132 TB – 198 TB | 6U | 82.9 | ||||
| Business Critical (HPE Alletra 6000) | Reservation Level | Height (Rack Units) | Host Ports Active/Total1 | Width (cm) | Depth (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| Performance | 33 TB – 198 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 12/24 10 GbE: 10/20 25 GbE: 6/12 32 GB FC: 8/16 | 43.9 | 80 | 54.5 |
| Balanced | 33 TB - 198 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 12/24 10 GbE: 10/20 25 GbE: 6/12 32 GB FC: 3/12 | 54.5 | ||
| Value | 16 TB -88 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 8/16 10 GbE: 6/12 25 GbE: 4/8 32 GB FC: 4/8 | 54.5 | ||
| General Purpose (HPE Alletra 5000) | Reservation Level | Height (Rack Units) | Host Ports Active/Total1,2 | Width (cm) | Depth (cm) | Weight (kg) |
| Performance | 165 TB – 355 TB | 8U | 10B-T: 12/24 10 GbE: 12/24 25 GbE: 6/12 32 GB FC: 6/12 | 43.9 | 89 | 117 |
| 532 TB | 12U | 10B-T: 12/24 10 GbE: 12/24 25 GbE: 6/12 32 GB FC: 6/12 | 169 | |||
| Balanced | 49 TB – 132 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 8/16 10 GbE: 4/8 25 GbE: 4/8 32 GB FC: 4/8 | 65 | ||
| Value | 16 TB – 49 TB | 4U | 10B-T: 8/16 10 GbE: 4/8 25 GbE: 4/8 32 GB FC: 4/8 | 65 | ||
Notes:
– The Fibre Channel ports for Business Critical and General Purpose are Active/Active (non-optimized)
– All General Purpose configurations have additional 2/4 10B-T embedded ports not included in the port counts listed above
– The physical specifications (Height, Weight, Port count) of the Alletra MP configurations vary based on configuration options selected. Please use table (below) to calculate physical specifications of desired configuration.
HPE Alletra Storage MP HW Specifications | ||||
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| Physical Dimensions | Width in/mm | Depth in/mm | Height in/mm/U | Weight lb/kg |
| HPE 42U 1075 mm G2 Advanced Series Rack | 23.50 / 597 | 43.78 / 1111 | 78.99 / 2006 | 281 / 127 |
| HPE 42U 1075 mm G2 Enterprise Series Rack | 23.54 / 598 | 44.30 / 1125 | 78.98 / 2007 | 230 / 105 |
| HPE 42U 1200 mm G2 Advanced Series Rack | 23.50 / 597 | 50.65 / 1286 | 78.99 / 2006 | 311 / 141 |
| HPE 42U 1200 mm G2 Enterprise Series Rack | 23.54 / 598 | 51.19 / 1300 | 78.98 / 2007 | 251 / 114 |
| HPE Alletra Storage MP Base Enclosure (Enclosure, two Controller IOMs, two PS, one CDM, no drives, no HBAs) | 19.00 / 483 | 33.11 / 841 | 3.44 / 87.5 / 2 | 74.0 / 33.6 |
| HPE Alletra Storage MP Base Enclosure Packaging Pallet | 23.00/584 24.00/610 | 38.75/984 40.00/1016 | 11.50/292 | |
| HPE Alletra Storage MP NVMe SSD with carrier | 3.11 / 79 | 6.57 / 167 | 0.59 / 15.0 | 0.63 / 0.28 |
| HPE 32 GB 4-port FC Host Bus Adapter | 3.33 / 84.6 | 5.20 / 132 | 0.59 / 15.0 | 0.50 / 0.23 |
| HPE 10/25 GB 4-port Ethernet Host Bus Adapter | 3.33 / 84.6 | 5.20 / 132 | 0.59 / 15.0 | 0.50 / 0.23 |
Power Requirements | |||
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| Mission Critical (Alletra 9000) | Performance | Balanced | Value |
| Input Voltage, frequency | 200 to 240 VAC (50 to 60 Hz) | ||
| Max power requirements (VA) | 2079 – 3033 | 1955-2088 | 1099-1440 |
| Thermal (BTU/hour) | 7092 - 10347 | 6671 - 9827 | 3751 – 4913 |
| Refrigeration (tons) | | | |
| Business Critical (Alletra 6000) | Performance | Balanced | Value |
| Input Voltage, frequency | 200-240 V , 50-60 Hz , 8.7A | ||
| Max power requirements (VA) | 2443 | 1998 | 1697 |
| Thermal (BTU/hour) | 7022 | 6033 | 5043 |
| Refrigeration (tons) | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.42 |
| General Purpose (Alletra 5000) | Performance | Balanced | Value |
| Input Voltage, frequency | 100-120 V , 50-60 Hz ; 200-240 V , 50-60 Hz | ||
| Max power requirements (VA) | 900 W 1.000kVA | 850 W 0.944kVA | 750 W 0.833kVA |
| Thermal (BTU/hour) | 2952 | 2788 | 2460 |
| Refrigeration (tons) | | | |
Notes:
– HPE Alletra Storage MP Base Controller uses 200 to 240 VAC (50 to 60 Hz)
– Refer to HPE Power Advisor tool (link below) for power consumption, thermal/heat loading, circuit sizing information - HPE Power Advisor utility
Summary of Changes
| Date | Version History | Action | Description of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2026 | Changed | Visual rebranding only—updated typography, colors, and design elements to align with new HPE brand standards. No technical specifications or content were modified. | |
| 06-May-2024 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated | |
| 22-Jan-2024 | Changed | Configuration Information section was updated Update to subscription terms | |
| 08-Jan-2024 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated What’s New, Config, SKU and T&C link updated | |
| 06-Nov-2023 | Changed | Standard Features and Services and Support sections were updated. HPE Services Rebranding | |
| 10-Jul-2023 | Changed | Overview and Configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 20-Mar-2023 | Changed | Technical Specifications section was updated. Tech Specs updated | |
| 05-Dec-2022 | Changed | Configuration Information section was updated | |
| 21-Nov-2022 | Changed | Overview and Standard Features section were updated | |
| 07-Nov-2022 | Changed | Configuration Information and Technical Specifications sections were updated. Updates to core features | |
| 03-Oct-2022 | Changed | Standard Features section was updated. Updates to core features | |
| 06-Sep-2022 | Changed | Standard Features section was updated. Updates to core feature set | |
| 01-Aug-2022 | Changed | Minor corrections | |
| 27-Jun-2022 | New | New QuickSpecs |
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