• Home |
• Services |
  • News & Events
  • Try & Buy
  • BSi Consultancy
  • Leasing & Financing
  • Sun Support
• Products |
  • Sun Microsystems
  • IBM
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • ClearCube
  • Other Products
  • Racking Solutions
  • Software
• Partners |
  • Servers & Workstations
  • Storage
  • Virtualisation
  • Operating Systems
  • Software
• About Us |
• Contact Us

Hewlett-Packard

HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System

Finding it difficult to keep up with the growth in unstructured data? Looking for a cost-effective high capacity storage option? With the HP StorageWorks 600 Modular Disk System, HP extends and redefines direct-attached storage for BladeSystem servers, combining the simplicity and cost effectiveness of direct-attached storage without sacrificing flexibility or performance. Use the MDS600 as part of a straight-forward in-rack 3 Gb/s SAS implementation that delivers high-density, low-cost external zoned direct attach storage for HP BladeSystem servers.

Easily configure storage on the fly with easy to use management software. End-to-end 3 Gb/s SAS connectivity enables a high performance storage solution using an HP Smart Array P700m controller, 3Gb SAS BL switches, and the MDS600. The MDS600 can also be directly connected to ProLiant DL, ML and SL servers with a Smart Array P212 or P411 installed in the server.

Features and Benefits

• The MDS600 is designed with two pull-out disk drawers to support hot plug large form factor SAS or SATA drives in just 5U of rack space.
• The simplicity of an in-rack storage solution eliminates expense and complexity from the storage architecture; just a Smart Array P700m Controller in the blade server, 3Gb SAS BL switches in the blade enclosure connected to up to six MDS600.
• Supports up to six MDS600 from a single BladeSystem enclosure.
• Directly connect a Smart Array P212 or P411 Controller to the MDS600. Use the single port P212 in one or two servers to connect to each of the MDS600 drive drawers, or use the dual port P411 to connect one server to both MDS600 drive drawers.
• Use the management software of the 3Gb SAS BL switch to group MDS600 drives and assign them to individual blade servers. These drives now appear as local storage to that server.
• With the MDS600 zoned direct attach capabilities, server administrators can build local storage on the fly according to their configuration requirements.
• Just add additional drives to the MDS600 and zone to a newly deployed blade server, or add capacity to the zone of an existing blade server configuration. No need for complex configuration or re-wiring.
• Protect your direct connect SAS storage solution by including a robust data protection solution such as HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 SAS Tape Autoloader or HP StorageWorks MSL SAS Tape Library.
• End-to-end 3 Gb/s SAS connectivity provides a high performance storage solution using a Smart Array P700m Controller, 3Gb SAS BL switches, and the MDS600.
• With the MDS600, applications and storage are installed in the same rack. Latency is reduced as data does not travel over large distances.
• A Smart Array P700m Controller installed in the blade server provides 512 MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC). High Performance Smart Array P212 256MB BBWC or P411 256MB & 512MB BBWC available for ProLiant servers.
  

Back to Top