According to IDC, Disk storage systems segment accounts for over $20 billion dollars annually – almost double the combined total of storage software, tape automation and Fibre Channel gear. It’s no wonder, therefore, that vendors are rolling out a steady stream of newer and better disk arrays.
HP StorageWorks XP 10000 Disk Array is for tiered storage up to 16 petabytes. The model can handle up to 1152 disk drives, supports RAID 1 through to the new RAID 6, has a cache of up to 128 GB and offers 8 GB/s. This solution has similar features to HP’s high-end XP 12000 and offers local and remote copying for protection of storage data during disasters.
The HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array delivers state-of-the-art reliability and "always-on" availability for enterprise mission-critical applications where downtime is not an option. The XP10000 is designed for organizations that demand the most from their storage. No single-point-of-failure and non-disruptive online upgrades ensure that data is always available.
The above HP array also comes with multipathing technology, i.e. they allow more than one path between the server and the storage device. If one path fails, there is a failing over of the workload to a redundant path. This process balances loads in addition to shifting the load to a second path if the original path fails. In this way, path redundancy provides a higher measure of certainty that data will not be lost or stopped when it is needed most.
Some cool features include 8-port 2 Gb Fibre Channel CHIP pair increases the performance per port by having a designated microprocessor for each port. It also supports up to 64 GB of Cache, twice as much Cache as before, allowing more data to temporarily be stored from Host until it is written to disk and providing more cache to be used for partitioning among users.
HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array site
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