Since the page size from the StoreVirtual 3200 has changed to 4MB (previously 256KB). One important thing to know is about data mobility. So there will be a Replication Suite with Remote Copy across several StoreVirtual 3200 arrays.įurther there will be a Data Optimization Suite to enable tiering.Īn All-Inclusive Suite will bundle both suites mentioned above. In the new StoreVirtual 3200 line there will be some licenses available compared to the MSA line. So far the StoreVirtual line was an all-included licensing product. One thing where the best of both worlds does not work is the licensing. From now on a Storage Pool will become the preferred terminology.Ī Management Group will be used only when you have multiple Storage Pools (and so multiple Storage Systems) replicating with each other which will be some kind of Scale-out which is anyway a feature for the (near) future.įurther we will talk about Array and Drive Enclosures with their Storage Controllers and I/O modules. In the StoreVirtual 3200 series, you will see some kind of Management Group but these will be deemphasized. In the current CMC you will setup a StoreVirtual configuration by creating a Management Group, followed by a Cluster and finally one or more volumes… Some time ago I wrote an article as well on this tool. This means you will be able, just as with 3PAR today, to follow up your StoreVirtual 3200 with StoreFront Remote, the Cloud-based storage monitoring platform. I mentioned as well the integration with STaTS. For those who know 3PAR SSMC and OneView you will be quite comfortable with this one as well. Adaptive Optimization support (2 tiers of storage)Īs mentioned before the good old CMC (Centralized Management Console) is replaced by a new modern web-based management GUI.Remote lights out management with haLO (so no ILO)īesides that existing features from the current StoreVirtual product will be available as well:.Web-based management interface (so no CMC anymore).Remote support via STaTS (Service Tools and Technical Service) like 3PAR and StoreOnce.Some new features that will be available in the product at release: The user will be allowed to select from pre-defined RAID configurations based on the amount of disks in the system. Each storage tier is configured separately. The storage system supports 2 tiers of storage. This is not a Proliant box and so no Proliant drives will work in there. The following drives will be available at launch:ĭrives are sold separately, be aware that only SV3000 drives can be used. Actually the entire controller is build on a 64-bit ARM processor in combination with an 8GB NVDIMM persistent memory. I mentioned that there is no Smart Array Controller in there. On the Dual Controller Array Enclosure, up to 3 Disk Expansion Enclosures (LFF and/or SFF) can be connected so with a maximum of 100 disks per storage array. Since both controllers have a unique SAS connection with all drives means that NetworkRAID 0 can be used inside a Storage Array and so will result in a lower price/GB since there is less RAID overhead (compared to the previous StoreVirtual 4000 solution which had both Hardware and Network RAID). Dual controller 12 Drive LFF Array Enclosureīoth systems will be available with the following controllers:īoth controllers will be running in an Active/Active configuration.Dual controller 25 Drive SFF Array Enclosure.Several systems will be available at launch: So no Proliant motherboards or RAID controllers, no ILO, all new. It is all new hardware, completely build from the ground up. This new platform looks more like an MSA, with dual controller at the back in 1 storage system. So by default the box will be Scale-up and not Scale-out. The new SV3200 storage nodes hold by default 2 controllers in 1 system, like an MSA, but with LeftHand OS running on it. The current StoreVirtual 4000 (and Software-Defined VSA) family is a typical Scale-out platform by implementing NetworkRAID 10 across multiple (minimum 2, up to 16) storage nodes.
However! This means important changes in StoreVirtual land! For instance the price is planned to be MSA-like but storage features and functionality will be StoreVirtual-like… Best of both worlds. This new hardware is called StoreVirtual 3200 and combines several features from the current StoreVirtual platform as well as features from the current MSA line.
For several reasons HPE has chosen to go for a complete new hardware platform.
The current (physical) StoreVirtual 4000 platform is based on Proliant Gen8 hardware, it would be logic to move on to the current Gen9 hardware. HPE just eannounced its next generation of StoreVirtual products.