Specification Sheet

QuickSpecs
HP MSA P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array Systems
Hardware
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online and into production. A whole datacenter can be failed over to a remote site on purpose to
perform maintenance on generators, air conditioning, etc. Replication can also be used to perform a
datacenter move with minimal downtime (fail everything to the DR site, move the production
datacenter to its new location then fail the DR site back to the new datacenter).
Storage Based
Data replication is performed at the storage subsystem controller level and is totally transparent to the
host, alleviating unnecessary host cycles to perform the data mirroring functions. Unlike a fabric based
or host based solution, the storage based solution dedicates its resources to managing the replication
process between arrays, with minimal impact to applications, other data or devices on the SAN.
Bi-Directional
The bidirectional HP P2000 Array solution addresses the growing need among businesses to ensure
continuous availability of applications that are critical to daily business operations. HP P2000 enables
two sites in a remote replication connection to use each other as a destination to maintain replicated
copies of online data. This maximizes resource utilization while enabling business continuance, even in
the event of disaster.
Disaster Tolerance
The P2000 G3 FC products utilize snapshot data online and in real time to a remote P2000 G3 through a
local or extended storage area network (SAN). Additionally, data replication can be bidirectional,
meaning that a storage array can be both a source and a destination. A particular LUN can be replicated
in only one direction between the two storage arrays. Write I/O data sent to the source is replicated by
HP P2000 Array to the destination. A pair of properly configured HP P2000 G3 FC arrays is a replication
solution that guarantees data integrity in the event of a storage system or site failure.
Normalization (first initial copy)
When a DR site is initially created a normalization or initial copy of the data from the source volume to
the target volume must occur. The P2000 G3 array allows this first copy to take place locally. After
completion the disks can me manually moved to the remote location. Subsequent changes will only
remotely copy the changed blocks.
SAN Extensions
HP P2000 G3 Array provides the capability to replicate data over direct Fibre Channel. The distances
supported over dark fiber are determined by the speed of the dark fiber connection and the technology
used to communicate over the dark fiber.
Path failover (MPIO)
MPIO for Windows provides a single multi-path solution for HP P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array on HP
servers.
Support for Windows 2003 and Windows 2003 R2 operating systems is provided by HP MPIO Full
Featured DSM. For the P2000 G3 this version is 2.6.1.7 or greater.
Support for Microsoft Windows 2008 is bundled within the operating system
Support for Linux distributions is with Device Mapper 4.4.0 or greater.
Support for HPUX is native multipathing in HP-UX v3 and PV-Links in HP-UX v2.
HP StoreEasy 3000
Gateway Storage
Add more value to your P2000 array
HP MSA combined with HP StoreEasy 3840 Gateway Storage enables you to consolidate block and file
storage onto a single, high-performance system - giving your business the flexibility to meet changing
business needs on-demand.
The HP StoreEasy 3840 delivers efficient, secure, and highly available file services that help address
your changing file-serving needs. It reduces your cost of ownership by simplifying management,