6.5 HP StoreAll 8200/9300 Storage Administrator Guide

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This guide provides information about configuring, monitoring, maintaining HP StoreAll 8200/
9300 Storage Gateways.
IMPORTANT: It is important to keep regular backups of the cluster configuration.
Storage System Features
The HP StoreAll Storage Systems are highly available, scale-out storage solutions for file data
workloads. The systems combine HP StoreAll File Serving Software with HP server and storage
hardware to create an expansible cluster of file serving nodes.
IMPORTANT: It is important to keep regular backups of the cluster configuration. See “Backing
up the Fusion Manager configuration” (page 66) for more information.
System components
For 9300 system components, see “Component diagrams for 9300 systems” (page 144).
For a complete list of system components, see the HP StoreAll Storage System QuickSpecs, which
are available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/StoreAll
HP StoreAll software features
HP StoreAll software is a scale-out, network-attached storage solution including a parallel file system
for clusters, an integrated volume manager, high-availability features such as automatic failover
of multiple components, and a centralized management interface. StoreAll software can scale to
thousands of nodes.
Based on a segmented file system architecture, StoreAll software integrates I/O and storage systems
into a single clustered environment that can be shared across multiple applications and managed
from a central Fusion Manager.
StoreAll software is designed to operate with high-performance computing applications that require
high I/O bandwidth, high IOPS throughput, and scalable configurations.
Some of the key features and benefits are as follows:
• Scalable configuration. You can add servers to scale performance and add storage devices
to scale capacity.
• Single namespace. All directories and files are contained in the same namespace.
• Multiple environments. Operates in both the SAN and DAS environments.
• High availability. The high-availability software protects servers.
• Tuning capability. The system can be tuned for large or small-block I/O.
• Flexible configuration. Segments can be migrated dynamically for rebalancing and data
tiering.
• NFS, SMB, FTP, and HTTP support for accessing file system data
• Centralized CLI and GUI cluster management
• Policy management
• Continuous remote replication
• Dual redundant paths to all storage components
• Gigabytes-per-second throughput
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