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Build your own virtual storage array with HP StoreVirtual VSA
Those of you who have been following my Software-Defined Storage Blueprint blog posts know that creating virtual storage from available capacity on your servers is not rocket science – in fact, there’s no special training required. An IT generalist can install HP StoreVirtual VSA on an x86 server and start using it within minutes. If you’re ready to take it to the next step and pool the capacity from several servers into a shared storage array, read on.
Physical systems of any kind have clear limitations in capacity and adaptability. In slow-growing, predictable IT environments with plenty of room to spread out, they’re still the go-to solution. The rest of us, who deal with limited data center space and fluctuating workloads, are turning to virtualization for help. Server virtualization (the creation of virtual machines rather than physical servers, allowing multiple operating systems and applications to run on a single physical host) has caught on everywhere. Yet in spite of the widespread implementation of server virtual machines, storage often remains siloed in physical devices that can be difficult to deploy, manage and scale.
IT managers who take advantage of their virtualized infrastructures for data storage stand to gain enormously from software-defined efficiency, flexibility and scalability.
Our latest SDS blueprint shows you how to install HP StoreVirtual VSA on three or more servers to create a virtual SAN inside those servers, leveraging your current VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor to create virtual machines (VMs). Cluster the disks together and you have a fault-tolerant server and storage environment, which provides intelligent data services such as data protection, replication and thin provisioning that can reduce your investment in new storage technologies by up to 80% and help you save up to 60% in energy costs compared to physical storage arrays. Not to mention the simple scalability and inherent disaster recovery capabilities that this software-defined solution provides.
Open platform technology means StoreVirtual VSA can run on most x86 based hardware—providing you with investment protection, whether you deploy it on older equipment that you are ready to repurpose, or on new equipment to create an efficient, centrally managed storage solution.
For more
Here are a few links to where you can get more:
- Part 1 in this series: HP StoreVirtual VSA: An Introduction
- Part 2 in the series: Make the Most of What You've Got with StoreVirtual VSA
- Blog posts are a great way to get to the "meat" of a topic. Here's a link to all of the StoreVirtual VSA related posts.
- If you haven't played with StoreVirtual VSA, there is a free 1TB license you can get with any new Intel Xeon E5 processor-based server. Here's a blog post that talks more about the free 1TB VSA.
- There's also a 60 day 10TB free trial that you can get at hp.com/go/TryVSA.
About the Author
I'm Calvin Zito, a 32 year veteran in the IT industry and have worked in storage for 25 years. I have been a VMware vExpert for 5 years. As an early adopter of social media and active in communities, I've blogged for 7 years. I started my "social persona" as HPStorageGuy but with the HP separation, you can find me on Twitter as @CalvinZito. You can also contact me via email.
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