Say hello to higher performance, more scalability, and enhanced manageability and connectivity with release 3 of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP. Get all the details here.
–By Simon Watkins, Senior Manager, Worldwide Product Marketing for HPE Storage and Cloud Data Services
The announcement of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP in April – followed by the introduction of release 2 in October – represented the first foundational steps on a multi-step journey to consolidate and simplify our HPE block storage portfolio on a common software and hardware stack – all with a unified cloud management experience provided by the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform. Now we’re taking the next step on this “journey to one” with the introduction of a new and improved HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP. With release 3, we’re delivering even more value to our customers with significant advancements in performance, scalability, connectivity, and manageability.[2]
Let’s take a closer look at some of the key features of this new release and what it means for you.
What’s new in release 3?
You can:
Easily and cost-effectively scale to meet evolving workload demands with disaggregated storage
Legacy storage systems are unable to flexibly and cost-effectively scale out to keep pace with the growing and unpredictable demands of traditional, modern, and consolidated workloads. That’s why organizations now seek to maximize infrastructure efficiency and cost savings at scale via the ability to configure a storage system that meets the specific capacity and performance requirements of current workloads, while enabling non-disruptive resource upgrades as needed.
Release 3 of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP delivers on the promise of disaggregated storage with the introduction of new, multi-node switched models – enabling you to scale capacity and performance independently for greater efficiency and lower cost. This gives you the flexibility to fine-tune, adapt, and elastically scale storage environments in line with workload requirements and evolving business needs.
Accelerate mission-critical apps with up to 2x performance boost[3]
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP leverages a parallel, multi-node, all-active architecture with I/O processing active on all media, controllers, and host ports. This ensures consistent, predictable performance and ultra-low latency at scale. With release 3, we’re introducing new 2 controller node and 4 controller node switched models (with a choice of 16-core or 32-core configurations) – adding to the existing option of 2 controller node switchless models and enabling a leap in performance of up to 2x.
Scale without limitation with 2.5x more capacity[4]
Release 3 adds support for up to eight JBOF expansion shelves, enabling you to start small and scale big – from 15.36TB to around 2.8 PB[5] – without disruption. Support for 8 to 24 SSDs per enclosure with the ability to upgrade drives in 2-drive increments and JBOFs in increments of one enables you to maximize efficiency and cost savings via granular capacity upgrades.
Unlock the full power of NVMe for Ethernet networks with NVMe/TCP
Release 3 broadens your connectivity options with new NVMe-over-TCP host protocol support. With NVMe/TCP, you get all the benefits of a low latency, high performance NVMe fabric without committing to a dedicated storage network like Fibre Channel. You now have the flexibility to choose the frontend storage protocol that best fits your workloads and existing network infrastructure, thanks to support for Fibre Channel, NVMe-oF/FC, NVMe-oF/TCP, and iSCSi.
Simplify management with enhanced and extended AI-driven performance reporting
HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP is powered by industry-leading AIOps for infrastructure, delivered via the Data Services Cloud Console (DSCC) on the HPE GreenLake platform. With release 3, we continue to eliminate the guesswork when it comes to storage optimization through enhanced and extended AI-based performance reporting and analytics for improved troubleshooting and insights. Key reporting enhancements include headroom utilization trend analysis by volume set, top volume set hotspots by latency, improved workload drift detection, and resource contention detection. We’ve also improved capacity reporting, capacity savings and efficiency metrics, and we're introducing new sustainability metrics (including carbon utilization emissions and energy consumption).
Take the risk and complexity out of data migration
You have many reasons to move to the new HPE GreenLake for Block Storage platform. However, migrating data from a legacy storage platform can be disruptive, time-consuming, and costly for your business. Now you can remove the risk and complexity of switching to a new storage platform with multiple options for quick, non-disruptive data migration.
- With HPE Peer Motion,[6] you can move data from HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera, and HPE Alletra 9000 storage arrays to HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP – online, non-disruptively, and without complex planning or dependency on extra tools.
- With HPE Zerto you get a simple (4-click), scalable, and risk-free migration experience for large, complex virtualized environments, regardless of hardware or storage platform.
- If you don’t have the required in-house IT staff availability, expertise, and tools to ensure a successful migration, HPE Data Migration Services can get you up and running fast. This simplifies the data migration process and provides a flexible way to migrate your organization’s critical data safely with minimal impact to your operations. You’ll have a choice of several online and offline options for migrating your data to align with your organization’s requirements, budgets, and timelines.
Ready to learn more?
Have a look at these resources:
- Top 12 reasons to choose HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage brochure
- HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP solution brief
- Technical deep dive: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP blog
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[1] HPE Storage Substantiation
[2] Release 3 of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP will be generally available on February 5th, 2024
[3] Compared to existing 2 node (16-core/32-core) switchless configurations
[4] Compared to release 2 of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage built on HPE Alletra Storage MP.
[5] Fully loaded configuration (8 x JBOFs) with 192 x 15.36TB NVMe SSDs.
[6] HPE Peer Motion is built into the onboard HPE GreenLake for Block Storage UI.
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