Allflash and hybrid storage with intelligence that makes it smarter and simpler to use. With a comprehensive feature set, the storevirtual vsa is optimized for virtual environments and is a flexible shared storage solution that scales as needed. The first softwaredefined virtual storage appliance to support all major industrystandard servers and multiple hypervisors, hp storevirtual vsa has a proven 6. Part 1 deployment october 24, 2016 june 8, 2018 univirt ive been interested for some time in experimenting with veeams direct san access transport mode method of backing up vmware vms so ive been experimenting with various free storage appliances. One of the resources that will be great for those conversations is a storevirutal vsa technical white paper that i can offer to customers looking at solutions for their environment. Msa storage system with msa2050 2052 products, which has been in use for many. In addition to either the eula or such separate agreement, software is subject to the following software license information, including additional license. San iq, the core software that makes the platform unique, has been renamed lefthand os as of version 10. In addition it simplifies movement of data between dissimilar arrays. Since hp decided to deliver a free 1tb version of the storevirtual vsa with almost every hp proliant gen8 server, i notice that more and more of my customers are interested in lefthand storage.
Hp storevirtual vsa turns hypervisor attached storage into virtual iscsi storage to bring computer and storage resources closer. Hpe storage environment including msa 2040, 1040, hpe storevirtual. My hpe software center, aligning with all of the activities you can perform here like. End user license agreement eula, hpe software licensing. Storage software hpe store us hewlett packard enterprise. With hpe storevirtual vsa software you can turn any microsoft or vmware virtualized servers internal andor directattached storage into a virtual san, without the expense of added storage hardware. The hpe msa 2050 san and sas dcpower lff storage systems q179a and q2p39a. It does have greater options and the ability to leverage dedicated hardware nodes at scale and integrate them with the software vsa. Failover managera specialized version of the storevirtual os software designed to operate as a manager and provide automated failover capability. Hp storevirtual 4330 hard drive array series specs cnet. Search the knowledge base, download drivers and patches, submit tickets and. We compared these products and thousands more to help professionals like you find the perfect solution for your business. Hpe storevirtual 4330 storage, based on the lefthand operating system, is a scaleout storage platform that is designed to meet the dynamic needs of virtualized environments.
Msa vs storeeasy vs storevirtual simplivity is a hyperconvered solution and includes its own san it wouldnt make sense to get an external san and simplivity. A version of the storevirtual system called the virtual storage appliance or vsa is offered that connects existing customer storage to provide the same. A stepbystep guide to deploying a hpe storevirtual vsa in your veeam lab. Hp released a new version of its remote support software insight remote support v7.
Reprenons en 1 ligne quesaco le vsa virtual storage appliance. Ive previously mentioned that i spend a lot of time on spiceworks an smb focused community of end users. Storevirtual virtual storage appliance vsa was born. Bitcon it consultants rip storevirtual vsa, long live storevirtual vsa. For instructions about using the cli, see the syntax section, immediately following this introduction. Hp storevirtual 4000 storage, based on the lefthand operating system, is a scaleout storage platform that is designed to meet the fluctuating needs of virtualized environments. Hpe msa 2050 lff disk enclosure or hpe msa 2050 sff disk enclosure. At the time of writing hpe offers a free 1 tb licence. The software bits can be downloaded from the software depot or.
As for vsan vs hp vsa we have a huge price advantage. Hpe msa 20502052 storage and microsoft windows server 2016. Let it central station and our comparison database help you with your research. The fact that i tell them that my vsa based san volumes in my home labdatacenter has an uptime of 4,5 years now also helps them to get started with this imho powerfull storage platform. Hp storevirtual is a family of storage systems created by integrated software named lefthand os software running on hp proliant server platforms with disk or solid state storage attached. The current storevirtual 4000 and software defined vsa family is a typical scaleout platform by implementing networkraid 10 across multiple minimum 2, up to 16 storage nodes. The new release is focused on new functionality and usability. Computer storage solutions at affordable price endurance it. Best practices for implementing hp storevirtual and vmware. And because of this it was easy for hp to bring the os into a vm.
Building a san with at least two nodes is highly recommended. Hp storevirtual vsa will benefit small to medium size customers with agility, efficiency, scalability, and high availability. When using multiple nodes both physical and virtual, you. Hp has added lots of features to its storevirtual software san, announced a. Hp storevirtual vsa vs msa2040 data storage spiceworks. Hpe storage environment including hpe msa, hpe storevirtual, hpe. Lets see how to install hpe storevirtual vsa on vsphere. Hp storevirtual vsa software, based on the lefthand operating system, helps customers gain the benefits of a fully featured array without dedicated external storage. They can run both as a complete storage box hpe storevirtual 3200 and. Ive been playing around with it for a while and it seems to fit the task very nicely, but it recently came to my attention that microsoft storage spaces may offer similar functionality.
Reclaim space on thinly and fully provisioned volumes used by windows server 2012 or later, and vsphere 5 or later. Hp storevirtual is versatile and features softwaredefined storage vsa software. Home hpe support center hewlett packard enterprise. Hp recommends that you always upgrade to the latest versions of software for the hp storevirtual vsa including. Hp releases a new version of hp insight remote support v7. Part 3 automating hp storevirtual vsa failover vmfocus. Storage systems of hewlett packard enterprise gold partner on. Now assume that storage and network are configured on all hyperv hosts that should run the storevirtual vsa, the next step is to start the deployment of the software on each host. Storevirtual storage, and hpe 3par storeserv storage hpe 3par storage. The hp storevirtual vsa software vsa is a virtual storage appliance that provides complete array functionality for vmware infrastructure or microsoft hyperv without external array hardware.
Besides storevirtual and 3par, now also nimble arrays on. Maybe you meant that vmware killed their vsa but that isnt what you wrote. Hp just released this great document with some guidelines and best practices for storevirtual environments in combination with vmware srm good reference guide in case you want to implement this nice technology. The hpe end user license agreement eula governs the use of hpe software, unless it is subject to a separate agreement between you and hewlett packard enterprise and its subsidiaries. Intuitive, common management and storage federation meet the need for simplicity and flexibility in todays virtual datacenters. Msa vs storevirtual hewlett packard enterprise community. Revision hpe storevirtual storage critical firmware. Intuitive, common management and storage federation provide for simplicity and flexibility in todays virtual datacenters. Hpe xp p9000 external storage software provides these benefits by giving you the ability to access, monitor, and manage data residing on a variety of different disk arrays as if all of the data were residing on an hpe xp p9500 storage. Quickspecs hpe storevirtual vsa software ordering information page 6 up to 3 storevirtual vsas per cluster not stockable by the channel, must order as drop ship and have single end user quantities represented on the order installable on vmware vsphere, microsoft hyper v or linux kvm installation media and documentation downloadable from. The software virtualizes the individual storage resources it controls and creates flexible.
Hp storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. Hardware comes and goes, but the secret of storevirtual was and is the operating system. Server supported to run hyperv, vsphere or kvmmicrosoft windows server 2008. Hp storevirtual vsa kvm for red hat enterprise linux 6. Apr 9, 2019 storage, storevirtual aka lefthand hpe introduces stormagic svsan as storevirtual vsa replacement bitcon it consultants year hpe decided to eol the storevirtual vsa portfolio leaving a big gap in the software defined storage portfolio.
Hpe storage environment including hpe msa, hpe storevirtual, hpe 3par. Hpe oneview for microsoft system center can be accessed from the hpe software depot. Hpe oneview for vmware vcenter is downloadable from software depot. On the hpe storevirtual 4335 hybrid storage, only model. Allflash and hybrid storage hewlett packard enterprise. The hpe msa 2040 storage ships standard with a license for 64. The hp storevirtual 4730 900gb 10k sas storage node ships with 25x 900gb 10k sff sas disk drives and hps allinclusive software suite remote copy, exchange sql integration, network raid, and thin provisioning. If you remember we received a warning when adding satavsa01 and satavsa02 to the management group satamg01. This hpd8 firmware is considered a critical fix and is required to.
Firmware lefthand os centralized management console cmc. It supports heterogeneous hpe storage environment including hpe msa, hpe storevirtual, hpe 3par. By virtualizing the internal disk capacity of the server running. The saniq commandline interface cli is built upon the saniq api released with version 8. In software defined storage sds, hpe has one product in its portfolio that is. Hp storevirtual vsa includes threeyear hp software support, standard 9x5 business hours phone support software technical support and software product and documentation updates, and a 90day media replacementonly warranty.
Hpe is named a leader in the inaugural gartner 2019 magic quadrant for primary storage. For additional information about recent my hpe software center changes, please. That being said, i believe the backend on the simplivity is the storevirtual solution. Besides this, the vsa can integrate with existing hp storevirtual or hp lefthand storage nodes, providing you with the ability to extend your physical storage environment with virtual nodes. The first softwaredefined virtual storage appliance to support all major industrystandard servers and multiple hypervisors, hp storevirtual vsa has a proven 5. The hpe msa 1050 features 8gb fibre channel, 12 gb sas, and 1gbe and 10gbe iscsi.
In reality the hpe storevirtual gui is very intuitive and more importantly allows for quick deployment operations as well go through. Hpstorevirtualstorageuserguide abstract thisguideprovidesinstructionsforconfiguringindividualstoragesystems,aswellasforcreatingstorageclusters,volumes. Hpe free software is now downloadable at this site in a new section named free software. A stepbystep guide to deploying a hpe storevirtual vsa. Hpe storevirtual vsa software hewlett packard enterprise. Hp storevirtual vsa installer and hp storevirtual dsm for mpio helps to install and configure the storevirtual vsa on the local server. I find myself in a lot of conversations where hpe storevirtual vsa seems like the perfect fit. In todays blog post, i will show you how to upgrade an existing hp storevirtual infrastructure from v11. This builds on five years of recognition in the gartner magic quadrant for solid state arrays and six years of recognition as a leader in the gartner magic quadrant for. Having had the chance to spend some serious time with the latest storevirtual vsa 11. The hp storevirtual 4000 platform is the successor of the p4000 p4300 and p4500 g2 arrays.
The vib file can be found on the hp software depot in the storage section. Hp vsa has been around and has a very proven track record. All software components for hpe storevirtual are available from this page whether you are just getting started as a new hpe storevirtual storage customer, or. Hpe storefront manager for microsoft for msa storage is downloadable from software depot. It supports heterogeneous hpe storage environment including msa 2040, 1040, hpe storevirtual. As a best practice, hewlett packard enterprise recommends upgrading software during. Develop your own automation, scripting and management using the cli.
In part two we installed and configured hp storevirtual vsa on vsphere 5. The software itself can be found via the hpe software depot. If you see no systems unter available systems, client find on. The new sv3200 storage nodes hold by default 2 controllers in 1 system, like an msa, but with lefthand os running on it. I assume that the centralized management console cmc was installed. It was limited in features they probably should have never released it to begin with. Scaleouta second storevirtual 3200 system may be added to a management group multisite santhe multisite san feature mirrors data synchronously between logical or physical sites automatically. The nextgeneration hewlett packard enterprise support portal for business, enterprise, and it users. Learn more at the official hewlett packard enterprise website. Product bulletin, research hewlett packard enterprise servers, storage, networking, enterprise solutions and software. Hpe storevirtual vsa software requires a vsphere, hyperv or kvm licensed server with the following.
The hpe msa 1050 features 8gb fibre channel, 12 gb sas, and 1gbe. Hp storevirtual networkraid explained bitcon it consultants. Server supported to run hyper v, vsphere or kvm microsoft windows server 2019, 2016, 2012 r2 supported by storevirtual os 12. So you can chose between the storevirtual storage nodes hw appliances and the storevirtual vsa, the virtual storage appliance. Deploying hp storevirtual vsa on hyperv 2012 r2 cluster. Hp storevirtual vsa automating iscsi lun rescan after vsa vm powers up veasyman625 oct 20, 2014 3.
Hp storevirtual 4330 hard drive array overview and full product specs on cnet. First lets take a look at my current setup and how the install of the. We provide a robust, scalable and secure data storage solutions for business that meets the. Most virtualized server environments require shared storage for high availability, as well as application data, and storage solutions should be as highly available as the vms.
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