Description
Scalability and Flexibility
The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF (N9X21A) is a scalable and flexible storage array that provides reliable, high-performance network-attached storage (NAS) for small and medium-sized businesses.
Scalability: The StoreVirtual 3200 LFF supports the ability to expand storage capacity by adding more disk drives as the storage needs of the organization grow. The system supports both online capacity expansion and online storage tiering, allowing administrators to add storage capacity without disrupting business operations. Additionally, the StoreVirtual 3200 LFF supports multiple nodes in a single cluster, enabling organizations to scale their storage capacity to meet growing demands.
Flexibility: The StoreVirtual 3200 LFF supports a wide range of storage protocols, including SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and FC, making it a flexible solution for organizations that require multi-protocol support. The system also supports virtualization, allowing organizations to consolidate their storage and server resources, making the most of their hardware investments. The StoreVirtual 3200 LFF also provides data protection features, including snapshots and remote replication, making it a flexible solution for disaster recovery and data protection.
In conclusion, the HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF (N9X21A) is a scalable and flexible storage solution that provides organizations with a cost-effective way to manage their growing storage needs. With support for multiple protocols, virtualization, and data protection features, the StoreVirtual 3200 LFF is a versatile solution that can help organizations meet their storage needs now and in the future.
High Availability and Data Protection
High availability and data protection are crucial features in the N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF hard drive array, ensuring the integrity and accessibility of stored data.
High Availability: The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF provides high availability by using redundant components such as multiple controllers, power supplies, and network interfaces. The array uses active-active controller architecture, where both controllers are active and available to service requests, thereby eliminating any single point of failure.
Data Protection: The N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF provides several data protection features to ensure that data is safe from loss or corruption. These include:
- Data Mirroring: The array supports data mirroring between two hard drives, ensuring that data is duplicated on both drives, so in the event of a disk failure, data can be retrieved from the second drive.
- Snapshots: The array supports snapshots, allowing users to create point-in-time copies of data, providing a quick and easy way to recover data in the event of corruption or accidental deletion.
- Remote Replication: The HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF supports remote replication, allowing data to be replicated to a secondary site, providing disaster recovery protection and enabling businesses to continue operating even in the event of a disaster.
In conclusion, the N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF provides high availability and data protection features, ensuring that businesses can store, access and protect their critical data with confidence.
Performance Optimization and Load Balancing
The N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF Hard Drive Array is a high-performance storage system that uses load balancing techniques to ensure the efficient distribution of workloads. This helps to optimize performance and reduce the risk of bottlenecks that can impact system responsiveness and speed.
Load balancing is a key feature of the N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF Hard Drive Array. It uses algorithms to dynamically allocate workloads across multiple disks in the array, ensuring that no single disk becomes overwhelmed with too many requests. This helps to prevent hot spots, which can lead to reduced performance and increased latency.
In addition to load balancing, the N9X21A HPE StoreVirtual 3200 LFF Hard Drive Array also includes performance optimization features, such as write-back caching and automatic tiering, which work together to increase system speed and responsiveness. Write-back caching temporarily stores frequently accessed data in high-speed memory, reducing the need for disk I/O and helping to speed up data access.
Automatic tiering, on the other hand, automatically moves data between high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs) and slower hard disk drives (HDDs) based on usage patterns, helping to ensure that data is stored on the fastest available media for maximum performance.
General Information:
- Product Description: Hpe Storevirtual 3200 LFF – Hard Drive Array
- Device Type: Hard Drive Array
- Enclosure Type: Rack-Mountable – 2U
- Total Array Capacity: 0 TB
- Max Supported Capacity: 288 TB
- Interface: Iscsi (10 GBE)
- Maximum Luns: 2
DRIVE :
- Installed Devices / Modules Qty: 12 (Max)
- Supported Drives: SAS-3
- Storage Controller: 2 X Raid (SAS 12GB/S) – Raid 0, 5, 6, 10
- Hard Drive: No HDD
- Power Redundancy: Yes