HP X500, 4400, X5000, X9000, X1000 User Manual

HP StorageWorks Network Attached Storage

Family guide

Table of contents

File storage growth—the challenge .................................... 3

HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems ........................ 6

HP StorageWorks X3000 Network Storage Systems ........................ 8

HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0

HP StorageWorks X5000 Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems ........................ 1 4

HP Services: Scalable, flexible, and reliable—like your storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5

File storage growth—the challenge

Global digital information doubles every 18 months—
so if you currently manage 100 TB of data, it’ll
be 200 TB in 18 months time, and that is just the
average. File storage growth drives most of that
increase. Managing storage growth is a difficult task
on the whole, but the distributed nature of unstructured
file-based data adds to the challenge significantly, and
drives the need for improved file serving solutions.

Rapid file storage growth, driven by rich media like
audio, video, graphics, backup files, and email is
impacting businesses more now than ever before. You
not only require immediate access to exploding volumes
of data, but government regulations and corporate
governance are dictating what must be kept, for how
long, and the speed with which it must be accessed.
Therefore, it is critical that you invest in a cost-effective,
modular, file-serving solution that can support your
business now and well into the future. Consolidating
file data with a dedicated Network Attached Storage
(NAS) solution can help you address your changing
file serving needs and reduce your cost of ownership
by enabling simplified management, better resource
utilization, centralized growth, and data protection.

HP StorageWorks NAS solutions—
change-ready to deal with your
storage complexities

HP StorageWorks NAS solutions change and adapt
with your fast-changing organizational storage
needs using virtualization, performance-enhanced

file systems, and operating environments, as well as
HP ProLiant and BladeSystem hardware. Together,
these industry-standard building blocks allow you to
implement faster, scale farther, and respond to data
growth more effectively.

Regardless of the size of your organization,
HP StorageWorks NAS solutions enable you to
control explosive file growth while reducing costs and
simplifying data management. HP StorageWorks NAS
solutions cover a wide range of customer needs and
IT environments. The portfolio includes the following
product families:

HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault

HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault series provides a
simple and cost-effective solution for a small business
to store, secure, and share data for under $1000.
Based on Microsoft Windows Home Server, it
provides a user-friendly interface with easy installation
and management. The HP X500 provides you with
automated backup for up to 10 PC clients and
Mac’s on the network while providing additional
background features like folder duplication and
data deduplication. The HP X500 offers both local
and remote file sharing via a custom URL which is
accessible from any Web browser. The HP X500
comes with two or three empty bays (depending on
the model) for internal storage expansion and also
offers external USB and eSATA ports for additional
external expansion. Store it, secure it, and share it.

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HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems

HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems
are the fast and easy way to add Windows-powered
shared storage to your small or medium IT environment.
They’re versatile unified storage, so you get more for
your money since it can be a file server, an iSCSI target
for application/virtual environment storage, or both.
You’ll spend less time and effort on maintenance and
management once you consolidate to a centralized
shared storage system, and industry-standards will
protect your investment by providing compatibility with
your network and applications. The operating system is
pre-installed and comes with HP StorageWorks X1000
Automated Storage Manager, so you’ll be up and
running in minutes.

HP StorageWorks X3000 Network Storage Systems

HP StorageWorks X3000 Network Storage Systems
boost the value of your array or SAN by adding
Windows-powered IP-based gateway services to it.
You’ll spend less time and effort on maintenance and
deliver a better return-on-investment for your array/SAN
when you consolidate to a single, unified storage pool
that can serve files to your clients and blocks to your
servers via multiple protocols (FC/iSCSI or SAS/iSCSI).
Industry-standards protect your investment by providing
compatibility with your network and applications, and
a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) license is included to
provide high availability and reduce downtime.

HP StorageWorks X5000 Storage Systems

HP StorageWorks X5000 Storage Systems add
scalable file services and a file server gateway for
mid-range and enterprise customer’s SAN and iSCSI
storage systems. Based on a truly symmetrical cluster
file system, HP X5000 Storage Systems add scale-out
CIFS/NFS/HTTP file services to any new or existing
SAN or iSCSI storage. Now file serving performance
or storage capacity can be added independently
online without service disruption.

HP X5000 Storage Systems provide unified storage
management. It can create an integrated block and
file-level storage solution out of any SAN, consolidating
individual pools of storage into a single, shared
resource of storage that simplifies storage allocation,
yields high utilization, and reduces IT costs as
compared to traditionally architected storage solutions.

HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services

Medium-sized customers who need to seamlessly
increase application throughput far in excess of
traditional NAS products and easily grow storage

capacity online without service disruption will find
that the HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File
Services is a fully factory configured storage solution.
It includes an HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise
Virtual Array with dual array controllers and up to
12 TB of storage (standard), two file serving nodes,
management and replication software, and support
for Windows or Linux. With two file serving nodes
and dual array controllers, the HP 4400 Scalable
NAS File Services does not have a single point of
failure. It offers great total cost of ownership (TCO)
with a low initial purchase price and “shared data”
architecture yielding lower management expenses
from a shared pool of file serving nodes and storage.

HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems

HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems
scale-out beyond traditional network attached storage
in both capacity and performance. Designed to
be extremely scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient,
HP X9000 Network Storage Systems deliver excellent
performance and a modular storage infrastructure
to accommodate unprecedented storage growth
and performance. Central management allows
the administrator to manage not just terabytes but
multi-petabyte environments at the highest density
possible from HP. The pay-as-you-grow architecture
and an all-inclusive feature set eliminate storage
over-provisioning or expensive add-ons. X9000 is the
platform for customers designing the next-generation
data center.

Why HP?

At HP StorageWorks, we deliver technologies and
services that help you bridge the gap between data
explosion and storage infrastructure. Being the leader
in entry-level NAS systems, and the fact that more
data is stored on HP disks than any other vendor,
helps us understand that infrastructure matters because
it is the foundation for data. With StorageWorks,
you can be confident in your infrastructure and your
ability to deliver results because the full power of
HP and its partners can be with you every step of
the way—helping you unlock the untapped potential
of your entire infrastructure. Then, as your business
needs change, over 150,000 HP channel partners can
help your HP storage change, too, using technologies
that implement faster, and scale and network more
effectively. We can also help you save both time and
money that can reduce your energy needs and lower
your management costs.

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HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault

Delivers consolidated data storage, file sharing, and data protection that is
specifically designed for the small business that has no or limited IT staff.

HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault

Number of Drives 2

Drive Type 1 TB 3G 7.2K LFF SATA

Processor (1) Intel

Processor Cache 2 MB

Memory 2 GB PC2–6400 unbuffered DDR2 ECC 800 MHz

Capacity 1 TB Starting

Storage Expansion Options Internal: Standard, off the shelf, 3.5-inch SATA Drives

Network Controller Gigabit Ethernet controller

Expansion Slots 2–3 empty internal SATA hard drive bays (model dependant)

Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows

Management HP Control Center

Number of Users 1–10 PC Clients and unlimited Mac’s

Included, depending on model

1.5 TB 3G 7.2K LFF SATA
Supported, depending on model

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Pentium® E5200 (2.5 GHz)

Maximum

Maximum

6 TB Maximum

13.5 TB Maximum, with external storage options

External: USB External Hard Disk Drive or eSATA Hard Disk Drive.

4 external USB 2.0 ports
1 eSATA port

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XP Home (SP2) or XP Professional (SP2)
Media Center Edition 2004 (SP2) or later

®

OS X

Mac
Linux
Automatic backup, file sharing and remote access capabilities vary based on PC OS

Microsoft Windows Home Server Console

Vista (32 and 64-bit)

Form Factor Tower

Warranty 1-year parts, 0-year onsite support, next business day response

QuickSpec URL http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13406_div/13406_div.pdf

HP related offerings

Optional Add-Ins

A variety of software add-ins provides the ability to add additional features to the HP X500 Data Vault. Add-ins includes features like:
anti-virus protection, Amazon S3 online storage, disk management utilities, multimedia management, and others.

For more information, visit: www.hp.com/go/datavault 5