HP brings enterprise level virtual array to SMB market. Few days back HP announced its new Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) product EVA4400. EVA4400 will be replacement for EVA4100.
EVA4400 offers high-end virtualization features like a dual-redundant hardware architecture that supports local and remote replication software. Storage provisioning is available with HP StorageWorks EVA Dynamic Capacity Management (DCM) software.
The HP StorageWorks 8Gb Simple SAN Connection portfolio offers 8-gig Fibre Channel technology for the EVA4400 for the same price as 4-gig. It includes management software, a 20-port capable 8Gb switch and a PCI Express host bus adapter (HBAs).
EVA4400 can manage 8 enclosures(96 drives) to the maximum and has HSV300 / HSV300-S controllers. It can support upto 96TB of total capacity. EVA4400 supports the EVA iSCSI Connectivity Gateway, EVA File Services, and the VLS EVA Gateway. HP states that support for the IP Distance Gateway will follow shortly.
