{"id":2320,"date":"2012-06-26T11:58:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2012-06-26T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T11:58:32","slug":"recap-hp-discover-2012-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/recap-hp-discover-2012-event\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAP: HP Discover 2012 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are going to do something, make it matter.\u00a0 That was the key phrase that was posted throughout the conference at HP Discover 2012 in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 With some of the new announcements, HP<\/a> did just that. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of the biggest announcements in my opinion is the HP Virtual Connect Direct-Attached Fibre Channel Storage for 3PAR. In a nutshell, it helps to reduce your SAN infrastructure by eliminating switches and HBAs. You connect your Blade System Servers directly to the 3PAR array.\u00a0 This allows you to have a single layer FC storage network.\u00a0 Since you won\u2019t have a fabric to manage, you can increase your provisioning process by as much as 2.5X.\u00a0 Also, by removing the fabric layer, you can eliminate up to 55% latency.<\/p>\n

This will allow organizations to reduce costs by eliminating the SAN fabric.\u00a0 It will save on operating costs by cutting down on capital expenditure.\u00a0 It also scales with the \u201cpay as you grow\u201d methodology allowing you to purchase only what you need.<\/p>\n

Complexity is greatly decreased with the wire-once strategy.\u00a0 If new servers are added to the Blade Chassis, they simply access the storage through the already connected cabling.<\/p>\n

Virtual Connect Manager allows for a single pane of glass approach.\u00a0 It can be used through a web interface or CLI, for those UNIX lovers.<\/p>\n

The new trend in IT is Big Data.\u00a0 Some of the biggest customer challenges are the velocity and volume of data, the large variety and disparate sources of data, and the complex analytics that are required for maximizing the value of information.\u00a0 HP introduced Vertica 6, which does all of
\nthese.<\/p>\n

Vertica 6 FlexStore has been expanded to allow access to any data, stored at any location, through any interface.\u00a0 You can connect to Hadoop File Systems, existing databases, and data warehouses.\u00a0 You can also access unstructured analysis platforms such as HP\/Autonomy IDOL.<\/p>\n

It also includes high performance data analytics for the R Statistical Tool natively and in parallel without the in-memory and single-threaded limitations of R. Vertica 6 has expanded their C++ SDK to add secure sandboxing of user-defined code.<\/p>\n

Workload Management simplifies the user experience by enabling more diverse workloads.\u00a0 Some users experienced up to a 40X speed increase on their queries.\u00a0 Regardless of size, Workload Management balances all system resources to meet SLAs.<\/p>\n

Vertica 6 software will run on the HP public cloud.\u00a0 Web and mobile applications generate a ton of data.\u00a0 This will allow business intelligence to quickly spot any trends that are developing and act accordingly.<\/p>\n

Not to be overlooked are the enhancements made to the core components that are already part of the system.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, there has been a big interest in disk to disk backup and deduplication.\u00a0 HP\u2019s latest solution in this space is the B6200 with StoreOnce Catalyst software.\u00a0 It has over 50 patents that deliver world record performance of 100TB\/hr backups and 40TB\/hr restores.\u00a0 This claims to be 3X and 5X faster, respectively, than the next leading competitor.<\/p>\n

The hardware is scalable.\u00a0 It starts at 48TB (32TB usable) and can grow to 768TB (512TB usable).\u00a0 With a typical deduplication rate of 20X, the system can provide extended data protection for up to 10PBs.<\/p>\n

This is a federated backup solution that allows you to move data from remote sites to multiple datacenters without having to reduplicate it.\u00a0 It integrates with HP Data Protector, Symantec NetBackup, and Symantec BackupExec giving the administrator one console to manage all deduplication, backup, and disaster recovery operations.<\/p>\n

The portfolio also includes smaller units for SMB customers. They take advantage of the same type of technologies allowing companies to meet those pesky backup windows.<\/p>\n

As a leading HP Partner, GreenPages <\/a>can assist you with these or any of the products in the HP portfolio.<\/p>\n

By Mark Mychalczuk<\/p>\n

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