The HP ProLiant DL585 G2 Storage Server is a powerful and ready-to-deploy gateway solution that provides high performance multi-protocol file and print serving-as well as iSCSI connectivity--to both enterprise and workgroup SAN environments. It is ideal for customers with limited IT resources wanting to leverage their existing Fibre Channel SAN for file and/or iSCSI services. This NAS/SAN fusion solution can help administrators centralize block and file storage and create inexpensive IP-based access to the SAN for application servers. At the same time, it can help lower equipment acquisition and management costs and help preserve the value of storage investments.
Caractéristiques
Industry standard hardware: The DL585 G2 Storage Server is based on the HP ProLiant DL585 G2 Server platform. The industry’s top performing X86 4-way rack server, combining AMD Opteron processor technology with HP best-in-class management and availability.
Industry standard software: The DL585 G2 Storage Server runs Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, a dedicated file and print server operating system with iSCSI connectivity that is built on the proven Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 code base with all of it’s superior security, stability, performance and management advantages.
NAS/SAN Fusion: The DL585 G2 Storage Server is designed for use a file serving or iSCSI gateway into a Storage Area Network (SAN) which provides IP-based clients access to virtually unlimited storage.
ProLiant management: Every DL585 G2 Storage Server comes with the powerful HP Integrated Lights-Out2 (iLO2) technology, support HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Storage Essentials Software.
Ready to deploy: Both the hardware and operating system are pre-installed and pre-configured from the factory, which allows the system to be deployed in minutes.