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HP Storage Works
HP StorageWorks products provide high levels of data availability, flexibility and scalability that maximise business performance in the most demanding environments along with the freedom to create a custom infrastructure and configuration that seamlessly integrates with existing architectures.
Entry Level Storage
| Product |
NAS |
DAS |
SAN |
Cluster Storage |
MSA20
* up to 3TB
* U320 connect |
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Yes |
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MSA30
* up to 2TB
* U320 connect |
|
Yes |
|
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MSA500G2
* up to 2TB
* U320 connect |
|
Yes |
|
Yes |
MSA1000
* up to 6TB
* FC connect |
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
MSA1500
* up to 24TB
* FC connect |
|
|
Yes |
|
HP Proliant ML 110 Storage Server (Deskside)
3 models available
* 320GB / 640GB / 1TB |
Yes |
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HP Proliant ML 100 Storage Server (Rackmount)
3 models available
* 320GB / 640GB / 1TB |
Yes |
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Mid Range Storage
| Product |
NAS |
DAS |
SAN |
Cluster Storage |
EVA3000
* up to 16TB
* FC connect |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
VA7110
* up to 6.5TB
* FC connect |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
VA7410
* Up to 15TB
* FC connect |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
HP Proliant DL380 G4 Storage Server
*2 models available
* 36TB or 48TB |
Yes |
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High End Storage
| Product |
NAS |
DAS |
SAN |
Cluster Storage |
EVA5000
* up to 35TB
* FC connect
|
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
XP128
* up to 18TB
* FC connect
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
XP1024
* Up to 149TB
* FC connect
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
XP12000
* Up to 165TB internal
* FC connect |
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
HP Proliant DL580 Storage Server
* Up to 149TB
|
Yes |
|
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For further information on HP please visit www.hp.com
IBM
IBM System Storage systems offer a range of scalable technologies to address your storage needs, from the smallest distributed storage server to the largest data centre. BSG's experience of providing Storage Infrastructure Solutions using IBM System Storage products provides you with a strategic storage solution to support your business, offering a more flexible, manageable, and cost effective IT environment that can grow alongside your business and adapt to changing demands.
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IBM SAN Storage
IBM System Storage SAN technologies integrate IBM and other vendor servers, storage, SAN switches & directors and software components into solution templates that have been extensively tested to provide high availability, scalability, security, and simplicity of management. BSG has experience in delivering customised SAN solutions addressing your individual requirements.
IBM SAN File System
The SAN File System (SFS) is designed to simplify file and data management in your storage area network by consolidating file systems across UNIX, Windows, and Linux servers. With the SFS, both files and file systems are viewed and managed as a centralised IT resource with a single point of administrative control. By providing a common SAN-wide file system, SFS can support secure heterogeneous data sharing and centralised policy based storage management in an open environment. Learn more
IBM SAN Volume Controller
The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller is designed to increase the flexibility of your storage infrastructure by enabling changes to the physical storage with minimal or no disruption to applications. Now with expanded support for many non-IBM storage systems such as; EMC, HP & HDS, the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller can enable a tiered storage environment to better allow you to match the cost of the storage to the value of your data. The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller combines the capacity from multiple disk storage systems into a single storage pool, which can be managed from a central point, enabling increased utilisation and simpler management. Learn more
IBM NAS Storage
The IBM System Storage N series products are designed to provide network attached storage for storage environments where customers have a critical need for storing mission critical data, nearline storage and WORM protected data in high availability, high capacity and highly secure environments. All N series systems utilise a single operating system across the entire platform. The N series products provide a wide-range of network attachment capabilities to a broad range of host and client systems using a multitude of network access protocols including file system protocols (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP) and block I/O protocols including iSCSI and FCP.
| Model |
Type |
Link |
| IBM System Storage N5000 |
Networked Attached Storage |
Product details |
| IBM System Storage N3700 |
Networked Attached Storage |
Product details |
IBM Disk Storage
IBM has brought together into one family a broad range of disk systems to help all size of organisation select the right solutions for their needs. The new IBM System Storage DS family combines the high-performance heritage of the IBM System Storage DS6000 and DS8000 series enterprise servers with the newly enhanced IBM System Storage DS4000 series of mid-range systems (formerly called the FAStT family), with newly introduced low priced entry systems.
| Model |
Type |
Link |
| ESS Model 800 |
Enterprise Disk Storage |
Product details |
| ESS Model 750 |
Enterprise Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS8000 |
Enterprise Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS6000 |
Enterprise Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS4800 |
Mid-Range Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS4500 (FAStT900) |
Mid-Range Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS4300 (FAStT600) |
Mid-Range Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS4100 (FAStT100) |
Mid-Range Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DR550 |
Mid-Range Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS4100 Express |
Entry-Level Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DR550 Express |
Entry-Level Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS400 |
Entry-Level Disk Storage |
Product details |
| DS300 |
Entry-Level Disk Storage |
Product details |
| N3700 |
Entry-Level Disk Storage |
Product details |
| 2104 Expandable Storage Plus |
|
Product details |
| 7133 Serial Disk System |
|
Product details |
IBM Tape Storage
As IT budgets shrink, low-cost tape storage has become a more attractive way to manage ever increasing corporate data growth. From a single tape drive to libraries capturing up to petabytes of data, IBM System Storage Tape Drives, Tape Libraries and Virtual Tape Servers offer a range of solutions to meet your data management needs as well as addressing growing business resiliency concerns and regulatory requirements.
| Model |
Type |
Link |
| IBM Virtualization Engine TS7510 |
Enterprise Tape Systems |
Product details |
| IBM Virtualization Engine TS1120 |
Enterprise Tape Systems |
Product details |
| IBM System Storage 3593 |
Enterprise Tape Systems |
Product details |
| TS3310 Tape Library |
Mid-Range Tape System |
Product details |
| 3584 Tape Library |
Mid-Range Tape System |
Product details |
| 3582 Tape Library |
Mid-Range Tape System |
Product details |
| 7206 External Tape Drive Model 336 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 7206 External Tape Drive Model VX2 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3581 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 3 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3581 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 2U |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3581 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 2U distribution offering |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3580 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 3 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3580 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 2 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3580 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 1 |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
| 3580 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 2 distribution offering |
Entry-Level Tape System |
Product details |
Network Appliance
Network Appliance has established itself as one of the leading
vendors in the unified storage arena. Its range of products is capable
of meeting the storage need of organisations of all sizes.
Primary Storage: Enterprise Storage Systems - FAS Filers
NetApp® fabric-attached storage (FAS) systems offer robust, field-proven, highly available storage solutions (>99.99% data availability) for consolidating data and simplifying data management. NetApp storage systems are easy-to-manage appliances, specifically designed for today's scalable, network-centric IT system architectures.
Nearline Storage: NearStore
NearStore® systems offer cost-effective, fast-access storage for online backup and archiving. NearStore perfectly complements and dramatically improves existing tape backup processes by inserting economical and simple-to-use disk-based storage between application storage and tape libraries, in a two-stage backup configuration.
Gateway Solutions: gFiler
The NetApp gFilerT is an innovative storage consolidation solution that provides unified SAN and NAS access to data stored in Fibre Channel SAN storage arrays from HDS, IBM, and others, enabling data centre storage deployment for and expanded set of business solutions. Like all NetApp storage appliances, the gFiler is based on the industry-hardened Data ONTAPT microkernel operating system that supports multi-protocol services and advanced data management capabilities for consolidating, protecting, and recovering mission-critical data for enterprise applications and users.
Internet Security and Content Delivery: NetCache
NetCache appliances integrate proxy, advanced caching, content-filtering,
Web virus-scanning, and usage analysis functionality into a single
solution that is secure, reliable, and easy to manage. NetCache
appliances also improve access to content by storing content closer
to the end users, eliminating network and server bottlenecks. This
solves the network challenges associated with delivering streaming
media and facilitates business application acceleration within the
corporate WAN. For further information on Network Appliance please
visit www.netapp.com
Sun
Sun's innovative storage solutions help simplify IT environments so organizations of all sizes can increase efficiency and utilisation, lower costs, improve reliability, and compete more effectively. Sun StorEdge solutions are tightly integrated with Sun servers for the greatest application performance and reliability, and support heterogeneous environments for investment protection.
Sun Workgroup Storage
These storage systems feature redundant components, multiple RAID levels, mirrored cache, and automatic failover for workgroup applications.
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Sun NAS Solutions
Designed for entry-level environments, these products are easy to use and simple to manage, and offer quick deployment, heterogeneous integration, and flexible, policy-based services. Learn More
Sun Boot Disk Solutions
Compact, scalable, and highly flexible storage solution. Learn More
Sun Midrange Storage
These high-density, high-availability data storage systems are well suited for mission-critical environments with modular, networked architectural designs. Learn More
Sun SAN Switch Options
- McDATA
- Brocade Switches
- Sun Switches
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Sun Data Centre Storage
Massive scalability, extreme availability and exceptional performance for high-end data centres. Ideal for enterprise SANs, storage consolidation and heterogeneous sharing of centralised storage. Learn More
Sun Tape Backup and Restore Solutions
Sun's family of automated tape libraries and backup systems help implement effective backup, archive, and disaster-recovery programs. Learn More