ASCII.jp HPE, "Full Cloud Operation" storage new product brand announcement

Hewlett-Packard (HPE) announced on May 27, 2021 the new storage brand "HPE ALLETRA" based on the "AS-A-Service" strategy.AI / Machinery learning can manage the entire life cycle using the cloud console "Data SerCICES Cloud Console (DSCC)" that incorporates the automation of mechanical learning, and two models "HPE ALLETRA" for mission -critical missions compatible with DSCC.It has started providing 9000 and 6000.

At the press conference, in addition to the details and advantages of new products such as AlletRa storage and DSCC, the tasks in the on -premises storage / data infrastructure environment, and the vision and strategy of HPE for it were introduced.

This time, the full NVME flash array "Alletra 9000/6000", the cloud management console "DSCC", and the data services provided on DSCC have been announced.

(From left) Japan Hewlett -Packard Executive Officer Masakazu Honda, Core Platform Business, Director Yoon Songde, Director of Storage Product Headquarters, Pray Sales Engineering Director Daishi Nakai, Director of Storage Technology Division.

Equipped with high availability Primera / Numble OS, high -performance full NVME flash

HPE ALLETRA is a new storage brand, but the two products announced this time are products equipped with storage OS of "HPE PRIMERA" (Alletra 9000) and "HPE NIMBLE STORAGE" (Alletra 6000), which are already proven in the enterprise market.be.Therefore, Alletra 9000 is 100 % and 6000 is 99..The 9999 % availability is guaranteed, and the Alletra 9000 is "for mission -critical applications", and the 6000 is "for general -purpose workloads" with flexibility and expandable.

In addition, the two models are full NVME flash arrays that have fully adopted the NVME SSD drive.This achieves a much higher performance than existing Primera and Nimble.In the case of Alletra, up to 87 % of performance (IOPS) has been improved compared to the Nimble Storage.

Overview of HPE ALLETRA 9000/6000.Inherit the DNA of the conventional mission critical / enterprise as it is

The performance has been significantly improved compared to existing models due to the full NVME flash array.

The chassis is 4U size for both Alletra 9000 and 6000.The minimum configuration price (excluding tax) starts at 51.24 million yen for Alletra 9000 (9060) and 24.2 million yen for Alletra 6000 (6010).In each case, the introduction of the "HPE GREENLAKE" can be introduced in a pay -as -you -go type.

A cloud -type console that realizes "full cloud operation" is also introduced

However, if this is the case, you will not understand the meaning of putting in a new brand name.The biggest feature of Alletra is the "full cloud operation" using the following DSCC console.

DSCC is a console for integrated data operation placed on public cloud and a platform that provides storage control planes.In this DSCC, we will develop Cloud Data Services, which provides various data services, such as the development, management, and data protection of storage infrastructure.

The Alletra storage installed in the customer on -premises environment automatically sets up DSCCs with encrypted outbound communication, and only control communication of control planes.The business data in the storage is not sent to the DSCC, and the data plane is a secure mechanism that is kept within the on -premises.In addition, a Japanese region is also available as a cloud -rage that allows DSCC.

Data Services Cloud Console (DSCC)

Daishi Nakai, Director of Storage Technology Division, HPE Presaling Engineering Headquarters, said that the INFOSIGHT, which has been provided in the past, performs "maintenance / operation automation", while the DSCC scope is wider than that.He explained that it covers up to settings / deployment automation and data management automation.INFOSIGHT and DSCC will cooperate, and in the future, the DSCC dashboard will be able to refer to major information on Infosight.

At the time of this release, DSCC will provide four data services.In addition to "INFOSIGHT", an existing service that performs predictive analysis of IT infrastructure containing storage, "Data Ops Manager", which provides simple storage management / monitoring functions, AI supports and simplifies volume provisioning work."Intent-Based Provisioning" and "Audit", which aggregate / visualize audit logs throughout the storage environment.

Among them, a demonstration was performed on Intent-Based Provisioning.When creating a new volume, just set the usage (VDI, VMware virtual server, SQL Server, File Server, etc. from the pull -down menu), and only four items: a host group that allows volume, capacity, and access.We recommend the optimal volume placement location from multiple arrays under DSCC management.It is said that AI engines have been used to learn the user usage data that has accumulated through INFOSIGHT.

"This is an intent, that is, a function that AI recommends the optimal array based on" what you want to do ". From the present and the current usage status, the use, performance, and usage capacity.It will be recorded by taking into account changes (future predictions). Humans had to take time to consider them, but we have made anyone can make that decision. "(Mr. Nakai).

Overview of intent-based deployment (Intent-Based Provisioning) service

Expand the management target of DSCC and aim for "automatic optimization of the entire storage environment"

DSCC data services will continue to be added in the future.Mr. Nakai said that data protection such as backup and data migration between storage rays will be added soon.

According to Mr. Yoon -Yoon Dai, Director of HPE Storage Product Headquarters, the storage of the existing Primera and the Nimble brand will continue to be sold together with the new product Alletra.In the future, PRIMERA and NIMBLE storage will also support DSCC cloud management.In addition to this, there is a plan to manage DSCC's storage and public cloud storage, such as "HPE 3PAR".

Mr. Nakai explained that it is "optimize data arrangement" by centrally managing the entire storage environment through DSCC.

"By centrally managing not only Alletra but also other storage by DSCC, it becomes possible to optimize data in the entire storage environment across the array. AI is cost, performance, capacity.We will promote in consideration of the requirements, and use the data migration service provided by DSCC in the future. There is such a concept (in the background of DSCC) "(Mr. Nakai).

Mr. Nakai explained that HPE promotes cloud -type management by providing DSCC, because the conventional management method is "on -premises forever."In particular, in the storage environment, operation management tends to be siloized for each product, and in many cases, the use of data utilization, which is the source of corporate competitiveness, is hindering.

"HPE Storage has made a bold declaration that HPE Storage will be a (storage market) game changer," said Masakazu Honda, HPE Executive Officer Core Platform Business.For this reason, HPE aims for a fundamental change in the common sense of data management in client companies, and its specific concept is the "Unified Dataops Vision", led by data, cloud native, and AI.

In addition, Mr. Honda aims to switch to the "AS-A-Service Company", which provides all IT resources like cloud services, and the new brands and new products announced this time have their strategic meaning.He explained that it was included.

"In realizing the AS-A-Service world, it is not only to provide infrastructure hardware and software as a conclusion model, but also to manage the infrastructure itself.However, it is necessary to change to the AS-A-Service type together. This announcement is a product with a large strategic meaning, which is used in a new concept to execute the AS-A-Service strategy.(Mr. Honda)

"Unified Dataops Vision" and "GreenLake Cloud Services"

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