Introduction

HP 3PAR Utility Storage is the only virtualized storage platform that delivers 100% simple, efficient, and agile virtual and cloud data centers with respect to today’s growing demands. Designed from the ground up to exceed the economic and operational requirements of today’s most demanding IT environments, HP 3PAR Utility Storage also delivers the performance, scalability, and availability required of Tier 1 Storage along with unique technology benefits that are not available with traditional platforms.

The HP 3PAR Storage System family is the hardware foundation of HP 3PAR Utility Storage. Unlike modular and monolithic (or cache-centric) storage arrays, HP 3PAR Storage Systems use a cluster-based approach and feature fourth-generation HP 3PAR Thin Built In ASICs in each clustered Controller Node. The modularity of the system delivers a single HP Converged Storage platform that scales continuously from the small to the very large and offers complete fault tolerance of both hardware and software as part of an HP Converged Infrastructure. Any failure detected in the hardware or software of such storage platforms may result in the loss of huge amount of data. Anything that renders the data inaccessible or delays access to data, such as a disk failure or an I/O overload, can be disastrous to these mission-critical IT environments. This is why, it is important that the HP 3PAR Storage system is continuously monitored for performance flaws – both small or big! This is where eG Enterprise helps storage administrators.