Storage Illustrated - Page 2

One of the more popular whiteboards from the last year was this one.  It was originally published on StorageRap, so I guess that makes this a reblog.

Here is an animation that one of our brilliant SEs put together last year.  It explains the controller and disk layout architecture that generates the powerful mixed workload performance of HP/3PAR storage systems.  If you saw my post yesterday about our new benchmark numbers, this will help you understand how we generated them.

Benchmark performance tests are like drag strips.  If you want to see what a system is capable of doing, you put it to the test.  The test provides a level playing field and the opportunity to demonstrate the system's performance potential.  A benchmark doesn't indicate real world system performance any more than a drag strip predicts actual driving conditions for a car, but they both show the raw power that is available.

We just blew away the storage performance field with our latest SPC-1 benchmark.  Our newest and largest V Class system - also known as the P10,000 - posted a result of 450,212 SPC-1 IOPS.  To celebrate this feat, I made a Candid Cab Cam video with my friend and co-worker Rob Commins. 

Of course, there is a lot more to talk about, so please continue on the next page by clicking the link to

A whiteboard explanation of HP's Converged Infrastructure (CI) technology and a discussion of how it helps customers save money.

Here's a link to HP blogs about CI

Marc is moonlighting as a cab driver and picks up Eric Siebert - his co-worker!  How awkward could that be?  They start talking about patches and the next thing you know the conversation swings to VDI and the HP storage solutions you can use to make it work.  Who would have thought?

For more information on HP client virtualization solutions, follow this link.

For more information on HP Storage solutions, follow this link.