HP Launches 'Extreme' Storage System | | 2008-05-05 | | HP has launched the storageWorks 9100 Extreme system aimed at organizations needing multipetabytes of data storage such as social networks with large amounts of online subscriber information and video content, video surveillance systems, and medical research organizations requiring storage for high volume medical imaging.
HP claims the system will cost about $2 per gigabyte, so a fully loaded extreme system with nearly a petabyte of storage costs $1.6 million. A baseline system with 246 TB is about $500,000.
The new product includes a chassis with the capacity for four to 16 server blades, and up to 10 storage blocks. Each block is 7U and slides in as one unit, which holds up to 82 TB of data and contains an array of SATA drives connected by SAS controllers. The minimum system configuration is four blades and three blocks.
The 9100 Extreme is less expensive than comparable systems because it provides high storage in one appliance, eliminating the need for expensive Fibre Channel switches, cables and host bus adapters that are needed with distributed systems. HP also claims the system can be run by a single IT administrator.
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