HP introduces IP-SAN solution for APAC region

HP has introduced a simple, high capacity IP based storage solu-tion that the
company claims radically brings the cost-per-terabyte. Specially targeted at the
Asia Pacific market only, the new solution will deliver the benefits of SAN
storage to the mass market.

The two entry-level HP StorageWorks IP Storage 500 and 1500 solutions provide
businesses with a low cost, quick to install and easy to use network storage
solution leve-raging on the inexpensive Ethernet infrastructure. The solution
integrates the low cost Serial ATA disks with industry standard iSCSI
technology.

"StorageWorks IP helps customers consolidate storage from multiple DAS
installations to a simple networked storage platform. Also helps in quick, easy,
affordable capacity expa-nsion, processing relief for application servers and
provi-ding cost effective transport for SAN," said Avijit Basu, Country
Sales Manager, Customer Solu-tions Group Network Storage Solution, HP India.
"Sto-rageWorks IP Storage would become popular in the SMB segment in
India," he added.

Targeted at medium-sized business to enterprises with branch offices, the HP
Sto-rageWorks IP Storage 500 and 1500 provide the entry-level storage
reliability that custo-mers have come to expect with HP storage solutions. Both
HP StorageWorks IP Storage 500 and1500 are also certified by Microsoft to host
Microsoft Exchange and SQL.

The HP StorageWorks IP Storage 500 and 1500 are available in three capacity
points of 320GB, 640GB and 1TB respectively. Both HP StorageWorks solutions come
with dual operating system partitioning and a quick restore DVD to allow for
recovery in minutes, not hours.

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