HP launches 2 new models in its hyper-converged set of products. Last year they released, together with an EVO RAIL model, they CS240-HC base and CS242-HC performance appliances. I tested these models already in my other article I wrote a few months ago. This new model CS250-HC will give the customer more flexibility in the […]
To all my fellow HP ExpertOne friends out there, be aware that there is a new version released of the HP ASE Proliant Server Solutions Integrator certification. The previous version V8.1 gets replaced by version V2. All information can be found via http://www.certificationexplorer.com/ in the Servers section, or directly via http://h10120.www1.hp.com/expertone/datacard/Certification/ASE-PSerSolIntV2 For people who […]
At HP Discover in Las Vegas there was not only the announcement of the 3PAR 20000 hardware based on the Gen5 ASIC, there were also quite some software announcements on the 3PAR platform as well. An overview below: Persistent Checksum With Persistent Checksum, HP can now deliver end-to-end data protection based on industry standards based […]
Time to get prepared for HP Discover at the Venetian in Las Vegas. This year I will hang around again for 6 days in Sin City, the city that never sleeps and also the place where all the things that happen over there stay there as well. Every year at the end of the week I felt […]
Yes they can apparently… Find the proof below. A few months ago I wrote already about the release of the HP StoreVirtual CS200-HC (what’s in a name?) hyper-converged system that combines 4 servers and with shared storage (SAN) in a single 2U box. I received 3 of these systems from HP to organize some training […]
Probably you know (if not check my LinkedIn profile) that I am a do-it-all dude when it comes to HPE servers and storage. I must admit I could make a job out of my hobby so I am not complaining… However my wife doesn’t see it like this… Why? Well read on… When I am […]
HP announced last December at HP Discover a new series of enhancements on their 3PAR storage portfolio. One of them was a new management interface called StoreServ Management Console. Screenshots were made public already, if you had some good connections you could run a ‘test’ version of the software. Well, now the software is officially […]
Now that my personal Bitcon datacenter is deployed with a 3PAR 7400 and managed and controlled by OneView, the next step will be deploying HP CloudSystem 8 based on OpenStack. This enables me to compare the ‘legacy’ HP orchestration environment based on HP SIM, Insight Control and Matrix OE with the ‘new’ platform based on […]
HP Discover is there again (December time frame for EMEA) and there are the new announcements. An important message came from the HP Storage Division with a major update on its 3PAR portfolio. Find here the most important changes: Hardware updates: The current line-up in the 7000 range gets updated with new controllers. 7200 becomes […]
With all the announcements the last weeks at HP on Gen9 servers, Oneview and Hyper Converged solutions, we would forget that, together with the launch of Gen9 servers, there is also an update available of HP SIM (was 7.3) with support for those Gen9 servers. The newest version has the typical next version number 7.4 and is […]