HPE External Storage Software

HP XP P9000 External Storage allows you to host XP P9500 Storage LUNs on select external storage subsystems. XP P9000 External Storage allows you to tier storage capabilities and provision a XP P9500 solution to optimize return on IT investment - letting you focus high-performance/high availability native XP P9500 Storage capacity against your most mission-critical data while hosting less critical data on cost optimized external storage subsystems. Data stored on external devices connected behind a XP P9500 appear to a server to be stored inside the XP P9500.

XP P9000 External Storage provides significant consolidation scalability - up to 255 Petabytes (PB) of external storage can be configured behind a single XP P9500 Storage. Coupled with the significant cost advantages that external storage systems can provide, you can confidently scale your XP P9500 solution to simplify configuration complexity and reduce ongoing management cost. XP P9000 External Storage is compatible with a wide range of XP P9000 software tools, including XP P9000 Business Copy for local replication, XP P9000 Continuous Access for remote replication, and XP P9000 Auto LUN for performance optimization.

Note that the XP P9000 External Storage licenses do not include partitioning licenses because partitioning is included in XP P9000 Array Manager. In addition, XP P9000 External Storage licenses do not need to include Array Manager licenses because Array Manager is licensed only on the internal capacity of the XP P9500 Storage. Array Manager to-be-licensed quantity is not affected by presence or absence of externally attached storage.