Friday May 9, 05:44 AM

HP Unveils Multi-Petabyte Data Storage System

ComputerWire Staff

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a storage system for organizations that need several petabytes of data storage.

It said StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System (ExDS9100) reduces the number of administrators and the cost involved in managing storage. The system offers a single management interface while scaling to the multi-petabyte level. It combines the company's disk-storage and network-attached storage (NAS) technology with its blade server technology.

The ExDS9100 system has a maximum configuration of 820TB of capacity, and includes a BladeSystem chassis that can hold from four to 16 server blades and up to 10 storage blocks.

It is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2008 at a cost of at about $2 per gigabyte. A fully loaded Extreme system that has a capacity of almost a petabyte of storage will be priced at $1.6m. A baseline system with 246TB will cost $500,000.