HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Array: технические характеристики и документация

 HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays

The HPE Nimble Storage platform leverages flash storage and the power of predictive analytics to deliver fast and reliable access to data. This approach closes the app-data gap and radically simplifies operations. HPE InfoSight predictive analytics predict and prevent issues to deliver a guaranteed 99.9999% availability¹. Utilize a single multicloud architecture to flexibly deploy workloads on flash arrays, converged infrastructure, and the public cloud. 

As part of the HPE Nimble Storage platform, Adaptive Flash hybrid storage arrays combine affordable flash performance with radical simplicity for mixed, mainstream workloads. Adaptive Flash Arrays are cloud ready - providing an easy on-ramp to the cloud through HPE Cloud Volumes. Backed by our Timeless Storage guarantee², optional software is included and forklift upgrades can become a thing of the past.

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays let you put your backup data to work. Designed to simply and efficiently handle tasks like Veeam backups and disaster recovery, they also offer the flash-optimized performance needed to run development/test, QA, and analytics workloads on your backup data—plus production workloads when needed. 

Back up and recover data from any primary storage array nearly instantaneously. Save space with always-on, inline deduplication and compression, Simplify data management through integration with leading availability software for virtualization environments from Veeam. Don't wait for a disaster—put your backup data to work today.  

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays scale from effective capacities up to 3.6PB³.  

Designed to radically simplify operations, HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays feature HPE InfoSight predictive analytics predict and prevent issues across the infrastructure stack. Even the most complex issues are rapidly resolved because HPE InfoSight has already collected the necessary information to solve the problem, removing the need for complex troubleshooting. As a result, traditional level 1 and 2 support staff is completely automated by HPE InfoSight. The HPE Nimble Storage support organization is entirely composed of level 3 experts who answer calls in less than a minute on average.

HPE Nimble Storage SF100/SF300 Secondary Flash Array

(Base array, 4U; 21 bays hold carriers with Large Form Factor HDDs,
3 bays hold Dual Flash Carriers with Small Form Factor SSDs)

NOTE:

¹For details on the HPE Nimble Storage 6-nines guarantee, refer to https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=a00018503enw

²Refer to https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=a00021804enw for details.

³Assumes typical 3x to up to 18x savings, based on Backup retention policy.

NOTE: For more information about the entire HPE Nimble Storage product portfolio, go to https://www.hpe.com/us/en/storage/nimble.html. HPE Nimble Storage products are not available in some markets.

Put Your Backup Data to Work

• Secondary storage that does real work: Flash performance lets you use your backup data for development/test, QA, analytics, and more.
• Eliminates need for full backups: And speeds synthetic full backups from hours to minutes.
• Faster backup verification: Makes it possible to test backups more often than ever before.

Flash Enhanced Data Protection

• Near-instant restores: Access files, VMs, applications, and entire systems directly on the Secondary Flash Array or rapidly copy them back to primary storage.
• Near-instant disaster recovery: Fail over from primary storage to Secondary Flash Arrays and resume production workloads at flash speed.
• Data reduction without penalty: Always-on, inline deduplication and compression increases effective capacity without impacting performance.
• Backup and DR at a third of the cost, when replicating from all-flash to secondary flash¹.

Radical Simplicity

• Converged infrastructure: Reduce footprint by combining backup, disaster recovery, and secondary storage workloads into one device.
• Worry-free operations: HPE InfoSight predictive analytics deliver a guaranteed 99.9999% availability¹ by resolving 86%² of problems before you are even aware of an issue.
• Rich data services with common management and mobility across all HPE Nimble Storage products.
• Cloud ready: Future-proof your data center for the cloud with HPE Nimble Storage cloud ready flash arrays.

NOTE:

¹For details on the HPE Nimble Storage 6-nines guarantee, refer to https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=a00018503ENW

²Based on actual customer data collected by the HPE Nimble Storage Support organization. See also https://www.hpe.com/h20195/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=a00018503ENW

³Subject to HPE Nimble Storage General Terms and Conditions available at https://www.hpe.com/us/en/storage/nimble.html/docs

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Array models

Expansion Shelves for HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays

NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without notice.

1 For storage capacity, 1 GiB = 230 bytes and 1 TiB = 1,024 GiB.

² Assumes typical 3x to up to 18x savings, based on Backup retention policy, on a Veeam target. Other workloads might yield lower data reduction ratio.

³ Flash Capacity is provided by Solid State Drives, upgradable with Flash Upgrade Kits.

Host OS Support

Microsoft® Windows® Server, including Microsoft® Hyper-V™ | VMware vSphere™ | HP-UX® | Ubuntu

SUSE® Linux Enterprise | SUSE® Linux Virtualization | Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® | Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization

CentOS | Oracle® Linux® (UEK and RHEL compatible kernels) | Oracle® Solaris Citrix® | IBM® AIX®

For the latest information on supported operating systems refer to Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) for HPE Storage products, including HPE Nimble Storage: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

Warranty

HPE Nimble Storage arrays come with the following warranties:

• 1 year, parts-only warranty for hardware components
• 90 day, software updates for defects

Additionally, HPE Nimble Storage will provide phone support for replacing a defective part. Additional support coverage is required for HPE Nimble Storage arrays.
NOTE: Warranty is provided by HPE.

Service and Support

Support is required for all HPE Nimble Storage arrays. Support SKUs provide three years of 24x7 telephone and email support for the arrays with a choice of Next Business Day (NBD) or 4-hour parts delivery*, access to HPE InfoSight predictive analytics platform and software updates.

NOTE: Support contract is mandatory for all HPE Nimble Storage products.

Installation Service

New Array Installation (USA/Canada only)

On-site installation of a new HPE Nimble Storage array in a data center.

New Remote Installation

Remote installation of a new HPE Nimble Storage array in a data center.

Upgrade Kit or Expansion Shelf Installation (USA/Canada only)

On-site installation of upgrades kits or expansion shelves for an existing HPE Nimble Storage array.

NOTE: Installation services are optional for all HPE Nimble Storage products.

NOTE:* Available in select markets; for areas not currently covered, HPE Nimble Storage offers on-site spare parts/kits for purchase.

Step 1 - Choose a Base configuration

All HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays come in a 4U form-factor chassis with

• (2) controllers with fans and NVDIMM, and
• (4) 1GbE/10GbE network ports, i.e. (2) per controller, for iSCSI or management traffic and
• (2) power supplies and
• All-inclusive software including HPE InfoSight predictive analytics 

Additional host connectivity per controller is indicated in the product description below.

Flash Cache upgrades and expansion shelves are available for integration in the field.

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays - Base Configuration

Base Array

HPE Nimble Storage SF100 Secondary Flash Dual Controller 10GBASE-T 2-port Base Array

Q8B42A

HPE Nimble Storage SF300 Secondary Flash Dual Controller 10GBASE-T 2-port Base Array

Q8B36A

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays - Controller Upgrades

Use the upgrade to convert a previously existing SF100 to an SF300.

NOTE: Only available to the SF100.

Controller

Upgrade

HPE Nimble Storage SF300 Secondary Flash Array Dual Controller Field Upgrade

Q8C96A

Step 2 - Choose Head HDD Capacity

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays come with (21) LFF Hard Drives included as standard and supports (3) Dual Flash Carriers with SFF Solid State Drives. The configurations below include three SFF SSDs and accept one optional Flash Upgrade Kit to increase the Flash Cache (except for the HPE Nimble Storage SF300 Secondary Flash Array with 210TB raw capacity). Additional capacity can be added by connecting expansion shelves to the base array.

Head HDD Capacity

Step 3 - Choose Head SSD Cache Capacity

ONE or TWO of the following options can be selected.  The two options must have different capacities, unless they are both the highest capacity options:

Head SSD Cache Upgrade Option

Step 4 - Choose Head Networking Option

Head Networking Options

Only ONE of the following options can be selected:

Head Network Upgrade Options

Only ONE of the following options can be selected:

Step 5 - Add Expansion Shelves

HPE Nimble Storage Secondary Flash Arrays accept additional capacity to an existing base array by connecting expansion shelves. HPE Nimble Storage SF Expansion Shelves come with (2) C13/C14 power cords and (2) 1m 12Gb/s SAS cables. 

SF-ES2 Expansion Shelves

Mix any of the following options up to platform max.

NOTE: SF100 supports up to 126 GB raw capacity and SF300 supports up to 252 TB raw capacity. Both arrays can be connected to up to two (2) Expansion Shelves, within maximum capacity limits of the array.

ES2 Optional Cache for SF-ES2 Expansion Shelves Bank B

Only ONE of the following options can be selected:

Cache Upgrade on SF-ES2 Expansion Shelves (Bank B only)

Only ONE of the following options can be selected:

Installation Services

Installation Services are intended to guide you from start to finish and to help make your installation a success. Our engagement includes the following phases: 

Array Installation

• Inventory and verify HPE Nimble Storage equipment against the sales order
• Physically rack and cable all HPE Nimble Storage equipment, including connecting network
• cables provided by the customer
• Conduct power-on tests and verify operation
• Add the array to an existing HPE Nimble Storage Group, if applicable
• Configure array's basic management, monitoring, & reporting capabilities
• Configure array for additional data networks / SAN connectivity as needed
• Upgrade the array to the latest recommended HPE Nimble OS version 

NOTE: Installation services are optional.

HPE Nimble Storage Upgrade Kit/Expansion Shelf Installation Service

Q2R14A

HPE Nimble Storage New Array Installation Service

Q2R15A

HPE Nimble Storage New Array Remote Installation Service

Q2R16A

HPE Nimble Storage Additional Array Installation Service

Q2R17A

Racks

HPE Nimble Storage arrays and expansion shelves are compatible with industry standard 4-post EIA 19 inch racks with square mounting holes, including HPE 36U, 42U and 47U Enterprise Shock Racks.

For more information on the HPE rack offerings, please see the following URL:
http://h18004.www1.hpe.com/products/servers/platforms/rackandpower.html.
For more information on rack options, see:
http://www.hpe.com/products/rackoptions.
For more information on PDUs, see:
http://h18004.www1.hpe.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/power-protection/pdu.html

Required and additional power cords

HPE Nimble Storage arrays and expansion shelves do not ship with any power cords by default and require a minimum of 2 power cords per system.  Please ensure these are selected at time of quoting. A pair of C13/C14 power cords are required when connecting base arrays or expansion shelves to Rack-Mounted Power Distribution Units (PDU). A pair of country/region specific power cords are required when connecting base arrays or expansion shelves to standard office wall power outlets.

Description

SKU

HPE NS AS 3112 to C13 AU Power Cord

Q8F89A

HPE NS WS-010A to C13 EU Power Cord

Q8F90A

HPE NS BS 1363 UK10 to C13 UK Power Cord

Q8F91A

HPE NS NEMA 5-15P to C13 US Power Cord

Q8F92A

HPE NS GB2099 to C13 CN Power Cord

Q8F93A

HPE NS WS-010A to C13 KR Power Cord

Q8F94A

HPE NS JIS 8303 to C13 TW/JP Power Cord

Q8F95A

HPE NS NEMA 6-15P to C13 JP Power Cord

Q8F96A

HPE NS C13/C14 PDU Base Array Power Cord

Q8F97A

HPE NS PE361L to LS-60 IN Power Cord

Q8G57A

HPE NS WS-016 to C13 ZA Power Cord

Q8G58A

HPE NS SI-32 to C13 IL Power Cord

Q8G59A

HPE NS CEI 23-16 to C13 IT Power Cord

Q8G60A

Physical Dimensions

Width in/mm

Depth in/mm

Height in/mm/U

Weight lb/kg

HPE Nimble Storage
Secondary Flash Arrays

17.5/445

26.5/673

7/175/4

105/48

HPE Nimble Storage SF Series
Expansion Shelves

17.5/445

26.5/673

7/175/4

90/41

HPE Nimble Storage SF Series
Flash Upgrade Kits

12/305

12/305

7/175

3/2

Power Requirements

HPE Nimble Storage SF100

HPE Nimble Storage SF300

Input Voltage

AC PCM option

100 to 240 VAC (50 to 60 Hz)

Max power requirements (Watts/kVA)

700 W / 0.78 kVA

800 W / 0.89 kVA

Thermal (BTU)

2293 BTU

2620 BTU

Environmental Specifications⁴

Operating Temperature

10 - 35° C (50 - 95° F)
Reduce rating by 1° F for each 1000 ft altitude (1.8° C/1,000 m)

Shipping Temperature

0° C - 40° C (32° F - 104° F)
Maximum rate of change is 20°C/hr (36°F/hr)

Operating Altitude (ft/m) max.

10,000 ft / 3,048 m

Shipping Altitude (ft/m) max.

40,000ft/ 12,192 m

Humidity

8 - 90%, non-condensing

Shipping Humidity

5 - 95%, non-condensing

Operating Vibration

0.25 G, Sine 5 - 200 Hz (approx. 15 min/axis);

0.4 GRMS, Random 5 - 200 Hz (approx. 60 min/axis)

Non-operating Vibration

0.5 G, Sine 5 - 200 Hz (approx. 15 min/axis);
0.98 GRMS, Random 5 - 500Hz (approximate 30 min/axis)

Operating Shock

20 G, 2.5ms, half-sine, one shock on each side

Non-operating Shock

20 G, 10ms, square wave, one shock on each side

Electromagnetic Compatibility

Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules for Class A digital devices

ICES-003, Issue 6, dated January 2016 (Class A)

VCCI V-3: April 2014 (Class A)

EN 55022:2010

CISPR 22:2008

AS/NZS CISPR 22:2009 +A1:2010

EN55032:2012

CISPR 32:2012

EN 55024:2010

CISPR 24:2010 +A1:2015

TCVN 7189:2009

NBTC TS 3001-2555

TP TC 020/2011

Acoustics Sound pressure level measured per ISO 7779 specs during normal operating fan

Fan Speed (RPM)

Standard Speed (3540 RPM)

Full Speed (13000 RPM)

Front

65.5

72.0

Back

71.2

75.8

Left

65.6

69.0

Right

65.6

70.7

Safety

EN60950-1:2005 (Second Edition); Am1:2009 + Am2:2013

IEC 60950-1:2005 (Second Edition); Am1:2009 + Am2:2013

EN60950-1:2006/A11:2009/A1:2010/A12:2011/A2:2013

UL/IEC 60960-1 2nd Ed. Am1 + Am2

CNS14336-1 ('99)

CNS13438 ('95)

NOM-019-SCFI-1998

NBTC TS 4001-2550

TP TC 004/2011

IS 13252 (PART 1):2010 +A1:2013 + A2:2-15

SANS IEC 60950-1

NOTE: 4 Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Certifications / Markings

UL

cUL

CE

FCC Class A

IC Class A

VCCI Class A

RCM

BSMI Class A

KC

CCC Exemption

NOM

MoEc

NBTC SDoC

CITC/CoC*

EAC

BIS

LOA (S. Africa)

RoHS 2011/65/EU, EN50581:2012

WEEE

Date

Version History

Action

Description of Change

13-Nov-2017

From Version 3 to 4

Changed

Overview and Configuration Information were revised.

06-Nov-2017

From Version 2 to 3

Changed

Changes made to the entire document.

12-Jun-2017

From Version 1 to 2

Changed

Detail on included power cords and SAS cables.

5-Jun-2017

Version 1

Created

Created first version, including SF100 and SF300.