The HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway is a mid-range NAS file server gateway that can be configured into a cluster of EFS Clustered Gateway nodes. This clustering capability allows you to scale your file serving performance in a near linear fashion as nodes are added to an existing cluster. In the event of a node failure, all file serving is failed-over to the remaining nodes within the cluster with full data and cache read/write coherency.

The EFS Clustered Gateway is a bundle consisting of a ProLiant Storage Server and the HP Clustered File System software. The EFS Clustered Gateway architecture is fully symmetrical meaning all nodes in the cluster see the same entire file system which means there are no hot-spots or performance bottlenecks. This solution has been tested and is being used in a wide variety of customer environments. The solution is built with industry standard components and not proprietary hardware and software so you can leverage your existing SAN or iSCSI infrastructure.

HP delivers this solution at a leading $ per MB/second cost. The solution is scalable which means that you can purchase only the file serving capability you require and add nodes as you need them – without a forklift upgrade. In the data center you can utilize familiar tools and processes to manage and maintain the EFS Clustered Gateway solution. Leverage your existing training, knowledge and experience with HP ProLiant servers or Blades and either a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Windows Server 2003R2, or Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system to efficiently manage your file serving needs.

The EFS Clustered Gateway is available for Linux or Windows. It is can be purchased as a pre-installed hardware/software configuration (single node and two-node initial cluster), or as a software only package.

16TB file system on the Windows platform

Support on multiple hardware platforms with software only option

EVA Snapshots

Shadow Copy w/EVA

FS Quotas - Enforceable and advisory quotas

Windows R2 support, iSCSI support and Clustered Volume Manager is now included

 

Growth and Scalability: Scale from 2 to 16 nodes and achieve a near linear increase in file serving throughput performance and client support. Purchase file serving throughput you need today with the ability to easily add performance and throughput as your business needs grow. Select either Linux or Windows version to meet your file serving needs.

High Availability: With fully symmetrical cluster architecture, cluster integrity can be maintained in the event of a single or multiple node failure. Failover from one node to another happens quickly and the client is unaware a failure has occurred as file serving has failed over to all remaining nodes. There is no single point of failure.

Performance: Each DL380 G5 based node provides approximately 170MB/second sequential write performance. The architecture is optimized for both read and write performance.

Data Integrity: Cache coherency and data integrity is maintained in the event of a single or multiple node failure. Clients are failed over transparently and uniformly distributed across the cluster to ensure optimal load balancing and uninterrupted file serving.

Maintainability: When you want to upgrade hardware, software or firmware, you have the ability to temporarily remove a node from the cluster. Cluster integrity is maintained as file serving requests are failed over to the remaining nodes. After the upgrade is completed simply re-insert the node back into the cluster.

Industry standard: The HP ProLiant DL server is the world’s best selling server with enterprise class uptime and management features. Both Linux and Windows are supported.
Lowest cost Rather than purchasing a file serving solution based upon anticipated needs, purchase additional nodes when your file serving needs grow. By building the solution on HP ProLiant servers and an industry standard OS (either Linux or Windows) you can ensure a low initial cost and lower total cost of ownership overall.

Ease of management: Manage a single cluster rather than individual servers. The cluster can be monitored from any node or from any system running Windows or Linux. In addition to cluster management, storage management and fabric management can also be done from the cluster console.

Storage Virtualization across heterogeneous: The Arrays provide configurable striping to meet workload and performance demands. Online volume growth and aggregation across multiple arrays allows full use of storage infrastructure.

Support: Installation and startup services ensure that the hardware and software are quickly integrated into the environment. Software support, including OS support is provided for one year and can be renewed. Upgraded hardware support is provided for 1 year 24 x 7.

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