A Microsoft Windows customer wants to add a file server presence to several existing and future
remote sites. Redundancy, ease of management and hot swap storage growth capabilities beyond
32TB are required.
The solution must support iSCSI, FTP, and WebDAV for each site. Footprint and cost are
concerns. What is the best solution?
A.
X5000 running Windows Storage Server, D2700 enclosure
B.
Four SL230p Gen8 nodes running Windows 2008 R2, SL6500 and ILO advanced licensing
C.
Two DL360p Gen8 servers running Windows Storage Server and a D2600 enclosure
D.
C7000, four BL460c Gen8 blades running Windows 2008 x64 and an MDS600
Explanation:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14154_div/14154_div.pdf
HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System At a Glance:
Comprehensive, highly available Network Attached Storage appliance
Two node, active/active mid-range NAS cluster and shared storage in a single system
File and block storage capable – CIFS/SMB, NFS, iSCSI, HTTP, FTP, and WebDAV
Advanced storage management features – File deduplication, File Classification Infrastructure,
Hosted BranchCache, file screening, storage quotas, and storage reporting
All inclusive software license
Simple deployment and management
All standard hardware and software pre-installed in system
Power On to file serving in less than an hour
100% compatible with Windows IT infrastructure – Active Directory, Distributed File System
(namespace and replication),
Microsoft System Center and more
Can be remotely managed for lights out data center or remote office locations
Scalable and affordable
Capable of supporting 10,000 plus users on a single system – dependent on storage configuration,
LUN and RAID settings.
User testing performed with Microsoft’s File Server Capacity Tool.
Up to 48TB of capacity inside the system, expands to over 100TB externally with HP D2000 Disk
Enclosures
File Deduplication feature can recover up to 40% of disk space
File Classification Infrastructure feature provides insight into your data to help you manage it more
effectively, reduce costs and mitigate risks based on the data’s business value
No need to buy additional hardware for anti-virus screening – any Windows Server 2008 R2
compatible antivirus software runs right on the system
Built on Windows Server 2008 R2 File Services
Enables administrators to provide faster access to files while minimizing the effort required
managing distributed data.