The Converged Infrastructure Architect of small aviation firm issued an RFP to three vendors for a
new Greenfield virtualization infrastructure.
The RFP has the following design criteria:
– 8 blades x86 virtualization servers, 2×6 core West mere Processors, 128 GB of RAM
– vCenter Server or a physical host, 1×6 core, 16Gb of RAM, MS Windows 2008R2 license
– licenses for vSphere, five for each server
– scale-out-style, iSCSI-based storage, approximately 100 TB usable
– CIFS access required for a third-party application that is on four physical hosts
– 7×24 /4-hour response support – capacity to support host and storage 10 Gb Ethernet
connectivity.
Which products satisfy the design requirements?

A.
HP StoreSure 2000FC array + HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage

B.
HP StoreVirtual VSA Software + HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage

C.
HP StoreVirtual 4330 array+ HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage

D.
HP StoreSure 2000FC array+ HP StoreAll 9300 Gateway Storage

Explanation:
Request for proposal (RFP)
Capacity to support host and storage 10 Gb Ethernet connectivity:
HP StoreVirtual VSA Software + HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage
HP StoreVirtual 4330 array 1 GbE iSCSI (4) Ports Optional upgrade to 10GbE iSCSI (2) Ports
HP StoreSure 2000FC array: Fibre Channel, Combo FC/iSCSI, 6Gb SAS, and 1Gb or 10GbE
iSCSI systems
HP StoreAll 9300 Gateway Storage, 4 1GbE ports and choice between 2 10GbE or 2 IB ports for
customer data network.
iSCSI-based storage, approximately 100 TB usable:
HP StoreVirtual 4330 array: Capacity 2.4TB Starting and 1152TB Maximum, Drive description
(720) SFF SAS or (256) SFF MDL SAS or (1152) LFF MDL SAS.

HP StoreVirtual VSA Software: HP StoreVirtual VSA now featuring adaptive optimization with subvolume tiering automation to optimize performance and cost for dynamic workloads plus flexible
product offerings ranging from 4-to-50 TB capacity
StoreAll 9300 Gateway Storage: (Not support StoreSure 2000FC) Storage expansion options:
Attach to HP 3PAR StoreServ, EVA or XP arrays
Storage Capacity : 7.2TB raw capacity (5.7TB after RAID) with 24 300GB Enterprise SAS 10K
SFF drives, 21.6TB raw capacity (17.1TB after RAID) with 24 900GB Enterprise SAS 10K SFF
drives, 48TB raw capacity (32TB after RAID) with 24 2TB Midline SAS 7.2K LFF drives, 72TB raw
capacity (48TB after RAID) with 24 3TB Midline SAS 7.2K LFF drives and Expansion Capacity
Block storage capacity of 7.5TB raw capacity (6TB after RAID) with 25 300GB Enterprise SAS
10K SFF drives, 22.5TB raw capacity (18TB after RAID) with 25 900GBEnterprise SAS 10K SFF
drives, 48TB raw capacity (32TB after RAID) with 24 2TB Midline SAS 7.2K LFF drives ,72TB raw
capacity (48TB after RAID) with 24 3TB Midline SAS 7.2K LFF drives
HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage:
Storage expansion options: Attach to 3PAR StorServ, EVA P6000, P9000 or P2000 arrays.
Compatible operating systems: Microsoft Windows (CIFS), Linux, UNIX, VMware.
HP StoreSure 2000FC array: Modular Smart Array (MSA) solutions 2312fc, 2324, and P2000 and
focuses on implementing and managing an MSA SAN solution. iSCSI-based storage, Capacidade
384TB Maximum Including expansion, depending on model