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Getting ready for HPE Discover London 2016
Every year at the end of November HPE organizes its biggest customer and partner event for EMEA: HPE Discover. For the second time in a row it will be held at the ExCel Center in London, UK. I will be...
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Storage updates from HPE Discover London 2016
HPE Discover is started in London with a lot of announcements. In this article I will wrap up all storage related news. In later articles I will dive deeper in each topic. Apps: faster, faster, faster...
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HPE announces HyperConverged Operating Environment 2.0
One of the announcements at HPE Discover in London 2016 was the next step of HPE into the HyperConverged world with the launch of the HyperConverged Operating Environment 2.0 (HCOE). Before we dive...
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How-to: update StoreVirtual 3200
With the release of the new StoreVirtual 3200 with its new OneView-like StoreVirtual Management Console SVMC means as well that the procedure to update the system changed compared to the previous CMC...
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HPE StoreVirtual 3200 becomes mature with new software update 13.5
HPE announced today the next version of its StoreVirtual OS version SVOS 13.5. Current version at release of the SV3200 was 13.0, with an update a little after the latest version now was 13.1....
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HPE strengthens its 3PAR portfolio with 15 (!!) major innovations
HPE announced today what they call itself their biggest storage announcement since the 3PAR 7000 platform release 4 years ago. They position all the updates and innovations under 4 pillars which...
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Want to start with StoreVirtual VSA? Begin with VSA Ready Nodes!
With all the spotlights on the big HPE 3PAR storage announcement some days ago, I notice that not everyone is aware of the release of a new storage whitepaper called HPE StoreVirtual VSA Ready Nodes....
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HPE acquires Simplivity & Nimble: what’s next?
Probably you all heard already about the recent acquisitions of Simplivity and Nimble by HPE. Many articles are already written about this topic (here, here and here) so I am not gonna repeat the old...
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How-To: enable Adaptive Optimization on HPE StoreVirtual 3200
One of the nice features of the new StoreVirtual 3200 system is the support for performance tiering to SSD. HPE calls this, similar to 3PAR, Adaptive Optimization. In this article I will describe the...
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HPE doubles AFA All-Flash performance with new 3PAR 9450 and 20000 R2 models
HPE just announced a new series of 3PAR midrange and high-end storage arrays prior to HPE Discover next week in Las Vegas. The 9450 fills the gap between the 8000 and 20000 series, and the 20000 R2...
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Want to know more about HPE Nimble storage? Start here!
With the acquisition of Nimble some weeks ago, HPE adds an important stack of storage arrays into their storage portfolio. What does this mean for the existing solutions MSA, StoreVirtual and 3PAR?...
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HPE boosts performance with 5th generation MSA 2050/2052
Last year I wrote about the MSA 2042 being launched being a flash enabled performance model of the MSA 2040. Today HPE announced the 5th generation of its entry level storage platform: MSA 2050 and MSA...
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Getting ready for HPE Discover Las Vegas 2017
Every year in June HPE organizes its biggest customer and partner event in America: HPE Discover. As last year, it will be held at the Sands Expo in The Venetian in Las Vegas. I am honored that I can...
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HPE launch their next-gen (10) server platform
Big news at HPE Discover in Las Vegas: HPE announces their next generation server platform based on the new Intel Skylake processors, and will call these servers Gen10. Quite obvious with the current...
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HPE releases OneView 3.10
HPE announced the newest version of its converged infrastructure management platform OneView 3.1 at HPE Discover early June. Now the software bits are available for download as well. So, what’s new in...
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Firmware management and reporting made easy: check out iLO Amplifier Pack
HPE released earlier this year a new tool to help the server admins with their daily challenges like firmware & patch management on their servers to become or stay compliant. With the release of...
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HPE completes 5th generation MSA portfolio with entry model 1050
HPE announced earlier this year its 5th generation MSA storage with the 2050 and 2052 flash-enabled systems, now it completes the stack with the entry level 1050 model. The HPE MSA 1050 Storage brings...
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HPE launches hyper-converged Simplivity solutions on Gen10 hardware
After HPE buying Simplivity earlier this year, and the announcement at HPE Discover in June deploying Simplivity on HPE hardware based on Gen9, it felt oh so obvious that Gen10 would be the next step...
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Why HPE Gen10 hardware and its Silicon Root of Trust is a game changer in the...
With the release of Gen10 series earlier this year, most of the people were focusing on the new Skylake processors and other performance and scalability enhancements. However, one of the most important...
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HPE brings back the popular AMD-based DL385 server for optimal virtualization...
HPE announced today the HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 server in partnership with AMD, offering up to 50 percent lower cost per virtual machine (VM) than traditional server solutions. The AMD EPYC processor...
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