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QuickSpecs
Features
Get Thin and Stay Thin
Building Block for Cloud
Computing
The revolutionary, zero-detect capable HP 3PAR Gen4 ASIC is a hyper-efficient storage optimization
engine designed to power "fat-to-thin" volume conversions in silicon while preserving superior
performance levels. Fat-to-thin volume conversions boost capacity utilization by removing allocated but
unused space from traditional, "fat" storage volumes.
With the HP 3PAR Gen4 ASIC's built-in, hardware-based zero-detection capabilities, migration of "fat"
volumes from other storage platforms to new "thin" volumes on HP 3PAR Storage is achieved with the
greatest speed possible and without the application disruption of software-based implementations. The
HP 3PAR Gen4 ASIC's enables the automatic migration of data from sparsely used pages to enable 128MB
regions to be reclaimed for re-use by other volumes. With conversions taking place at the hardware level,
more parallel memory transactions are possible and system performance is not impacted like it is with
software-based approaches to volume optimization. Thin Built In capabilities within HP 3PAR StoreServ
10000 Storage also power the ongoing, automated optimization of thin provisioned volumes on HP 3PAR
Storage, so thin volumes stay thin.
Building a converged infrastructure to support cloud and self-service computing models requires a high
degree of virtualization that places new demands on storage. With their distinct architectural advantages,
thin hardware capabilities, and superior performance, HP 3PAR P10000 Storage is purpose-built to meet
the demands of highly virtualized environments. HP 3PAR P10000 Storage gives enterprises and service
providers the agility to respond quickly to changing business needs while maintaining the resiliency that
"always-on" businesses demand.
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