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HP’s high-end XP storage array is the future of what? Incoming HP server – Network – Storage David Donatelli head of what will make the decision?
Donatelli After leaving EMC, will take over HP’s server, storage and network services,  is busy nowadays to create a server, storage, networking and software comprising a complete IT stack, although Donatelli previously stored in the EMC is to manage the business when the president But he and servers in the network’s influence is considerable, most notably single-handedly engineered the acquisition of 3Com, a move to HP’s ProCurve networking business was development.
HP has been dependent on the LeftHand Networks iSCSI SAN storage, but then simply bring the acquisition, HP has always wanted to own their own core storage technology, HP also bought the storage management company AppIQ, and two storage file company Ibrix and PolyServe, but even so, now HP’s flagship storage product – XP arrays – are still dependent on the Hitachi Data Systems.
OEM HP and Sun have had HDS’s USP-V array, USP-V is a powerful, strong expansion of the array,Hp Hstnn-xb70 Battery can be virtualized storage arrays connected to it a third party, if the emission of many observers listed in the top of the NetApp , there are four high-end enterprise storage array vendors.
The four are EMC (Symmetrix V-Max), IBM (DS8000), HDS (USP-V) and 3PAR (InServe). David Donatelli,  do not know how his team look at HP’s high-end storage products – XP arrays, perhaps they would think that XP is not a true enterprise-class high-end storage arrays, and perhaps they will look good at turning their own servers and networks, like virtualization and cloud computing breakthroughs, but everything is just speculation, concrete will choose to go down that path, perhaps to wait until the end of 3PAR this acquisition can be known.
First of all,  may continue to use HDS products, but in any case will not use Sun’s products, because after Oracle and Hewlett-Packard has launched the first co-database machine, but after the acquisition of Sun termination of this cooperation, and quickly the combination of Sun’s product launch the second generation of the database machine.
Second, HP may seek other partners such as EMC, IBM or 3PAR, the first two are HP’s arch rival, the possibility of a partnership is almost zero, only 3PAR theoretically feasible, but now the most critical time, 3PAR to sell him,  happens to emerge a Dell this time arrives to knock.
Finally, there is no solution, only a person engaged in high-end HP storage technology. Fourth, is the decisive shot bid for 3PAR, HP, therefore it will raise the price to 16 million.
HP knew that if high-end storage arrays built from scratch is not easy, he knew his step by step, EMC and IBM engage in high-end storage array hard, and they spent a long time to launch such as the Symmetrix V -Max and DS8000 storage products such as high-end.
has always been like the acquisition of the technology they need, and in the high-end storage array technology, there are two purchase options, one is 3PAR, the other is the Pillar, 3PAR, but the acquisition of the HP is more suitable, that would strengthen the EVA and XP arrays competitiveness.
As for the future of USP-V, HDS CTO Hu Yoshida to tell us of, HDS future will be to strengthen up the array extension (in the array of internal expansion) and the outward expansion (adding more arrays) capacity, he said: “We plan to use Zhiqiang Intel 5500 processor, may be assembled 256 or more controllers, the exchange of high-speed fiber optic Internet connections, support for multi-layer storage, the SSD hard drives from 15K RPM to 7200 RPM’s high-capacity SATA hard drives, new storage array will be better management procedures and server virtualization, thin provisioning, in the multi / multi-tenant automatically move data between the functional integration, and provide a variety of services for users to choose. ”
3PAR future it may be combined InServe cluster arrays, 3PAR marketing executives Craig Nunes said: “This is one of our strategic vision, we already have many components being developed, we will soon announce information related to this . ” 3PAR has a cluster to scale-up capacity, and the joint is the expansion of capacity provided.
From the current situation in view, the future of HP’s high-end storage arrays are only two paths in one is to continue to cooperate with the HDS, the new USP-V products, OEM, is the decisive one, buy another 3PAR, the high-end storage array The fate of the charge in their own hands.