HPE ATP Storage Solutions flashcards

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HPE Primera

Mission-critical all-flash array with 100% availability guarantee, NVMe architecture, and AI-driven InfoSight analytics for predictive operations.

HPE Nimble Storage

Midrange adaptive flash storage platform with scale-out architecture, predictive analytics, and integrated backup and replication.

HPE MSA

Entry-level storage array offering affordable SAN/DAS connectivity, simple management, and high availability for SMBs.

HPE StoreOnce

Deduplication backup appliance family supporting Catalyst and RMC protocols, with cloud integration for long-term retention.

HPE SimpliVity

Hyperconverged infrastructure solution combining compute, storage, and backup with built-in deduplication and compression.

RAID 5 usable capacity

Usable capacity equals (number of drives minus one) times single drive capacity, because one drive's worth of space is used for parity.

RAID 6 usable capacity

Usable capacity equals (number of drives minus two) times single drive capacity, due to dual parity for double fault tolerance.

NVMe over Fabrics

Protocol extension that enables NVMe commands to traverse network fabrics like RDMA or Fibre Channel, reducing latency and CPU overhead.

Thin provisioning

Allocation method that assigns storage capacity on demand rather than upfront, improving utilization but requiring monitoring to prevent overcommit.

Synchronous replication

Data replication method where writes are acknowledged only after being committed to both primary and secondary sites, ensuring zero RPO but requiring low latency.

Erasure coding

Data protection technique that divides data into fragments, encodes with redundancy, and distributes across nodes for higher capacity efficiency than mirroring.

IOPS estimation formula

Total IOPS equals number of drives multiplied by IOPS per drive, adjusted for RAID write penalty (e.g., RAID 5 penalty of 4).

Storage capacity planning

Calculate usable capacity by subtracting parity and spare overhead from raw capacity, then add 20-30% headroom for growth.

RPO and RTO

Recovery Point Objective defines maximum acceptable data loss; Recovery Time Objective defines maximum acceptable downtime after a disruption.

Multipath I/O design

Designing redundant paths from host to storage using dual fabrics or NICs to prevent single points of failure and enable load balancing.

HPE Smart SAN

HPE tool that automates Fibre Channel zoning for HPE storage arrays, reducing configuration errors and simplifying SAN deployment.

Single-initiator-single-target zoning

FC zoning best practice that creates one zone per host HBA and storage port pair, improving security and troubleshooting.

CPG in HPE Primera

Common Provisioning Group is a virtual pool of storage from which volumes are created, enabling thin provisioning and wide striping.

Host Explorer

HPE tool that collects host configuration data for support and validation, helping ensure proper multipath and HBA settings.

HPE InfoSight

Cloud-based AI analytics platform that provides predictive support, cross-stack insights, and recommendations for HPE storage and servers.

SSMC

StoreServ Management Console is the management interface for HPE Primera and 3PAR arrays, used for configuration, monitoring, and reporting.

Peer Persistence

HPE Primera/3PAR feature that enables transparent failover of hosts between arrays using synchronous replication and automatic path switching.

StoreOnce Catalyst

HPE backup protocol that provides deduplicated backup and replication, with support for Fibre Channel and Ethernet, and cloud tiering.

Immutable snapshots

Snapshots that cannot be altered or deleted for a set period, protecting data from ransomware and accidental modification.

Performance bottleneck isolation

Process of using array and host metrics (IOPS, latency, queue depth) to identify whether storage, network, or host is limiting performance.

RAID write penalty

Extra I/O operations required for parity RAID writes: RAID 5 penalty is 4 (read-modify-write), RAID 6 is 6.

Wide striping

HPE Primera/3PAR technique that spreads volumes across all drives in a CPG, balancing load and improving performance.

iSCSI jumbo frames

Ethernet frames larger than 1500 bytes (typically 9000) that can improve iSCSI throughput but must be configured end-to-end.

VAAI integration

vSphere APIs for Array Integration offload storage operations like cloning and zeroing to HPE arrays, improving performance and efficiency.

HPE Cloud Volumes

Cloud-native block storage service for AWS and Azure, managed by HPE, used for dev/test, DR, and cloud bursting.

HPE Apollo

High-performance compute and storage platform designed for AI, analytics, and unstructured data workloads requiring scale-out throughput.

SMB SAN scenario

Small business needing affordable, simple SAN with high availability typically selects HPE MSA for entry-level block storage.