Do you need a direct attached or shared storage solution within your BladeSystem enclosure?
Direct attached storage
The D2220sb Storage Blade delivers direct attached storage for c-Class Gen8 blade servers, with support for up to twelve hot plug
small form factor (SFF) SAS or SATA Midline hard disk drives or SAS/SATA SSDs. The enclosure backplane provides a PCI Express
connection to the adjacent c-Class server blade and enables high performance storage access without any additional cables. The
D2220sb Storage Blade features an onboard Smart Array P420i controller with 2GB flash-backed write cache, for increased
performance and data protection. Up to eight D2220sb storage devices can be supported off a single BladeSystem c7000 enclosure for
up to 115.2 TB of capacity.
Two ways to create shared storage with the D2220sb
Use HP StoreVirtual VSA software to turn the D2220sb into an iSCSI SAN for use by all servers in the enclosure and any server on the
network. HP StoreVirtual VSA software is installed in a virtual machine on a VMware ESX host server adjacent to the D2220sb. HP
StoreVirtual VSA turns the D2220sb into a scalable and robust iSCSI SAN, featuring storage clustering for scalability, Network RAID for
storage failover, thin provisioning, snapshots, remote replication, and cloning. Expand capacity within the same enclosure or to other
BladeSystem enclosures by adding additional D2220sb Storage Blades and HP VSA licenses. A cost effective bundle of the D2220sb
Storage Blade and a HP StoreVirtual VSA license makes purchasing convenient. If storage needs increase, add HP P4300 or P4500
systems externally and manage everything via a single pane of glass.
The HP StoreEasy 3830 Gateway Storage Blade is a flexible storage server solution for BladeSystem environments. Combine the
StoreEasy 3830 with the D2220sb Storage Blade to enable file serving and iSCSI shared storage inside the BladeSystem enclosure.
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2. Drawer Open LED
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3. Hot-plug drive drawer release button
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HP D2220sb Storage Blade
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