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Application Integration
with Oracle
As an alternative to HP P6000 Business Copy, the user can simply replicate an Oracle database using HP
Replication Solutions Manager (RSM). RSM provides a graphical interface to view the components of the
database to be replicated, and allow selection of a specified database. The replication manager will
automatically suspend the Oracle application, and take a point in time copy (local or remote) of all
associated array virtual disks. The replication manager will provide the option to restart the original Oracle
database after the replicas have been initiated on the array. The user will be able to utilize the replication
manager to present the replica to another host.
Thin Provisioning HP P6000 Thin Provisioning provides the ability to create a vdisk such that the operating system sees
more capacity available than is physically allocated by the array. As the OS writes data to the vdisk, the
firmware will automatically allocate more space up to the size of the vdisk.
The following are some of the benefits of thin provisioning. It allows customers to:
Purchase only the storage capacity and performance actually needed today
Take advantage of ongoing storage price reductions by delaying purchases until capacity is needed
Save power and cooling costs immediately
Reduce stress by reducing the need to anticipate and justify expenses for resources that might
never be needed
Increase array capacity online, without any impact to the server/application
Increase storage utilization and return on investment immediately (Stop paying for storage that is
never used)
Use virtual storage with your virtual machines
Never extend a File System (FS) again - make the Vdisk larger than needed the first time
Easily shrinking the thin provisioned Vdisk
Capacity Management HP EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software is a comprehensive software solution that automates
storage provisioning and improves capacity utilization on the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) family.
Designed for the enterprise market, EVA Dynamic Capacity Management Software uses advanced
automation to automatically "right-size" the file system and storage volumes to ensure the highest levels
of capacity utilization are achieved while reducing ongoing storage administration needs. For more
information about DCM, please see the following:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/eva_dcm/index.html
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