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3PAR Utility Storage and Server Virtualization with VMware vSphere
Boost VMware vSphere ROI
3PAR® Utility Storage meets the challenges of server virtualization and the virtual datacenter with a range of software and technologies unique to 3PAR and uniquely complementary to VMware vSphere™. When deployed together, highly virtualized storage from 3PAR and server virtualization from VMware deliver a compelling solution that enables you to boost VMware vSphere ROI.
3PAR offers the following products and solutions for VMware vSphere environments:
- New: 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere
- New: 3PAR Plug-In for VMware vCenter
- 3PAR Remote Copy and VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Utility Computing with 3cV
Why 3PAR for VMware vSphere?
New: 3PAR Recovery Manager for
VMware vSphere3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere gives you superior control and granularity when it comes to snapshot creation and rapid online recovery in VMware vSphere environments, so you can utilize storage resources more cost-effectively. With 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere, VMware administrators can create hundreds of VM-aware, point-in-time snapshots using a simple, automated process. Protect and recover Virtual Machine Disks (VMDKs), VMware vStorage Virtual Machine File Systems (VMFS), individual VMs, and even individual files. And thanks to the 3PAR Plug-In for VMware vCenter, 3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware gives you access to all of these capabilities—and more—from right inside the VMware vCenter Server virtualization management console. Learn more »
New: 3PAR Plug-In for VMware vCenterThe 3PAR Plug-In for VMware vCenter gives you access to powerful management and administration capabilities from within the vCenter Server console. With this plug-in, VMware vSphere administrators gain enhanced visibility into storage resources and precise insight into how individual virtual machines are mapped to datastores and individual volumes on the 3PAR InServ® Storage Server. Quality of service (QoS) characteristics for individual storage volumes—such as RAID level, subsystem failure protection level, drive type, and volume type—are displayed right inside the VMware vCenter™ Server console for improved clarity across application-to-VM-to-storage abstraction layers. Learn more »
3PAR Remote Copy and VMware vCenter Site Recovery ManagerTogether, 3PAR and VMware provide a simple, reliable, end-to-end disaster recovery solution for utility computing that combines the benefits of 3PAR Remote Copy software with those of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. This combined solution simplifies and automates disaster recovery while giving you unsurpassed flexibility and ease of use.
3PAR Remote Copy is remote data replication software for the 3PAR InServ Storage Server that makes protecting and sharing data from any application more affordable. It is so easy to set up and test that it requires only a few commands and zero professional services.
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager™ simplifies and automates disaster recovery management across datacenters that use VMware vSphere.
Learn more about this combined solution »
Utility Computing with 3cV"3cV" stands for the combination of 3PAR Utility Storage with HP® BladeSystem c-Class server blades and VMware vSphere™. This proven blueprint for highly virtualized utility computing delivers transformative levels of agility and efficiency to today's most challenging IT environments.
3PAR Recovery Manager for VMware vSphere (PDF)
3PAR Plug-In for VMware vCenter (PDF)
IDC Viewpoint: 3PAR and Virtualized Server Environments (PDF)
