Application Use Cases for the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite, November 2009

Appendix B: Feature, function, and benefit matrix
Feature Function Benefit HP Storage Management
Suite bundle
Large File Systems Maximum supported file
system size 40 TB
Better scalability All bundles
Block Level Incremental
Backup Support (Requires
Net Back Up product)
Backs up only changed
BLIB data blocks
Faster backups and lower
CPU and network
utilization
All bundles
Checkpoint Restore Restores from the point-in-time
image of the database
without going to tapes by
putting changed blocks back
to the primary file system
Faster recovery T2774xx, T2775xx,
T8686xx, T2777xx
Cluster File System Provides file system access
from multiple servers
Concurrent file system
access and ease of
management
T2775xx, T8686xx,
T2777xx
Configuration backup and
Restore
Makes a backup of
previous volume
configuration automatically
Restores from previous
configuration and
minimizes downtime
All bundles
Database (FlashSnap) Creates point-in-time
volume snapshots that are
readable and writable for
off-host processing
Enhances application
performance by allowing
processing on a secondary
server where the cloned DB
can be located
T2774xx through T2777xx
(New for SGCFSRAC
A.02.00)
Dynamic LUN Expansion Grows or shrinks both the
file system and the
associated LUNs
dynamically without
application interruption
Reduces the amount of
planned downtime for
routine tasks such as
adding disk capacity to an
application
All bundles
Multi-Pathing Balances IP across all
available paths between the
server and the storage array
Increased availability and
performance
All bundles
Dynamic Storage Tiering Identifies and moves
unimportant or old files to
less expensive storage
without changing the way
users or applications access
the files
Ease of management T2774xx, T2775xx,
T8686xx, T2777xx
FastResync (FlashSnap) Syncs changed only blocks Reduced unplanned
downtime
T2774xx, T2775xx,
T8686xx, T2777xx
File Change Log Logs file system activity for
fast incremental backup
and auditing
Improved availability and
performance
All bundles
FlashSnap Takes instant, full volume,
or space-optimized
snapshots of data for off-
host processing, disk-based
recovery, and backup.
Only resynchronizes
changed blocks for fast
resynchronization. Online
split/join of diskgroups
Ensures database
consistency
T2774xx, T2775xx,
T8686xx, T2777xx
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