 |   theCloud and HP (Hewlett Packard) have done it again with another New Zealand first for storage virtualisation! Back in June 2011 theCloud implemented its first HP 3PAR SAN in the Hamilton site. The performance, flexibility and scalability of the 3PAR was so significant that it quickly became part of theCloud Standard Build. And to that end theCloud has taken delivery (December 2011) of its second HP 3PAR SAN, this time for the Auckland site The outcome will be a significant increase in overall capacity and a mirroring of the Hamilton technology platform. The immediate benefits for customers comes from the inter-site replication of data. theCloud now has two HP 3PAR Storage Networks (Auckland and Hamilton) with industry leading replication ‘smarts’ keeping specific sets of data copied between the sites. A key objective for theCloud is to operate a standard technology platform in each of the five main centers in New Zealand. With Hamilton and now Auckland taken care of, the focus will shift to Wellington and the first stages of theCloud Wellington are expected to come online in February 2012. The standard build is designed to scale almost infinitely without disruption.  Keeping the technology platforms common ensures portability of services, and more importantly it keeps the business processes and management policies common. This uniformity saves time and money, and makes it easier to maintain the highest possible level of service for customers. High speed fibre optic connectivity from network partner FX Networks gives theCloud the backbone it needs to deliver these solutions and give customers the ability to connect into theCloud at speeds up to 10 Gigabit per second. Virtualisation is transforming data centers and the businesses they fuel. But this shift is also placing new demands on infrastructure that legacy storage platforms were never designed to handle. Storage is at the heart of every service delivered via theCloud, so the resilience and scalability of the storage solution needs to reflect that importance. theCloud has recognised the need to ensure the core foundation of every service delivered is as rock solid as possible, and to that end the HP 3PAR solution makes perfect sense. To read more about the HP 3PAR SAN Technology, click here  . Get the performance, scalability, and availability you need to transform your business - register on theCloud today. |