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The 2013 SmallBizWindows Storage Product of the Year: HP X5000 NAS

HP x5000 Network Storage System

STORAGEThe x5000 Network Attached Storage System is a series of affordable, Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2-based NAS devices from HP.

Without meaning to bore you to death, these rackmountable devices are powerful, using the innards of the Proliant servers, and if so configured, have the bandwidth to server thousands of users from a single system.

Simple deployment and management
• All standard hardware and software pre-installed in the system

• Power-on to file serving time—less than an hour

• 100 percent compatible with Windows IT infrastructure—Active Directory, Distributed File System, and Microsoft System Center

• Can be remotely managed for lights-out data center or remote office locationsc03083128

Scalable and affordable

  • Capable of supporting over 10,000 users on a single system—user numbers based on system configuration
  • Provides up to 32 TB of capacity inside the system, expands to over 100 TB externally with HP D2000 Disk Enclosures
  • File deduplication feature can recover up to 40 percent of disk space
  • File Classification Infrastructure feature provides insight into your data to help you manage it more effectively, reduce costs, and mitigate risks based on the data’s business value
  • Eliminates the need to buy additional hardware for antivirus screening—any antivirus software that is compatible with Windows Server 2008 R2 runs right on the system

Built on Windows Server 2008 R2 file services

  • Enables administrators to provide fast access to files while lowering the effort required to manage distributed data—offering users access to information that can be managed more easily by IT professionals
  • Provides better control over data, using familiar management tools
  • Helps centralize data management, which reduces administrative overhead while providing insightful information on file infrastructures

We are taken in with them.

Honorable Mentions
HP 3PAR StoreServ

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HP’s Next Era of Storage

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