How much is HPE nimble?

How much is HPE nimble?

HPE Nimble hardware can cost as low as $356.99 for the HPE StoreOnce VSA.

What is HP nimble?

Nimble Storage, founded in 2008, produced hardware and software products for data storage, specifically data storage arrays that use the iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols and includes data backup and data protection features. Nimble is now a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Is nimble a NAS?

Nimble’s main limitation is that it is a SAN only ‘block storage’ solution. Nimble cannot be configured as a NAS. In NAS, ‘file level’ storage protocols allow you to save files and access them directly.

What RAID does nimble use?

Triple+ parity RAID
The Nimble OS supports a Triple+ parity RAID schema that tolerates three simultaneous drive failures per bank. That’s a total of 6 SSDs in a fully populated array using both banks. This Triple+ Parity requires each bank to have matching drives. Nimble arrays are designed with an active/standby controller configuration.

What is nimble flash storage?

HPE Nimble Storage All Flash Arrays combine a flash-efficient architecture with HPE InfoSight predictive analytics to achieve fast, reliable access to data. Radically simple to deploy and use, the arrays are cloud-ready, providing data mobility to the cloud through HPE Cloud Volumes.

How does Nimble Storage Work?

The Nimble Solution uses a dynamic caching strategy within the CASL file system so that although all of the data is written to the disk, the hot data is dynamically stored in flash. An example of cold data is a three-month-old Exchange email, which would likely be safe to store on a traditional spinning disk.

Does nimble use ZFS?

Nimble Storage uses a new filesystem architecture called CASLTM (Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout). CASL belong to a different class of filesystems that may be called “write in free space” (WIFS). Two well-known examples of this class are NetApp’s WAFL and Sun’s ZFS.

What is a nimble drive?

Nimble is both a scale up and a scale out array. It is easy to add shelves and drives or combine up to 4 arrays to increase your storage. This gives you the most flexibility in storage expansion and design.

Why did HPE acquire nimble?

We believe that joining forces with HPE enables us to further accelerate the pace of innovation that has been a hallmark of our value proposition to customers. It’s immediately apparent that Nimble has been dashing for growth in revenues and operating at a loss as it builds out its infrastructure and develops products.

Does HP own nimble?

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Nimble Storage, Inc., the San Jose, Calif.