HP StorageWorks


In computing, HPE Storage , a portfolio of HPE storage products, includes online storage, nearline storage, storage networking, archiving, de-duplication, and storage software. HP has developed many industry-first storage technologies to simplify network storage. HP is a proponent of converged storage, a storage architecture that combines storage and compute into a single entity.

2011 products and solutions

HP Storage solutions announced in August 2011:
Other StorageWorks items:
Many models have been rebadged from Brocade Communications Systems, Cisco, Emulex, and QLogic.

Storage software

PolyServe was founded in 2004 by Michael Callahan, serving as chief technology officer, and Carter George, serving as Vice-President, as "a software company in Portland, specializing in database and file serving."
HP, when it bought Compaq, acquired its StorageWorks; HP, when it bought PolyServe, placed its 100+ employees within StorageWorks.
An example of PolyServe's value is that a large British government agency which had 14 idle backup servers