Failover And Load Balancing; Hp Storageworks Auto Path Xp; Hp Storageworks Secure Path - HP StorageWorks XP1024 - Disk Array Owner's Manual

Failover and load balancing

HP StorageWorks Auto Path XP

HP StorageWorks Secure Path

Optional software products
Using Auto Path XP, you can enable Windows NT server I/O path failover
and load balancing control for dual path connections. You can configure up
to eight multiple paths per LUN that will provide automatic and transparent
failover in the event of path failure. You can also enable dynamic,
multi-path load balancing to prevent overloaded I/O operations.
HP StorageWorks Secure Path is a family of high availability multi-pathing
software products providing continuous data access from the disk array to
host servers running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT,
Linux, Sun Solaris, Novell NetWare, IBM AIX, and HP-UX.
Redundant hardware, advanced RAID technology and Secure Path's
automated failover capability enhance fault tolerance and availability.
Secure Path effectively eliminates controllers, disk drives, interconnect
hardware and host bus adapters as single points of failure. Secure Path:
• Ensures increased business efficiency by maintaining high availability
of business critical data and by simplifying the task of path
management.
• Monitors path status, and in the case of a path failure, automatically
re-routes data to an alternate path.
• Allows easy path management from a single application with
graphical displays and task automation.
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