HP is going to market with a SAS Starter SAN, the first new iSCSI SAN system from its $360 million acquisition of LeftHand Networks Inc. last year.
HP's plan for LeftHand is to sell its SAN/iQ software exclusively with HP server hardware. The SAS Starter SAN comes in a two-node configuration based on the HP ProLiant DL185 server chassis with 4.8 TB of 15,000 rpm SAS disk drives for approximately $35,000.
In addition, HP has increased up the LeftHand SATA Starter SAN starting configuration from 9 TB capacity to 12 TB, while keeping the $30,000 starting price. It will also continue to carry the Multi-Site SAN and Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) from LeftHand's lineup.
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