HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage is an enterprise platform designed for high-performance, mission-critical workloads. Its massively parallel architecture and ASIC-accelerated data services support all-flash and hybrid configurations, delivering scalable, resilient storage with advanced features such as thin provisioning and data reduction.
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IT teams face growing pressure to manage rapidly expanding data volumes, support virtualised and cloud-based applications, and deliver consistent performance while controlling infrastructure complexity and storage costs.
The HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage platform is designed to deliver Tier-1 storage performance and resilience for enterprise and hybrid cloud environments. Built on a massively scalable architecture and powered by a purpose-built HPE 3PAR ASIC, it supports high-performance flash and hybrid configurations while enabling advanced data services such as thin provisioning, inline deduplication, and automated storage optimisation to improve efficiency and reduce wasted capacity.
The system uses a unique mesh-active controller architecture that distributes workloads evenly across all nodes, ensuring consistent performance and high availability across the storage environment. Organisations that require NVMe flash, predictive operations and cloud-based storage management may also consider the HPE Alletra 5000 Storage Array, for modernising mixed workloads with simpler lifecycle management.
By automating data placement, capacity optimisation, and performance management, HPE 3PAR StoreServ helps organisations consolidate storage infrastructure while maintaining enterprise-grade availability and scalability.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage platforms tailored to your workloads, ensuring your storage infrastructure remains efficient, scalable, and ready to support future growth. It also gives IT teams a more practical platform for planned growth without adding unnecessary management overhead.
HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage delivers enterprise-class all-flash and hybrid storage designed for Tier-1 workloads, combining scale-out architecture, automated data services, and high availability for mission-critical applications.
Scale-Out Controller Design
Multi-node controller architecture enables performance scaling and resilient storage operations.
ASIC-Accelerated Data Processing
Custom ASIC technology offloads storage services such as thin provisioning and zero-detection to improve efficiency.
Unified Block Storage Support
Supports Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and NVMe-ready architectures depending on model generation.
All-Flash and Hybrid Media Options
Supports SSD and HDD tiers to balance performance, cost, and capacity.
Thin Provisioning and Deduplication
Optimises storage utilisation and reduces required capacity.
Snapshot and Replication Capabilities
Supports data protection and disaster recovery strategies.
Autonomic Tiering
Automatically moves data between storage tiers based on workload demand.
Whether modernising legacy storage or supporting critical enterprise workloads, we help design HPE 3PAR StoreServ environments for performance, resilience, and operational efficiency.
| Product Family | HPE 3PAR |
|---|---|
| Product Series | StoreServ |
| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Target Organisation Size | Enterprise |
| Primary Use Case | Enterprise Block Storage |
| Workload Profile | Enterprise Virtualisation |
| Storage Performance Tier | High Performance |
| Product Tier | Standard |
| Latency Tier | Balanced |
| Scalability Model | Clustered Controllers |
| Architecture Type | |
| Storage Type | Hybrid |
| Access Architecture | Block |
| NVMe Support Level | NVMe-oF Only |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | 20 PB |
| Maximum Effective Capacity | 80 PB |
| Capacity Basis | Family Maximum |
| Drive Bays | 24 |
| Drive Interface | SAS |
| Supported Media Types | HDD / SSD |
| Controller Architecture | Active-Active Controllers |
| Controller Cache | 512 GB |
| Maximum Expansion Shelves | 32 |
| Supported Protocols | iSCSI / Fibre Channel |
| Host Interface Types | 10/25Gb Ethernet / 16/32Gb FC |
| Maximum Host Ports | 16 |
| Data Protection | RAID 5 / RAID 6 |
| Deduplication Support | Yes |
| Compression Support | Yes |
| Data Reduction Method | Inline Deduplication + Compression |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Cloud Integration | Hybrid Cloud Mobility |
HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage supports organisations that need shared block storage for virtual infrastructure, enterprise applications, and SAN-based environments. It remains well suited to estates where proven data services, storage efficiency, and operational continuity are priorities.
HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage is widely deployed with VMware and similar hypervisors where shared SAN storage supports clustered virtual machines. Thin provisioning and centralised management help organisations consolidate workloads while keeping storage administration aligned with existing infrastructure.
Databases, ERP systems, and core business applications often need stable block storage across mixed workloads. HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage provides a reliable platform for structured environments where multiple application types share the same storage array.
Organisations running internal cloud platforms can deploy HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage as the shared block layer behind virtual server pools and hosted application environments. It fits best where SAN-based designs and established host connectivity remain central to the architecture.
HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage also suits environments that rely on storage replication between sites for continuity planning. Remote Copy and Peer Persistence support resilient deployments across primary and secondary locations without changing familiar storage operations.
Many organisations use 3PAR StoreServ to support a mix of virtual servers, application data, and transactional workloads from one shared array. This suits teams that want consolidated block storage with mature efficiency and replication features.
Our team can help plan and deploy refurbished HPE 3PAR StoreServ systems for virtualisation, databases, replication, and SAN-connected enterprise environments.
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