HP StorageWorks RISS Block Single Instancing Upgrade

The HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS) is a records management and archiving solution that minimizes storage costs and offers unprecedented end user accessibility by transforming data into useful information. IT storage and storage management costs are reduced by 3x to 5x via highly optimized single instancing capabilities, automated migration of data off expensive primary storage, and end-user initiated information searches and retrievals. The RISS integrates all of the required hardware, software, and services to provide both a cost-effective and a long-term storage appliance for reference information that delivers the lowest TCO in the industry. Through the HP StorageWorks grid architecture, the RISS also provides investment protection by enabling scalability to hundreds of terabytes and billions of objects without loss of performance, intelligently distributing terabytes of content across a grid of storage smart cells.

• Value – Reduces records management storage costs: RISS uses block level single instancing to reduce storage and storage management and network infrastructure costs – provides a 3x-5x storage capacity reduction for BSI-enabled applications

HP StorageWorks RISS Block Single Instancing Upgrade