You have better things to do than worry about file storage. You're juggling multiple management interfaces, security concerns, and shrinking backup windows---all while your users continue to demand more and more space for their data. You need to add file storage that's powerful and easy to manage, and you need to do it fast.

An ML350 G5 Storage Server is a fast and easy way to add file storage to your small, medium, and remote office environment. Its Microsoft Windows-powered operating system is pre-installed and internal storage is pre-configured, so you're up and serving files in minutes. It supports multiple file sharing protocols, so you can consolidate and make a single centralized platform to manage and protect, or you can create a scalable disk-based backup/replication target. And with the optional Microsoft® iSCSI Software Target, you can upgrade to host block-based storage for Exchange, SQL or other applications.

Once your solution is installed, you'll find that you spend less time and effort on file management and maintenance. You can manage and troubleshoot from almost anywhere with either remote desktop or Integrated Lights-out 2. Since it's running Windows, it integrates seamlessly into your Active Directory and DFS environments, runs your favorite antivirus or backup applications, and has a familiar management look and feel. And don't forget that it's a print server, too.

The ML350 G5 Storage Server is built on industry standards and includes features that protect and optimize your investment. Performance is powered by a dual-core Intel® Xeon® processor, and redundant components like fans and power supplies are standard. It also includes intelligent storage-specific tools and features like Indexed Search and Single-instance Storage (SIS), which de-duplicates file storage and helps save disk space. There are four capacity points and the flexibility to support either SATA or SAS hard drives; SATA-based models are available with 960Gb, 1.5TB or 3TB of raw capacity and the SAS model is available with 1.8TB of raw capacity.

The HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Storage Server is a powerful Windows-powered file and print tower solution that enables small, medium, and remote office environments to consolidate multiple direct-attached storage (DAS) installations and management interfaces to a single centralized device.

• Operating System:
  • Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 Release 2, Standard Edition
• Processor:
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5150 2.67GHz
  • One processor standard; up to 2 supported
• Memory:
  • 1 GB (2 x 512MB) standard
• Storage Controller:
• Smart Array E200i/128MB Controller with BBWC
• Drive Support:
  • Six 3.5” (large form factor) hot-plug internal bays that support SAS or SATA HDDs
    • 6 x 160GB SATA LFF (960GB SATA model)
    • 6 x 250GB SATA LFF (1.5TB SATA model)
    • 6 x 500GB SATA LFF (3TB SATA model)
    • 6 x 300GB SAS LFF (1.8TB SAS model)
  • Half-height DVD+R/RW 16X drive to support System Restore
    
• Network Controller:
  
  • Embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter with TCP/IP Offload Engine
    
• Expansion Slots:
  • One 64-bit/133-MHz PCI-X
  • Two 64-bit/100-MHz PCI-X
  • Three x8 PCI Express (x4 speed)
• Redundancy:
  • Hot-plug SAS/SATA hard disk drives
  • Hot plug redundant power supplies
  • Fully redundant fans
• Management:
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC)-based user interface
• Remote system management via Remote Desktop or Telnet
  
• Remote hardware management via Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) - Advanced License included
  
• Form Factor:
  
  • Tower or Rack (5U)
    
• Warranty:
  
  • Protected by HP Services and a worldwide network of resellers and service providers. Three-year Next Business Day, on-site limited global warranty (three years parts, three years labor, and three years on-site support). Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. SATA hard drives have a one-year warranty.

Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, Standard x86 Edition

• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
• Optimized for File Serving: Up to 20% faster file serving performance than a general-purpose Windows Server 2003 R2 installation on the same hardware
• HP-enhanced File Server Management Console: Features the familiar look and feel of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
• HP Rapid Start-up Wizard: Simplifies and accelerates new device deployment by walking you through basic system settings step-by-step.
• Single-instance Storage (SIS): Recovers up to 35% of disk space by de-duplicating files and reducing the amount of redundant data stored. Identifies identical files, stores a single copy of the file in a central repository, and replaces the files with pointers to the file in the SIS common store.
• Search Enhancements: Indexing Service extracts the information from a set of documents and organizes it in a way that makes it quick and easy to access that information through the Search function for computers running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
• File Server Resource Manager (FSRM): Provides both on-demand and scheduled reports detailing storage use, allows administrators to create and manage folder and volume quotas, and permits both name-based screening of files and allowing/disallowing file creation on specified folder trees
• Windows SharePoint® Services: A powerful Web-based team collaboration environment that provides an integrated portfolio of collaboration and communication services designed to connect people, information, processes, and systems.
• Distributed File System (DFS) Management Console: Updated DFS namespace failover, failback and prioritization controls.
• Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R): State-based, multi-master replication engine that supports replication scheduling and bandwidth throttling. DFS-R uses a new compression algorithm that efficiently updates files over limited bandwidth networks by replicating only the changes needed to ensure global file consistency.
• Full support of Volume Shadow Copy Service, which creates point-in-time copies of files and folders at predetermined time intervals that can then be accessed from client computers.
  
• Unlimited Client Access Licenses (CALs) included
  
• Microsoft Services for Network File System (NFS)
  
• Support for multiple file serving protocols, including SMB/CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP, WebDAV, AppleTalk, and NetWare
  
• Print Management Console: Manage multiple printers (license for unlimited printer support) from a single console, whether locally or over the WAN
  
• Support for any number of SATA or SAS drives and multiple network ports

HP Smart Array E200i/128 Controller with battery-backed write cache (BBWC)

• RAID 0/1/1+0/5

Internal:

• 6 x 160GB SATA 7.2K LFF HDDs (960GB SATA model)
• 6 x 250GB SATA 7.2K LFF HDDs (1.5TB SATA model)
• 6 x 500GB SATA 7.2K LFF HDDs (3TB SATA model)
• 6 x 300GB 3G SAS 15K LFF HDDs (1.8TB SAS model)

3TB

Integrated ATI ES1000, 32MB video standard

• 16 bit color: maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200
• 32 bit color: maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024

Integrated Lights-Out 2 featuring Integrated Remote Console with KVM over IP performance over shared network access (Advanced License included standard)

• Virtual Text Remote Console
• Virtual Power Button Control
• Integrated Remote Console
• Dedicated & full function shared network connectivity
• Browser, command line and scripted access
• Automatic IP Configuration via DHCP/DNS/WINS
• Industry Standard 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell security (SSH)
• OS independent hardware health status
• IML and iLO Event Logging
• Support for 12 user accounts with customizable access privilege
• Advanced license: upgrades the iLO 2 processor with comprehensive remote control including Virtual KVM graphical console, virtual media, and enterprise security.
  

NOTE: Rack models (and rack conversion kit) support:

• Square or round hole racks 24"- 35" deep, including HP Rack System /E and HP Systems
• Telco racks with 3rd part option kit from Rack Solutions
  http://www.racksolutions.com/hp

4 fans total (does not include power supply or processor heat sink fans)

An HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Storage Server can be rack-mounted using the HP Tower to Rack Conversion Kit (ML350 G5 Kit): 412640-B21

• Microsoft® iSCSI Software Target - Powerful iSCSI software target solution that provides affordable application storage provisioning, protection, and availability for small and medium office environments. The software adds block storage capability to ProLiant Storage Servers and creates a single platform that delivers file, print, and application storage services, all over existing Ethernet networks. It helps administrators consolidate storage capacity, improve storage utilization, minimize system downtime, simplify backup operations, enable rapid recovery, and provides high availability for key applications and services.
  For more information:
  http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ms_iscsi/index.html

• HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software - HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring offers a host-based application that performs remote copy over an IP LAN/WAN. Key features include asynchronous replication that can be scheduled to a fine granular level, Logical Unit Number (LUN), file or byte level. Other features include multiple replication configuration options including peer-to-peer and many-to-one. In addition, Storage Mirroring is a very cost effective disaster recovery alternative from one host to another within a LAN, storage center, or between direct attached storage in metro offices and regional centers. Additional configurations allow replication from small office environments to ensure business continuity without an outside IT staff.
  For more information:
  http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/sm/index.html

• HP Data Protector Software - The HP OpenView Storage Data Protector software is enterprise data protection and disaster recovery, ensuring recovery from any disruption. Data Protector integrates a variety of techniques to eliminate backup and recovery windows. The capabilities to eliminate planned downtime range from online backup and backup of open files to zero-downtime, zero-impact backup. The software provides industry-leading instant recovery as well as several disaster recovery alternatives to eliminate unplanned downtime, allowing recovery of entire data centers in minutes.

  Data Protector is enabling organizations to reduce costs by automating routine tasks to maximize the effectiveness of the data protection staff. For the price of an entry-level product, it provides the enterprise functionality customers need. Data Protector scales from single server to distributed enterprise, covering an extensive range of heterogeneous applications, operating environments and storage configurations with a single solution.

  All ProLiant Storage Servers support using Data Protector as a backup software solution
  
  For more information on HP Data Storage Protector: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/dataprotector/index.html

• HP StorageWorks File Migration Agent - HP FMA is an automated solution designed to help simplify Windows-based file, web, and application server administration in small business to enterprise environments. This is accomplished through policy-based file migration and archive to popular storage targets, including HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System (RISS), HP StorageWorks File System Extender, and NAS, via Common Internet File System (CIFS).
  The following Windows Storage Server features or add-ons are currently NOT supported by HP File Archiving software:
  
  NOTE: Single Instance Storage (SIS) - (NOT SUPPORTED)
  NOTE: DFS-Replication (DFS-R) - (NOT SUPPORTED)
  NOTE: File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) - Content Filter, & File Screening - (NOT SUPPORTED)
  
  For more information: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/fma/

• HP Systems Insight Manager Software - HP SIM 5.x is the first unified server and storage management platform. Now, from a single management console, administrators can manage their complete HP server and storage environment with a feature rich, extensible and secure management tool set.
  HP SIM also serves as a central access point for ProLiant Essentials, Integrity Essentials, and Storage Essentials software options that deliver targeted functionality for these platforms.
  For more information:
  http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/index.html
  • Insight Management Agents - Allow all HP servers to present system instrumentation, health and configuration information into HP Systems Insight Manager and the HP System Management Homepage. The HP System Management Homepage aggregates systems data from Insight Management Agents and other HP management tools, providing a consolidated browser-based interface for managing individual servers.

• HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Provides comprehensive Network
  Attached Storage (NAS) management capabilities for HP ProLiant Storage Server. Visualize your distributed HP NAS solutions and centrally manage their capacity, performance, events, and dependencies to ensure NAS availability and performance and unify SAN and NAS management. For more information on the complete line of HP Storage Essential products go to: http://www.hp.com/go/storageessential
  

One year of HP Software Support, standard 9x5 business hours (software technical support and software product and documentation updates).

• Response - Upgrade on-site response from next business day to same day 4-hours
• Coverage - Extend hours of coverage from 5 days x 9 hours to 7 days x 24 hours
• Duration - Select duration of coverage for a minimum period of 1year or multiple years
  

HP Software Support for Storage, 24 x 7

Support Plus for Storage

Proactive 24 (P24)

6 hour CTR

• Connect with HP Response Center engineers via telephone, electronic communication, or FAX for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems.
• HP Services provides corrective support to resolve identifiable and reproducible software product problems, and to help you identify problems that are difficult to reproduce.
• 9x5 coverage - Service is available during standard business hours, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).

• Provides all the benefits of the regular Software Support, plus HP Services engineers are available around the clock 365 days per year.

• Increases the performance and availability of your IT infrastructure with comprehensive, consistent hardware and software services. HP Services engineers deliver onsite hardware support and over-the-phone software support 13 hours per day, 5 days per week.
• Encompasses the HP ProLiant Storage Server products, selected multi-vendor hardware and provides trouble-shooting software problems which range from the Storage Server 2003 operating system to the available utilities. In addition, this service makes software updates available to you at substantial savings.
• Provides recovery and re-configuration assistance of the HP ProLiant Storage Server using the recovery disk and your saved configuration file.

• Provides all the benefits of the regular Support Plus Care Pack, plus HP Services engineers are available to deliver onsite hardware and over-the-phone software support around-the-clock 365 days per year.

• An integrated hardware and software support solution that combines efficient problem prevention with responsive technical assistance whenever you need it.
• Improves the effectiveness of technologies across your IT infrastructure, and also, establishes a collaborative relationship between you and HP that strengthens your IT team and gives you rapid access to our expertise as issues arise.

• Standard HP warranty ensures Software media will be free of physical defects for a period of 90 days from delivery.
• These services are available to upgrade the warranty to (1 or 3) full year of 9 hours by 5 days (or 24x7) software advisory and remedial software telephone support, new version license rights, and media and documentation distribution service.

• Installation services
• On-site maintenance (includes warranty support)
• Response time upgrades during the warranty period
• Post-warranty coverage
• RAID setup and performance consulting via statement of work
• Migration service consulting via statement of work

For additional hardware installation and maintenance information, please refer to the URLs listed below:
http://www.hp.com/hps/storage/ns_nas.html

HP offers a portfolio of services ranging from Storage Design and Architecture that provides a complete multi-site design and implementation, to various levels of on-going maintenance support. Additionally the basic warranty service can be enhanced and/or HP Installation services can be purchased.

Our Proactive 24 annuity service (with the SAN Module) allows continuous SAN/NAS growth by ensuring that your entire SAN/NAS is safely kept updated with analysis and recommendations on relevant, ongoing firmware (FW) changes and it ensures rapid resolution of complex SAN/NAS issues.

Our SAN Solution Service is a one-time review of your entire SAN/NAS and all the components (applications, HBAs, switches and FW, arrays etc) to ensure that all components are at tested, HP Certified levels. The HP SAN Design/Architecture Service provides as broad and as deep a review and recommendation as needed of how your SAN/NAS environment can be designed and implemented to meet your business storage needs.

The on-going support offerings include various response times (4 hour same day, next day, etc) as well as coverage periods (Monday - Friday, 24x7, 1 yr, 3 yr, etc). These services are available for both hardware and software to ensure all customer support needs are met and can be purchased from either value or volume channels.

Finally HP offers an optional migration service to assist the customer in moving to the newest product release. This may be in the form of a defined kit and service, or may alternatively be performed on a time & material basis.

HP Services allows the customer to leverage HP's experience in selecting and configuring the most widely used security features, and provides an environment that is immediately more available due to increased change control and significantly improved data security.

For more information on these and other service options, please contact any of our worldwide sales offices or visit our Web site at: http://www.hp.com/hps/storage/ns_nas.html

The service deployment activities will include:

• Unpacking the product, performing initial inspection, and setting up product hardware and power connectivity
• Connecting Customer-provided cables
• Setting the network address and setting appropriate domain variables in the NAS operating system
• Configuring the storage by creating a file share
• Configuring user mapping to make the share available for access
• Creating a sample file data copy or Snapshot

Six full-height, full-length slots available:

• One 64-bit/133-MHz PCI-X
• Two 64-bit/100-MHz PCI-X
• Three x8 PCI Express (x4 speed)

Embedded NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter with TCP/IP Offload Engine standard. Select additional cards for higher performance and redundancy.
NOTE: Multifunction Server Adapters---including the embedded NC373i--require installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack (a free download from Microsoft) to enable TCP Chimney offload, Receive-side Scaling (RSS), and Network Direct Memory Access (NetDMA) features.
NOTE: A single PCI Express slot with x8 Bus Speed can be achieved by attaching the x4/x8 PCIE Bus Expander option kit (403724-B21) to slot number 4. The installation of this kit uses both slots 4 and 5 to create the single x8 speed PCI Express slot.
NOTE: The optional PCI-X expander (435670-B21) can utilize slot 6 to provide an additional two (2) 64-Bit PCI-X full length, full height slots.

ProLiant ML350 G5 Storage Servers come standard with an embedded Smart Array E200i/128MB controller for internal drives. Select additional controllers from the list below to accommodate higher performance or external expansion.
NOTE: Please consult specifications for available expansion slots when ordering additional storage controllers.
NOTE: A single PCI Express slot with x8 Bus Speed can be achieved by attaching the x4/x8 PCIE Bus Expander option kit (403724-B21) to slot number 4. The installation of this kit uses both slots 4 and 5 to create the single x8 speed PCI Express slot.
NOTE: The optional PCI-X expander (435670-B21) can utilize slot 6 to provide an additional two (2) 64-Bit PCI-X full length, full height slots.

HP StorageWorks MSA60 3.6TB SAS HDD Bundle (MSA60 w/12 300GB 15K SAS LFF HDD)