HPE XP7 Smart Tiers Software License
This HPE XP7 Smart Tiers Software license enables intelligent data tiering for your storage environment, optimizing performance and cost.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to advanced storage tiering features.
- Capacity: Covers 1TB of software capacity, applicable to storage pools between 101TB and 250TB.
- Platform: Designed for HPE XP7 storage platforms, enhancing data management.
- Value: Ensures data is stored on the most appropriate tier, balancing performance and cost.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The HPE XP7 Smart Tiers Software License provides intelligent automation for data placement across your HPE XP7 storage array. This subscription-based license unlocks features that analyze data access patterns and automatically move data to the optimal storage tier, ensuring high-performance access for critical data while reducing costs for less frequently accessed information.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market and enterprise organizations who manage large volumes of data and seek to optimize storage performance and expenditure. It integrates directly with the HPE XP7 platform, enhancing existing infrastructure without requiring a complete overhaul.
- Automated Data Tiering: Intelligently moves data between storage tiers based on usage.
- Performance Optimization: Ensures critical data resides on high-speed tiers for rapid access.
- Cost Efficiency: Reduces overall storage costs by utilizing lower-cost tiers for less active data.
- Subscription Licensing: Provides flexible, ongoing access to software features and updates.
- Capacity Management: Licenses software for specific storage capacities, scaling with your needs.
Optimize your storage investment with intelligent tiering, delivering enterprise-grade performance and cost savings for your business.
What This Enables
Automated Data Placement for Performance
Enable teams to ensure that frequently accessed, performance-sensitive data is automatically placed on high-speed storage tiers. Streamline storage operations by reducing manual intervention in data management and tiering decisions.
virtualized environments, tiered storage architectures, performance-sensitive workloads, large data repositories
Cost Optimization for Large Data Sets
Streamline storage cost management by automatically moving less frequently accessed data to lower-cost tiers. Automate the process of balancing performance needs with budget constraints for growing data volumes.
data archiving strategies, tiered storage pools, cost-conscious IT departments, capacity planning
Enhanced Storage Resource Utilization
Enable IT professionals to maximize the value of their existing storage hardware by intelligently utilizing all available tiers. Improve overall storage efficiency and reduce the need for premature hardware upgrades.
mixed storage environments, existing storage investments, performance tuning initiatives, operational efficiency goals
Key Features
Automated Data Tiering
Ensures data is always on the most appropriate storage tier, optimizing performance and cost without manual intervention.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, ongoing access to software features and updates, aligning costs with usage and business needs.
Capacity Licensing
Allows for scalable licensing based on specific storage capacities, ensuring you only pay for what you need.
HPE XP7 Platform Integration
Seamlessly enhances the capabilities of your existing HPE XP7 storage array for improved data management.
Performance and Cost Balance
Achieves optimal balance between rapid data access for critical applications and cost-effective storage for less active data.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-speed access to transactional data for performance and compliance, while also managing vast amounts of historical data cost-effectively.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure rapid access to patient records for critical care and meet stringent data retention regulations for medical archives.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers generate large volumes of operational data that requires both high-speed access for real-time analytics and cost-effective storage for long-term records.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle sensitive client data that requires secure, high-performance access for active cases and cost-efficient archiving for historical matters.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is HPE XP7 Smart Tiers Software?
HPE XP7 Smart Tiers Software is a feature that automates data placement across different storage tiers on your HPE XP7 system. It analyzes data access patterns and moves data to the most suitable tier, optimizing performance and cost.
What does the 1TB capacity refer to?
The 1TB capacity refers to the software's ability to manage 1TB of data tiering. This license is designed for storage environments with a total capacity between 101TB and 250TB.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license (LTU - Long Term Use), providing ongoing access to the software's features and updates for the duration of the subscription term.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.