HPE Alletra 6000 Cloud-Native Data Infrastructure Storage Systems Powered by AMD EPYC Processors

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc) announced that EPYC processors are powering the HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP) Alletra 6000 a cloud-native data infrastructure storage solution that powers business critical applications with the cloud experience.

The Alletra 6000 takes advantage of the EPYC 7002 series processors, which have the ability to scale from 8 to 64 high-performance cores and the increased genal bandwidth of PCIe 4 support to offer up to 3X faster performance than previous Nimble Storage AFAs. It represents a bold paradigm shift for data infrastructure as it enables IT to shift from owning and maintaining data infrastructure to simply accessing and utilizing it on-demand and as-a-service.

“AMD EPYC processors give the HPE Alletra 6000 an ultra-efficient architecture that is designed to deliver fast, consistent performance with industry leading data efficiency,” said Omer Asad, VP and GM, primary storage, HCI and data management services. “We were able to leverage the high core counts and increased bandwidth supported by PCIe 4 capabilities of AMD EPYC processors, to deliver a high-performance system, that provides great efficiency for business-critical workloads with strict SLAs for availability and performance.“

Alletra 6000

With Alletra 6000, EPYC processors are helping HPE power next gen of storage and enable customers to get access to solution that:

• Provides a range of core counts from 8 to 64 with the EPYC 7252, EPYC 7302, EPYC 7502 or EPYC 7742,

• Doubles the amount of storage processing per socket compared to previous gens,

• Supports up to 54 SAP Hana nodes, and a maximum of 216 SAP Hana nodes using the Alletra 60901 enabled by high compute and connectivity features from EPYC 7002 processors,

• Creates a holistic GreenLake system powered by EPYC processors, that delivers on the Unified DataOps vision, with Data Services Cloud Console and cloud data services.

“We are excited to further strengthen our relationship with HPE as they drive towards a new era of enterprise storage solutions,” said Rajneesh Gaur, corporate VP and GM, embedded business unit, AMD. “AMD EPYC processors deliver 2X cores per socket compared to the previous gen of HPE storage solutions and unmatched storage bandwidth with 128 lanes of PCIe 4, enabling HPE storage customers with new levels of core density and storage performance.”

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AMD EPYC processor ecosystem grows
EPYC processors continue to support new solutions and hardware, making it easier for customers to experience the performance and capabilities of EPYC CPUs within their data center or hybrid cloud environment.

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Blog: Introducing HPE Alletra: Flipping the switch to the cloud experience