RAID Controller-based storage is increasingly important in heterogeneous server environments where IT administrators need high availability, low-cost management and broad connectivity. With business critical applications such as database applications, Internet servers and messaging applications to protect, and the constant need to grow capacity or re-configure the network, these customers require maximum availability, security and scalability. And this is exactly what the HP SureStore VA7100 offers.Featuring HP's award-winning AutoRAID technology, the VA7100 is a low-cost, high-availability disk array that cost-effectively addresses key storage management issues for the entry-level and mid-range NT and HP-UX market. The VA7100 is an extremely reliable and economical solution. It intelligently spreads user data across available disks to increase performance and avoid "hot spots". Dual, hot-swappable redundant virtual array controllers ensure maximum uptime. Management costs are kept low by sharing the virtual array among heterogeneous operating systems, and by remote management.