HP Storage Essentials suite delivers integrated heterogeneous functionality for SAN management, storage resource management, provisioning, and application management. It includes a management console and portfolio of valued-added modules. All modules share the same Web services architecture for anytime, anywhere management. The product has integration with Hp System Insight Manager and OpenView Operations.

The product increases administrator efficiency via automation, visualization and simplification to enable management of storage growth. It increases utilization to reduce cost of storage. Quality of storage service increases due to application infrastructure monitoring and chargeback. Standards based architecture; customized reporting and interface to integrate into existing environment protects investment.

It automate storage infrastructure provisioning and cost accounting, to protect the data and applications that matter most, while delivering a more cost-effective level of service for less critical assets.

HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition serves as the base management console for the suite. It is architected using the latest in industry standards such as SMI-S, WBEM, WMI, JBOS and J2EE.