Vibrant is a reseller of current and EOL HP Storageworks XP Disk Arrays, Storage Arrays and enclosures as well as hard drives, parts and options. The HP Surestore XP128 offers an enterprise-level storage solution with uninterrupted data accessibility, diverse systems support, and ease of servicing, connecting, and scaling.


Because it can be attached to multiple open systems and to mainframes, this model meets a broad range of customer requirements and is suited for capacity needs ranging from 100GB to a max raw capacity of 9.3TB with 73-GB disk drives.

Specs on the XP128 include:

  • Hardware is made up of a single cabinet for controller and disks
  • Controller cabinet contains the control panel, service processor (SVP), cache modules, shared memory modules, crossbar switch, Client-Host Interface Processors (CHIPs) and Array Control Processors (ACPs)
  • Cabinet capacity is 128 disk drives
  • Components are fully redundant
  • Dynamically-duplexed cache with battery backup (BU)Æ’cache is flexible from 2 GB up to 32 GB total capacity in 2-GB increments.
  • Crossbar switch offers speedy, efficient switching with direct point-to-point connections at 7.5 GB/sec.
  • Shared memory is expandable from 512 MB to 3.0 GB in 512-MB increments.
  • Client Host Interface Processors (CHIPs) come in board pairs with a minimum of one pair and maximum of three pairs of CHIPs per system.

For pricing on new or used HP StorageWorks disk arrays, upgrades or parts, please contact Vibrant sales at sales@vibrant.com or call 888-443-8606 or 952-653-1700.