The HP StorageWorks P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) for Hyper-V runs inside a virtual machine, and is based on SAN/iQ iSCSI software that HP acquired when it bought LeftHand Networks. HP rolled out its first P4000 VSA for VMware virtual machines in April 2009. Along with Hyper-V support, the VSA now includes built-in automation of snapshots for Microsoft applications to reduce backup time for application data.
HP also added 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) connectivity to its StorageWorks P2000 G3 MSA, which supports 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 6 Gbps SAS.