SAM4H Release v2.4

SAM4H version 2.4 marks a major leap forward in enterprise storage management. Designed with direct input from administrators and presales engineers, this release brings over 100 improvements for automation, security, integration, and usability—enhancing control without sacrificing speed.

Strengthened Security and Governance

Four Eyes Principle: SAM4H 2.4 introduces a comprehensive approval workflow enforcing dual authorization for critical operations. Every request, approval, and rejection is logged with timestamps, identities, and full audit detail—supporting compliance with SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and similar frameworks.

SAML 2.0 Single Sign-On: Seamless integration with identity providers like Azure AD, Okta, and Ping Identity centralizes access control. Users sign in with corporate credentials, while IT teams gain automated provisioning, immediate revocation, and MFA enforcement.

Additional Enhancements: Role-based API access, account lockout policies, and privilege protections further harden SAM4H 2.4 against unauthorized access.

Smarter, Safer Automation

Replace WWN: Fully automates HBA replacement workflows—discovering, validating, and updating WWNs across configurations in minutes while maintaining audit logs and approval options.

Zero-Downtime Volume Expansion: Both GAD and HUR replication volumes can now be expanded online without resynchronization—supporting database growth and capacity changes with no service impact.

DRD to DRS Migration: Migrate to modern replication technology without data moves or downtime. Pre-checks, rollback options, and compatibility validation simplify the process.

Advanced Port Management: Administrators can now modify port speed, topology, and attributes directly through SAM4H with validation and optional approval workflows.

Better Visibility and Monitoring

Snapshot Policy Dashboard: A new proactive view consolidates snapshot performance, success rates, alerts, and failure analytics. Trend data helps predict capacity needs and identify failing policies before backup windows are missed.

Replication & Volume Reports: Enhanced filtering, performance metrics, replication flags, and CSV exports provide clear insights across large, multi-site environments.

Broader Integration and API Power

HPE XP Array Support: SAM4H now manages Hitachi-based HPE XP arrays, giving presales teams multi-vendor flexibility and administrators a unified management interface.

REST API Expansion: Dozens of new endpoints—covering storage, host, replication, and job management—support Infrastructure-as-Code workflows and seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines or orchestration platforms like Ansible, VMware, and Kubernetes.

IOportal Agent Integration: SAM4H now includes full IOportal Agent Integration. Collect performance data from all your Hitachi Block Storage arrays using Export Monitor v1 or v2, and automatically upload it to peaq’s Cloud Monitoring Solution, IOportal. Deliver a seamless, unified monitoring experience across your Hitachi storage environment.

Enhanced User Experience

Volume Template Wizard: Set up basic volume templates through a user friendly wizzard, for quicker onboarding new installations.

Interface Improvements: Refined dark mode, responsive layouts, inline validation, and universal search make navigation faster and more accessible across devices.

Performance Gains: Database and frontend optimizations deliver faster load times, smoother tables, and quicker reporting, even in large environments.

Internationalization: Full UI translations now available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, enabling global teams to work effortlessly in their preferred language.

Snapshot & Replication Advances

Policy enhancements include flexible pool assignment, consistency group snapshots, customizable scheduling down to 15-minute intervals, and import/export for policy reuse. Replication enhancements support non-resync GAD migrations, continuous HUR protection during expansion, and microprocessor-based volume balancing.

Infrastructure & Reliability

Behind the scenes, SAM4H 2.4 introduces automatic background service health checks, better job scheduling via SolidQueue, TimescaleDB integration for faster time-based reporting, and improved installer reliability.

Upgrade and Compatibility

Upgrading from SAM4H 2.3 is straightforward with minimal downtime. All existing integrations remain compatible, and new features like HPE XP support extend SAM4H’s enterprise reach.

Why SAM4H 2.4 Matters

This release delivers measurable results:

• Stronger governance with full auditability
• Faster, error-free operations through automation
• Broader storage and API integration
• Improved visibility for proactive management
• Lower operational costs through streamlined workflows

For enterprises managing mission-critical storage or presales teams demonstrating enterprise efficiency, SAM4H 2.4 provides the balance of control, security, and speed needed for modern operations.

SAM4H 2.4 is available now. Visit the peaq Service Portal to download the latest package.