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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V delivers proven enterprise-class functionality advanced virtualization of externally attached storage, logical partitioning, thin provisioning and universal replication with the industrys most reliable, scalable and highest performing storage services platform.
Enterprise-class Functionality with Common Storage Services
As legal and regulatory requirements for long term data protection and retention intensify, many enterprises face escalating data growth. Simultaneously, they must improve application performance, availability, business continuity and backup windows, while simplifying the management of increasingly complex infrastructures. Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V, powered by the Hitachi Universal Star Network masTM
Business Benefits
Simplify Save Time and Money
Improve utilization and flexibility of legacy systems by aggregating internal storage and externally attached Hitachi and third party storage systems into a single, flexible storage pool.
Business Solutions
Hitachi Data Systems and its Hitachi TrueNorth Channel Partners offer industry leading solutions to help organizations of all sizes meet their unique requirements for business continuity, regulatory compliance and data recovery. Together, we provide cost effective storage products and solutions that leverage world renowned Hitachi global R&D resources to deliver performance, availability and scalability supporting business critical applications and strengthening competitive advantage.
Increase efficiency through massive consolidation or aggregation of storage platforms, including those from other vendors.
Reduce management complexity with optimized storage services managed from a centralized user console and a common set of software tools across storage assets connected to the Universal Storage Platform V.
sively parallel crossbar switch architecture, executes the Services Oriented Storage Solutions approach to storage management by Hitachi Data Systems. The platform enables common storage services, including virtualization, thin provisioning and business continuity across storage assets from Hitachi Data Systems and other providers whether file, object or block based. The Universal Storage Platform V further extends the enterprise-class capabilities introduced with the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform. With Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, it supports both internal and external virtualized storage, simplifies storage administration, improves performance and helps reduce overall power and cooling costs.
Complementary Solutions
Continuously run operations during storage expansion activities with Dynamic Provisioning software allocating virtual storage capacity without interrupting critical business applications, requiring fewer physical disks and adding disks only when physical pool size is exceeded.
Hitachi Basic Operating System V software Hitachi Storage Command Suite Hitachi In-System Heterogeneous Replication software bundle Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage and Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
Maximize Availability and Performance Improve Support to End Users
Count on the unique and proven fourthgeneration parallel crossbar switch architecture to meet demanding workloads. Ensure application quality of service by partitioning storage resources with Hitachi Virtual Storage Machine technology.
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offer a synergistic linkage of disk, cache and ports for creation of virtual storage systems to simplify asset tracking and for chargeback purposes.
Match application requirements to storage attributes to improve storage cost effectiveness.
Independent Virtual Storage Machines
Hitachi Data Systems
Universal Storage Platform V Specifications
Frames (Cabinets)
Integrated Control/Drive Group Frame and 1 to 4 optional Drive Group Frames
Disks
Type: Flash Type: Fibre Channel Type: SATA II Number of disks per system (min/max) Number spare disks per system (min/max) 73, 146 and 200GB 146, 300, 400 and 450GB 1TB 4-1,152 1-40 1,134.5TB 986.0TB 931.7TB 845.0TB 796.4TB 565.3TB 527.4TB 247PB 32 max 1-8
Universal Star Network Crossbar Switch
Number of switches Aggregate bandwidth (GB/sec) Aggregate IOPS 8 106 Over 4 million 1-32 8 or 16GB 512GB 1-8 4GB 28GB 1-14 8 or 16 4Gb/sec 224 1,024 per physical port 112 112 65,536 65,536
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity
Maximum (1TB disks)
Cache Memory
Number of cache modules Module capacity Maximum cache memory
Maximum Usable Capacity RAID-5
Open systems (1TB disks) z/OS-compatible 1TB disks)
Control/Shared Memory
Number of control memory modules Module capacity Maximum control memory
Maximum Usable Capacity RAID-6
Open systems (1TB disks) z/OS-compatible (1TB disks) Open systems (1TB disks) z/OS-compatible (1TB disks)
Front End Directors (Connectivity)
Number of Directors Fibre Channel host ports per Director Fibre Channel port performance Maximum Fibre Channel host ports Virtual host ports Maximum IBM FICON host ports Maximum IBM ESCON host ports Open systems IBM z/OS
Maximum Usable Capacity RAID-1+
Other Features
Maximum internal and external capacity Virtual Storage Machines Back end directors
Operating System Support
Mainframe Fujitsu: MSP; IBM z/OS, z/OS.e, z/VM, zVSE, TPF; Red Hat: Linux for IBM S/390 and zSeries; SUSE: Linux Enterprise Server for System z. Open systems HP: HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, Open VMS; IBM: AIX; Microsoft Windows Server: 2000, 2003, 2008; Novell: NetWare; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; Red Hat: Enterprise Linux; SGI: IRIX; Sun Microsystems: Solaris; VMware: ESX.
Logical Devices (LUNs) Maximum Supported
Ensure business continuity by simplifying and unifying data protection and replication between storage systems.
Feature Highlights
Optimized Data Center Environment
devices to minimize maintenance costs and lower software license fees, capital expenditures and environmental costs
Facilitate Regulatory Compliance Protect Your Business
Offers industry leading availability, performance and connectivity Allows deployment of applications within a new framework for tiered storage, business continuity and/or storage simplification
Protects investments and reduces total cost of ownership Extends the life of existing storage systems
Meet regulatory compliance and corporate governance requirements with industry leading data protection and storage security services that guarantee data availability and tamperproof long term data retention.
For details on Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V capabilities, visit www.hds.com.
Enables consolidation of open systems and mainframe data onto fewer physical storage
Build the foundation of a complete data lifecycle management solution by enabling the dynamic, nondisruptive movement of data between different storage tiers.
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Lower costs by archiving mainframe data to either internal high capacity SATA hard drives or to virtualized, externally attached SATA-based storage systems.
Enable cost effective, large scale data storage for open systems and mainframe environments through tiered storage implementations.
