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Hitachi Universal Storage PlatformTM V The Universal Storage Platform™ V delivers proven enterprise- class functionality— of externally attached storage, logical partitioning, thin provisioning, and universal —with the industry’s most reliable, scalable, and highest performing storage system.

Hitachi Universal Storage third-party storage systems (EMC, HP, Platform V—Delivering IBM, Sun, and others) into a single, Industry-leading Enterprise- flexible virtual pool. Business Solutions Hitachi Data Systems and its Hitachi class Functionality n Reduce management complexity via a TrueNorth™ Channel Partners offer As pressure from government and regula- single console and a common set of industry-leading solutions to help tory agencies for long-term data protection tools to manage any storage organizations of all sizes meet their and retention intensifies, many enterprises resources connected to the Universal unique requirements for business continuity, regulatory compliance, are confronted with escalating data growth. Storage Platform V. and data recovery. Together, we They are also challenged to improve applica- n Increase efficiency (improved use of provide cost-effective storage prod- tion performance and availability, business personnel and technology) through ucts and solutions that leverage continuity, and backup windows, as well as massive consolidation or aggregation world-renowned Hitachi global R&D resources to deliver performance, to simplify the management of increasingly of heterogeneous storage platforms. complex infrastructures. Hitachi Universal availability, and scalability—support- n ing business-critical applications and Storage Platform V, powered by Hitachi Keep operations running with Hitachi strengthening competitive advantage. Universal Star Network™ massively paral- Dynamic Provisioning software—allocate lel crossbar switch architecture, further virtual storage capacity with fewer Complementary solutions for the Universal Storage Platform V include: extends the enterprise-class functionality physical disks required and add disks and performance—virtualization of external only when needed, without interrupting n Hitachi Content Archive Platform critical business applications. storage, logical partitioning, and universal n Hitachi High-performance NAS replication—introduced with its predecessor, Platform, powered by BlueArc® the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform. Plus, Maximize Availability and n Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning™ software Performance—Improve Support to End Users and Hitachi Workgroup Modular this massive-capacity system further assists Storage, ideal as externally attached n Count on the unique and proven, fourth- storage managers in their mission to simplify tiered storage generation, massively parallel, crossbar storage administration, improve performance, switch architecture to meet the needs of and reduce overall power and cooling costs. the most demanding workloads.

Business Benefits n Ensure application QoS by partition- Simplify Management—Save Time ing storage resources with Hitachi TM and Money Virtual Storage Machine technology. n Improve utilization and flexibility of legacy Independent Virtual Storage Machines systems by aggregating internal storage offer a synergistic linkage of disk, cache, and externally attached Hitachi and and ports for creation of virtual storage Hitachi Data Systems systems, each with its own Virtual Serial Number for asset tracking and charge- Universal Storage Platform V Specifications back purposes. Controller Hard disks (GB) Basic platform packaging unit: Integrated Control/ Type (Fibre Channel) 73, 146, 300 n Match application requirements to Array Frame and 1 to 4 optional Array Frames Number (minimum/maximum) 4–1152 storage attributes, improve storage cost- Universal Star Network Crossbar Switch Spare drives per system 1/16 effectiveness, and respond quickly to Number of switches 4 (minimum/maximum) evolving business needs. Data bandwidth (GB/sec) 68 Internal raw capacity (TB) Control bandwidth (GB/sec) 38 Minimum (73GB disks) 82TB n Ensure business continuity by simplifying Maximum (300GB disks) 332TB and unifying data protection and replica- Aggregate bandwidth (GB/sec) 106 Cache Memory Maximum usable capacity—RAID-5 (TB) tion between heterogeneous storage Boards 32 Open systems 288 systems. Board Capacity (GB) 4 or 8 z/OS-compatible 270 Maximum (GB) 256 Maximum usable capacity—RAID-6 (TB) Facilitate Regulatory Compliance— Control Memory Open systems 247 Protect Your Business Boards 8 z/OS-compatible 231 n Meet regulatory compliance and corporate Board Capacity (GB) 4 Maximum usable capacity—RAID-1+ (TB) governance requirements for tamper- Maximum (GB) 32 Open systems 165 proof, long-term data retention. Front-end Directors (Connectivity) z/OS-compatible 144 n Build the foundation of a complete data Boards 1–14 External storage support lifecycle management solution by enabling Fibre Channel host ports per 8 or 16 Maximum internal and external 247PB board capacity the dynamic, nondisruptive movement of Maximum Fibre Channel host 224 Virtual Storage Machines 32 data between different tiers of storage. ports Standard Back-end Directors 1-8 Virtual host ports 1,024 per n Lower costs by archiving mainframe data physical port Operating system support ® to virtualized, externally attached SATA- Maximum FICON host ports 112 Mainframe: MSP; IBM OS/390 , MVS/ ESA™, MVS/XA™, VM/ESA®, VSE/ESA™, z/OS, based storage systems. Maximum ESCON host ports 112 z/OS.e, z/VM®, zVSE™; Red Hat for IBM S/390® and zSeries®; TPF Logical Devices (LUNs)— Maximum Supported Open systems: HP (HP-UX, Tru64, Open VMS), Sun Solaris, IBM AIX®, ® Windows (2000, Feature Highlights Open systems 65,536 2003 Server), Novell NetWare, Red Hat and SuSE Linux, VMWare ESX Optimized Data Center Environment IBM® z/OS® 65,536 n Offers industry-leading availability, Note: All capacities are based on 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; performance, and connectivity in a fully 1TB = 1,000GB integrated universal storage and data services platform n Allows deployment of applications within Corporate Headquarters 750 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, California 95050-2627 USA a new framework, whether for tiered stor- Contact Information: 1 408 970 1000 www.hds.com / [email protected] age, for business continuity, or to simplify Asia Pacific and Americas 750 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, California 95050-2627 USA the storage infrastructure Contact Information: 1 408 970 1000 [email protected] n Enables the consolidation of open Europe Headquarters Sefton Park, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire SL2 4HD United Kingdom systems and mainframe data onto fewer Contact Information: + 44 (0) 1753 618000 [email protected] physical storage devices to minimize Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd., and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Hitachi Data maintenance costs and lower software Systems is a registered trademark and service mark of Hitachi, Ltd., in the United States and other countries. Hi-Track is a registered trademark and Universal Storage Platform, TrueNorth, Dynamic Provisioning, Virtual Storage license fees, capital expenditures, and Machine, and Universal Star Network are trademarks of Hitachi Data Systems Corporation. IBM, z/OS, OS/390, VM/ESA, z/VM, S/390, zSeries, and AIX are registered trademarks and MVS/ESA, MVS/XA, VSE/ESA, environmental costs and zVSE are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. BlueArc is a registered trademark of BlueArc Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. n Helps protect investments and reduce All other trademarks, service marks, and company names are properties of their respective owners. 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