The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform USP V disk storage system delivers as many as 4.5 million IOPS and unifies data and storage services across as much as 247 petabytes (PB) of storage. The Hitachi USP V allows for virtualization and thin provisioning of internal and external storage, resource-efficient thin provisioning with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, logical resource partitioning, and unified data replication across heterogeneous storage systems, all through a single management interface. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V is powered by the Hitachi Universal Star Network™ parallel crossbar switch architecture. 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. With Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, the USP V supports both internal and external virtualized storage, simplifies storage administration, improves performance and helps reduce overall power and cooling costs.
Hitachi announced end of life of the USP-V as of 30/09/2016. To ensure proper functioning and maintenance of your data storage equipment, contact MICS to inquire about our maintenance and repair contract options. This will avoid any service interruptions and unplanned downtime after your original manufacturer’s warranty expires.
Frames (Cabinets) – Integrated Control/Drive Group Frame and 1 to 4 optional Drive Group Frames
Universal Star Network Crossbar Switch – Number of switches 8
Aggregate bandwidth (GB/sec) – 106
Aggregate IOPS – Over 4 million
Cache Memory – Number of cache modules 1-32, Module capacity 8 or 16GB, Maximum cache memory 512GB
Control/Shared Memory – Number of control memory modules 1-8, Module capacity 4GB, Maximum control memory 28GB
Front End Directors (Connectivity)
Number of Directors 1-14
Fibre Channel host ports per Director – 8 or 16
Fibre Channel port performance – 4, 8 Gbit/s
Maximum Fibre Channel host ports – 224
Virtual host ports – 1,024 per physical port
Maximum IBM FICON host ports – 112
Maximum IBM ESCON host ports – 112
Logical Devices (LUNs) — Maximum Supported
Open systems 65,536
IBM z/OS 65,536
Disks
Type: Flash 73, 146, 200 and 400GB
Type: Fibre Channel 146, 300, 450 and 600GB
Type: SATA II 1TB, 2TB
Number of disks per system (min/max) 4-1,152
Number spare disks per system (min/max) 1-40
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity – (2TB disks) 2,268 TB
Maximum Usable Capacity – RAID-5
Open systems (2TB disks) 1,972 TB
z/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 931 TB
Maximum Usable Capacity — RAID-6
Open systems (2TB disks) 1,690TB
z/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 796 TB
Maximum Usable Capacity — RAID-1+
Open systems (2TB disks) 1,130TB
z/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 527.4TB
Other Features
RAID 1, 10, 5, 6 support
Maximum internal and external capacity 247PB
Virtual Storage Machines 32 max
Back end directors 1-8
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 and Vsphere, Citrix XENserver
Remote maintenance Our exclusive remote maintenance solution performs real-time monitoring of your equipment and MICS alert when an incident occurs
Trained and certified technical staff MICS highly qualified and certified technical staff can provide support services for equipment maintenance and repair services for the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform USP V. Our contracts and maintenance services typically cost 50-70% less than what charge the original manufacturers.
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