Hitachi STORAGE NSC55 - Manual (Page 6)

Technical Specifications
Adaptable Modular Storage Adaptable Modular Storage Adaptable Modular Storage Workgroup Modular Storage
Model AMS1000 Model AMS500 Model AMS200 Model WMS100
Number of controllers 2 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Data cache 4GB–16GB 2GB–8GB 1GB–4GB 512MB–2GB
Maximum LUNs 4,096 2,048 512 512
Internal raw capacity (300GB 173.8TB SATA Intermix, 86.9TB SATA intermix, 39.7TB SATA intermix, 41.3TB SATA
Fibre Channel, 400GB SATA) 129.4TB Fibre Channel 64.7TB Fibre Channel 30.2TB Fibre Channel
Internal disk drive options 73GB (10K & 15K RPM) 73GB (10K & 15K RPM) 73GB (10K & 15K RPM) 250GB SATA (7200 RPM)
(Fibre Channel unless 146GB (10K & 15K RPM) 146GB (10K & 15K RPM) 146GB (10K & 15K RPM) 400GB SATA (7200 RPM)
otherwise noted) 300GB (10K RPM) 300GB (10K RPM) 300GB (10K RPM) 500GB SATA* (7200 RPM)
250GB SATA (7200 RPM) 250GB SATA (7200 RPM) 250GB SATA (7200 RPM)
400GB SATA (7200 RPM) 400GB SATA (7200 RPM) 400GB SATA (7200 RPM)
500GB SATA* (7200 RPM) 500GB SATA* (7200 RPM) 500GB SATA* (7200 RPM)
Disk drive interface SATA–Fibre Channel intermix SATA–Fibre Channel intermix SATA–Fibre Channel intermix SATA
Minimum–maximum number 4–450 Fibre Channel, 0–435 SATA 4–225 Fibre Channel, 0–210 SATA 4–105 Fibre Channel, 0–90 SATA 4–105 SATA
of disk drives
Model upgrade options NO AMS1000 AMS500 NO
RAID Support
RAID-0 YES (Fibre Channel only) YES (Fibre Channel only) YES (Fibre Channel only) NO
RAID-1 YES YES YES YES
RAID-1+0 YES YES YES YES
RAID-5 YES YES YES YES
RAID-6 YES YES YES YES
Connectivity
Maximum host connections 8 @ 1, 2, or 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel, 4 @ 1, 2, or 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel, 4 @ 1, 2, or 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel, 4 @ 1, 2, or 4Gbit/sec Fibre Channel,
4 @ 1Gbit/sec iSCSI, 8 NAS 4 @ 1Gbit/sec iSCSI, 8 NAS, 8 NAS 4 @ 1Gbit/sec iSCSI, 8 NAS 4 @ 1Gbit/sec iSCSI, 8 NAS
Maximum attached hosts 1,024 512 512 512
through virtual ports
Availability
Nondisruptive component Major FRU Major FRU Major FRU Major FRU
replacement
Nondisruptive hot-pluggable disks YES YES YES YES
Nondisruptive microcode updates YES YES YES YES
Hi-Track® “call-home” YES YES YES YES
service/remote maintenance tool
Cache binding (software) Hitachi Cache Residency Manager Hitachi Cache Residency Manager Hitachi Cache Residency Manager Hitachi Cache Residency Manager
Software
Management software Hitachi Resource Manager ™ Hitachi Resource Manager ™ Hitachi Resource Manager ™ Hitachi Resource Manager ™
utility package, HiCommand® Suite utility package, HiCommand® Suite utility package, HiCommand® Suite utility package, HiCommand® Suite
Logical partitioning Hitachi Cache Partition Manager Hitachi Cache Partition Manager Hitachi Cache Partition Manager Hitachi Cache Partition Manager
feature 4–32 partitions feature 2–16 partitions feature 2–8 partitions feature 2–6 partitions
Remote copy Hitachi TrueCopy ™ Remote Hitachi TrueCopy ™ Remote N/A N/A
Replication (sync) Replication (sync)
Point-in-time copy Hitachi ShadowImage ™ Hitachi ShadowImage ™ Hitachi ShadowImage ™ Hitachi ShadowImage ™
In-System Replication, Hitachi In-System Replication, Hitachi In-System Replication, Hitachi In-System Replication, Hitachi
Copy-on-Write Snapshot Copy-on-Write Snapshot Copy-on-Write Snapshot Copy-on-Write Snapshot
Backup Hitachi Data Protection Suite, Hitachi Data Protection Suite, Hitachi Data Protection Suite, Hitachi Data Protection Suite,
powered by CommVault® powered by CommVault® powered by CommVault® powered by CommVault®
LUN security Hitachi Volume Security Hitachi Volume Security Hitachi Volume Security Hitachi Volume Security
Host Storage Domains; multiple YES YES YES YES
LUN0/port; Virtual Storage Ports
Disk-based WORM data protection Hitachi Data Retention Utility Hitachi Data Retention Utility Hitachi Data Retention Utility Hitachi Data Retention Utility
Dynamic LUN management YES YES YES YES
Host path failover HiCommand® Dynamic Link Manager HiCommand® Dynamic Link Manager HiCommand® Dynamic Link Manager HiCommand® Dynamic Link Manager
Heterogeneous SAN management Hitachi HiCommand® Suite Hitachi HiCommand® Suite Hitachi HiCommand® Suite Hitachi HiCommand® Suite
Common APIs Yes, across Hitachi storage systems Yes, across Hitachi storage systems Yes, across Hitachi storage systems Yes, across Hitachi storage systems
*500GB SATA drives available mid-Q2 2006
Operating Systems Supported
Open Systems:
IBM® AIX®
HP-UX
Sun Solaris
Microsoft Windows 2000
and Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Simple SAN complaint
(pending for model AMS1000)
HP Tru64 Unix
SGI IRIX
Novell NetWare
Linux
HP OpenVMS
VMWare
Apple MAC OS
IBM z/OS® (when externally
attached to the Hitachi TagmaStore
Universal Storage Platform or
Network Storage Controller)