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Hitachi Freedom Storage™

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Software Solutions Are

Best-of-Breed

Customers and analysts regard the Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ V Series as the most advanced products in the enterprise storage system market. The Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions Guide (Figure 24) discusses the advantages of the suite of leading-edge software products that enhances the Lightning 9900 V Series product lines. This report is available from Hitachi Data Systems in PDF form at: http://www.hds.com. Particular emphasis is devoted to the business benefits of these robust suite of software in the context of massive consolidation projects that are for the first time enabled by the switched architecture and virtual Fibre Channel ports of the Lightning 9900 V Series systems’ advanced design. HiCommand™ Management Framework software enables a dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for the enterprise due to its ability to provide centralized, worldwide control of Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions from a centralized location.

Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions Simplifies Information Management, Protects Data Assets, and Optimizes Storage Investments.

With Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions, customers have the ability to choose the precise solution or a combination of solutions that are appropriate for their environment. Software solutions are combined into five Suites with each Suite targeting specific business values as discussed below. In keeping with the Hitachi commitment to open solutions, Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions include not only software solutions provided by Hitachi Data Systems, but also solutions provided by TrueNorth™ Solutions Alliance partners.

Storage Area Management Suite

The Storage Area Management Suite includes five powerful software packages that dramatically simplify storage management complexity, reduce operating costs and improve retun on investment (ROI). The HiCommand Management Framework enables users to construct the most suitable management environment. Hitachi Data Systems is working with the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) Storage Management Initiative to deliver an interoperable storage management framework based on the Common Information Model (CIM) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) industry standards. (See also Chapter 10). By deploying the Sun™ StorEdge™ Resource Management Suite with the HiCommand Management Framework, users can develop products that seamlessly integrate into the framework to improve resource utilization, optimize storage network planning, enhance data continuity solutions, and exceed existing service levels. Resource Manager software is a package of management software utilities, including Hitachi Graph-Track™software, Hitachi FlashAccess™ software, Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image (VLVI) Manager, Hitachi LUN Manager software, and Hitachi SANtinel™ software. The Resource Manager software package eases complex storage management processes and allows users to handle oncoming performance and capacity requirements proactively. (See also Chapter 10). VERITAS Volume Manager removes the physical limitations of disk storage, so users can configure, share, and manage storage in enterprise environments without interrupting data availability. InterSAN PATHLINE provides comprehensive,

Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Software Solutions are the most advanced available.

The Storage Area

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Contents Page Page Page Hitachi Data Systems Table of Contents RAID-1+ Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions Are Best of Breed Global Solutions Services C-HSN of a Lightning 9970V system provides fully redundant Table of FiguresTables Redefining the Industry Standard, Once Again IntroductionLightning 9900 V Series Product Offerings Comparison of Lightning 9900 V Series modelsAn Overview of the Lightning 9900 V Series Architecture IntroductionLimitation of Competitive Shared-bus Architectures Reduced TCO Second-generation Virtual Switched Storage Heterogeneous solutions today Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9980V System Packaging Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series PackagingLightning 9980V System Control Frame Lightning 9980V System Array Frames Lightning 9980V system Array Frame with its major componentsHitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9970V System Packaging Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series PackagingSystem Monitoring Network of the Lightning 9900 V Series Lightning 9970V system single- cabinet storage systemPage About the Fibre Channel Interface Boards Page Number of Host Interfaces Supported Bandwidth of Supported Host InterfacesCache Hierarchical Star Network Internal Hi-StarArchitectureControl Memory Hierarchical Star Network Cache Switch Provides Non-blocking Switched Access to CacheAdvanced Cache Algorithms of the Lightning 9900 V Series Read-ahead for High-performance Sequential ReadsPage Hitachi Data Systems High-speed All Fibre Channel Back-end Design High-performance Back-end 5 DesignImportance of Command Tag Queuing CTQ Maximum Configuration of ACPs and DisksNew Fibre Channel Disk Drives RAID Rebuild Capability Capacities and RAID ArchitectureAdvantages of the Lightning 9900 V Series RAID Hardware RAID-5 Distributed ParityHigh-density Disk Drive HDD Assemblies Software Products Contribute to High-availability Computing An Overview of High-availability HA Computing SoftwareOpen Systems High-availability Middleware Support Host Failover Parallel Database Clustering Standard Hot Swap and Redundant Power SuppliesCompetitive Advantage in RAID Choices Standard Redundant Fans for CoolingHitachi Data Systems Truly Scalable Performance Unmatched Performance and ScalabilityHitachi Data Systems Storage Area Management Suite Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions AreOS Support Software Suite Summary of Hitachi Freedom Storage software productsBusiness Continuity Suite Performance Enhancement Suite Backup and Recovery SuiteData Movement Suite Hitachi Data Systems Powerful and Open Systems Management Philosophy HiCommandHitachi Data Systems CIM Benefits to Customers Open, Standards-based ApproachAvoid Being Locked into a Proprietary Management Environment View and Operate Networked Storage as a Holistic ResourceOut-of-band Management Product SupportHost Storage Domains Java AgentHitachi SANtinel Software Hitachi Virtual LUN and LUN Expansion Software Remote Console Storage Navigator Cache Manager Host Agent HiReturn Investment Analysis Tool Kit Phase 2 On-site, One-day AssessmentHitachi Data Systems Global Solutions Services Overview Global Solutions ServicesBasic Implementation Service for InterSAN Pathline Integration Service for Hitachi ShadowImage Software Implementation Service for Hitachi TrueCopy SoftwareIntegration Service for Hitachi TrueCopy Software Implementation Service for Hitachi ShadowImage SoftwareFiber Design and Implementation Service Global Solutions ServicesOpen Systems Data Migration Planning Service Infrastructure Planning Service for FiconStorage Consolidation Planning and Design Service Storage Consolidation Implementation ServiceACP Glossary of TermsAPI Carb CHT CHAChip HSNDAS CTQECC DRRDSS DTAFC-AL FCAFicon File BackupFreedom Data Networks Fibre ChannelHDD GUIHitachi Graph-Track Hitachi FlashAccessHitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore Hitachi Dynamic Link ManagerHitachi RapidXchange Hitachi Priority AccessHitachi Rapid Recovery Hitachi Multiplatform Resource SharingHSD LAN LRU LUNLpar LuseNAS MplfMtbf MttrOltp NdmpNVM NvramPOD SAN RAIDSVP ScsiSLA SnmpTCP TCOVeritas WWN WANXRC Hitachi Data Systems Worldwide Offices
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