Hitachi WMS100, NSC55, AMS500, AMS200, AMS1000 manual Technical Specifications, 2GB-8GB 1GB-4GB

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

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)

*500GB SATA drives available mid-Q2 2006