Hitachi 9900 Series, 9960 manual Hitachi Data Systems, Data Protection Services Lab

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Data Protection Services Lab

Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems provides expert consultants to assist in assessing processes and procedures.

order to protect it. The Data Protection Services team uses software in all three categories of data movement:

1)Data Migration

2)Real-Time Copy

3)Point-in-Time Copy

The team will perform data relocation and migration tasks that establish rock-solid backup and disaster recovery copy facilities to keep a business running in the event of man-made or natural disaster. Often the need for an enterprise to allocate staff for these tasks is eliminated.

With Data Protection Services, an enterprise can accelerate its return on existing investments, streamline data management processes, eliminate redundant software and costs, and reduce time to recovery.

As a first step in a typical engagement, an Engagement Manager works with the enterprise to determine requirements based on the use of a proven Data Movement questionnaire and the presentation of examples of prior engagements. Disaster recovery, backup, data warehousing, business continuance, testing and development, and data center consolidation are the types of projects that most frequently use this service. Then the team reviews system, network, storage components, and phases of solution delivery with the client. After a clear understanding of requirements, a detailed professional services proposal is presented and reviewed with the enterprise. Hitachi Data Systems uses “best of breed” consulting techniques and has an excellent reference list of satisfied clients that may be contacted prior to beginning of the engagement. Examples of the Hitachi suite of data protection services are discussed below:

Data Protection Services Lab

Hitachi Data Systems has designed a laboratory proving ground for developing the tools and expertise an enterprise needs to fully enable the functions of Hitachi data storage systems and software. The Data Protection Services Lab is dedicated to resolving software and hardware issues that affect storage system consolidation, data center productivity, and business continuity.

Remote Copy Assessment and Implementation Service

This service assists the enterprise in implementing a remote copy process for either disaster recovery or for the rapid deployment of new IT systems such as relocation of a data center, population of a geographically dispersed data mart, or testing new applications. Hitachi Data Systems provides expert consultants to assist in assessing processes and procedures to ensure an optimal implementation of the remote copy process. Hitachi also offers services for developing remote testing at a disaster recovery hot site to validate the proper configuration of the remote copy process in terms of hardware, software, and processing method. Enterprise IT professionals will be trained to address remote copy as a strategic tool of the data center to meet the objectives of business continuity, disaster recovery, or rapid deployment of new IT systems.

Hitachi NanoCopyImplementation Service

Hitachi NanoCopylets an enterprise make point-in-time copies without disturbing critical applications or causing any disruption to end-user operations. It is the only completely non-disruptive long distance remote copy technique that can be used for Disaster Recovery with confidence. Hitachi Data Systems experts are available to help customize and install this advanced alternative to existing remote copy technologies. The Hitachi service helps the enterprise adapt Hitachi NanoCopyto the most rigorous requirements, insures maximum operations efficiency and availability, and shortens enterprise recovery time dramatically in the event of a disaster.

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Contents Page Page Hitachi Data Systems Table of Contents Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential Reads Hitachi Data SystemsRemote Copy Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi NanoCopy Implementation ServiceTable of Figures Hitachi Data Systems TablesThe most advanced design in storage IntroductionLightning 9900 Series Product Offerings Hitachi Data Systems The most powerful storage system in the worldIntroduction Mirrored cache instead of single image cache.1 Hitachi Data SystemsIntroduction Hitachi Data Systems Model 9960 Control Frame The Lightning 9900 SeriesPackaging Model 9960 PackagingModel 9960 Array Frames Hitachi Data SystemsModel 9910 Packaging The Lightning 9900 Series PackagingFigure 7 – A 9910 single-cabinetstorage subsystem Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi Lightning Front-endDesign of theSeries About the Fibre Channel Interface Boards Hitachi Data SystemsPage Bandwidth of Supported Host Interfaces Hitachi Data SystemsNumber of Host Interfaces Supported The Internal Hi-StarArchitecture Internal SwitchedHi-StarArchitecture – An Hierarchical Star NetworkArchitecture Hitachi Data SystemsPage Control Memory Hierarchical Star Network Hitachi Data SystemsThe 9960 Provides 32GB of Fully Addressable Cache Read-aheadfor High-performanceSequential ReadsPage Hitachi Data Systems High-speed Back-endDesign High Performance Back-endDesignNew Fibre Channel Disk Drives Hitachi Data Systems Command Tag Queuing greatly improves performanceMaximum Configuration of ACPs and Disks The Importance of Command Tag Queuing CTQRAID-5- Distributed Parity Capacities and RAID ArchitectureStorage Capacity of the Lightning 9900 Series RAID-1+High-densityDisk Drive Assemblies HDDs Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi High-Availability Software Improves Application Service LevelsOpen Systems High-AvailabilityMiddleware Support Hitachi Data Systems3.Host Failover Hitachi Data Systems Standard Hot-swapand Redundant Power Supplies4.Parallel Database Clustering Unmatched Competitive Advantage in RAID Choices Standard Redundant Fans for CoolingHitachi Data Systems Truly Scalable Performance Performance ConsiderationsTest Results Hitachi Data SystemsThe Lightning 9900 Series Software Solutions Are theBest in the World Software Solutions for theHitachi Data Systems Figure 24 – Hitachi Data Systems offers a broad range of remote copy, data duplication, and data migration software solutionsPiT Copy Remote CopyData Migration Hitachi Data Systems and warehousingA powerful and open systems management philosophy Centralized and OpenSystems Management Software Simplifies IT OperationsHitachi Data Systems HiCommand is an important Hitachi management tool in that it provides a comprehensive storage management software framework that enables an enterprise to manage all supported Hitachi storage products and many Hitachi software solutionsThe components of HiCommand Deployment Management Service Level ManagementHitachi Data Systems Hitachi Resource ManagerHitachi LUN Manager is an open systems management utility. With Hitachi LUN Manager, open systems Logical Units LUNs can be defined, configured, and maintained. There is no more waiting for the hardware vendor to come and make configuration changes. Hitachi LUN Manager includes an easy-to-use, GUI-basedinterface that allows the easy definition of paths for LUNs, the reconfiguration of LUN-to-portassignments, or the viewing of the Lightning 9900 remote service information messages. Because the Hitachi LUN Manager can assign multiple paths to a single LUN, support of alternate path failover, path load balancing, and clustered systems is possible. Running on a standard Windows-basedPC connected to the storage subsystems by a dedicated LAN, Hitachi LUN Manager can support up to eight Lightning 9900 systems Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi Data SystemsHitachi SANtinel Storage MaximizerHitachi Data Systems Cost of Risk Analysis methodology CORA Professional Services and SupportProfessional Services Overview Data Protection ServicesHitachi Data Systems Data Protection Services LabRemote Copy Assessment and Implementation Service Hitachi NanoCopy Implementation ServiceSAN services Professional Services and SupportContinuous Availability Service On-lineData Migration ServiceHitachi Data Systems Software Portfolio Review and Analysis Servicethe Performance Experiment System Configurations forThe 7700E used all 6GB drives Hitachi Data SystemsACP pair Glossary of Terms10BaseT 100BaseTBusiness Continuity Planning BCP Hitachi Data SystemsAvailability Back endCHIP GlossaryCARB CacheCORA Cost of Risk Analysis Hitachi Data SystemsConsistency Groups Control FrameData Migration Disaster RecoveryGlossary Data DuplicationESA/390 Hitachi Data SystemsEBCDIC Electronic vaultingFast write GlossaryFailover Fast EthernetFront End File BackupHitachi Data Systems FICONHitachi CruiseControl Hitachi FlashAccessGlossary HDmSHitachi LUN Manager Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/RestoreHitachi Data Systems Hitachi InstantSplitHitachi SANtinel Hitachi Rapid RecoveryGlossary Hitachi Resource ManagerJava Hitachi Data SystemsHXRC Hitachi Extended Remote Copy HYPERtapeLogical Unit Logical VolumeGlossary Lightning 9900 SeriesMeta-data Hitachi Data SystemsMBCP MIPSNanoCopy GlossaryMTBF MTTROperating System Hitachi Data SystemsOn-linesystem Open systemRAID Controllers Recovery TimeGlossary RAIDSnapshot SwitchHitachi Data Systems SCSISynchronous Virtual Logical Volume Image ManagerVolume GlossaryWarm site Hitachi Data SystemsWorkload Australia/New Zealand Headquarters Hitachi Data Systems Worldwide OfficesCorporate Headquarters Asia Headquarters