Hitachi 9900 manual Software Solutions Are, Hitachi Freedom Storage, Best-of-Breed

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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

Management Suite simplifies storage management complexity, reduces costs and improves ROI

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