Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ VM (USP VM) blends enterprise-class functionality with a smaller footprint to meet the business needs of entry-level enterprises and fast-growing midsize organizations, while supporting distributed or departmental applications in large enterprises. Now, smaller organizations can enjoy the same benefits as large enterprises in deploying and managing their storage infrastructure in a way never possible before. The USP VM, powered by the Hitachi Universal Star Network™ crossbar switch architecture, delivers the innovative controller-based virtualization, logical partitioning, and universal replication for open systems and mainframe environments. The industry’s highest-reliability and availability storage solution is backed by a set of storage and data services that include thin provisioning with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning™ software, application-centric storage management, and logical partitioning, as well as simplified, unified data replication across heterogeneous storage systems. An integral component of the Services Oriented Storage Solutions (SOSS) architecture from Hitachi Data Systems, the Hitachi USP VM provides the foundation for matching application requirements to different classes of storage. The Hitachi USP V packages and delivers critical services such as: - Thin provisioning
- I/O load balancing
- Nondisruptive data migration
- Volume management across heterogeneous storage arrays
- Security services (immutability, logging, auditing, and data shredding)
- Business continuity services
SOSS enable IT organizations to present business clients with a menu of storage attributes (such as performance, availability, cost, and security) and charge for those services based on the client’s selection. SOSS can lower costs, extend lifetime value and simplify management activities. The Hitachi USP VM lets you deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage—and add value to—current investments, and more closely align IT to your business objectives. - Up to 96PB of total storage capacity under management, including up to 72TB of Fibre Channel (FC) internal storage
- Up to 8 logical partitions, dedicating cache, ports, and internally and externally attached capacity to ensure application quality of service (QoS)
- Heterogeneous multiplatform connectivity: FC, IBM® ESCON® and FICON®, network-attached storage (NAS) and iSCSI (future option)
- Virtualization of internally and externally attached storage from EMC, Hitachi, IBM, Sun, and HP
- Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Software for thin provisioning of internal and virtualized external storage
- Transparent, nondisruptive movement of data between storage tiers with HiCommand® Tiered Storage Manager
- Universal replication across heterogeneous platforms
- Active workload balancing and tuning
- Single-pane-of-glass management with Hitachi Storage Management Suite software
- Powered by the fourth generation Universal Star Network™ crossbar switch architecture
- Simplify operations with one set of tools for heterogeneous data management and replication
- Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), simplify administration, eliminate application interruptions, and reduce power and cooling requirements with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning™ software
- Protect your investment and extend the life of existing storage assets
- Move, copy, and migrate data nondisruptively between heterogeneous tiered storage
- Avoid resource contention and ensure application QoS with Virtual Storage Machines
- Meet governmental compliance regulations and legal requirements to protect your most critical data
- Archiving mainframe data to virtualized serial ATA (SATA)-based storage systems
- Enables you to align storage resources with constantly changing business and application requirements
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