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Complete fault tolerance, data protection and online service capabilities for mainframe storage.
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The Model9 / Hitachi Vantara solution for moving mainframe data to object storage provides many benefits to customers, delivering a less complex, cost-effective solution.
Complete fault tolerance, data protection and online service capabilities for mainframe storage.
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 series can scale to 69PB and deliver up to 21M I/O-per-second performance.
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe automated storage controllers eliminate the need for manual provisioning.
Three data center replication with TrueCopy and Universal Replicator orchestrated by HMRM
Industry's first, best and most trusted 100% Data Availability Guarantee
Industry benchmark for high availability metro clustering and support for GDPS Metro
Run mainframe and open system workloads on a single, consolidated system
FIPS 140-2 encryption* and physical data erasure protect from theft, accidental exposure
Fabric-acceleration modules use FPGAs for accelerated processing of IO
Performance (IOPS) | 5.1M |
Performance (Latency) | as low as 60µ |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 52GB/s |
MAX. Raw Internal Capacity | 23.1PB (30TB SSD) |
MAX. Raw External Capacity | 287PB |
Data Availability | 100% Guaranteed |
Data Reduction | Compression Accelerator Module |
Effective Capacity | 4:1 |
Data-at-Rest Encryption for NVMe and SAS | YES |
MAX. Number of Drives, Including Spares |
33 NVMe SCM 96 NVMe 768 SFF SSD |
Drive Pack Upgrades (Sold in Packages of 4 drives) |
375GB NVMe SCM 30TB NVMe SSD 15TB NVMe SSD 7.6TB NVMe SSD 3.8TB NVMe SSD 1.9TB NVMe SSD 30TB SAS SSD 15TB SAS SSD 7.6TB SAS SSD 3.8TB SAS SSD 1.9TB SAS SSD |
Max. Flash Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 4) |
4x NVMe SSD 32x SAS SSD |
Max. HDD Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 8) | N/A |
No. Controller Blocks | 1 |
Nodes Per System | 2 |
No. Controllers Per System | 2 |
Hitachi Accelerated Fabric | 2x Node Interconnect Switch |
Controller Interconnectivity |
4x Fabric Acceleration Modules |
Node Dimensions Height Width Depth |
4U, 6.9" (174mm) 17.6" (446mm) 30.1" (763mm) |
Max. Weight per Block | 343 lbs. (155kg) |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s IBM® FICON®: 16Gb/s, 32Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s |
MAX HOST Port Count |
32 x FC-NVMe 32 x FC 32 x FICON 16 x iSCSI |
Max Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 102.4GB/s |
Back-end Disk Interface and Links | 32 x SAS or NVMe |
Max. Cache | 1TiB |
RAID supported |
RAID-1* (2D+2D/4D+4D) RAID-5 (3D+1P/7D+1P) RAID-6 (6D+2P/14D+2P) |
MAX. LUN Size | 256TB |
MAX. Number of LUNS | 65,280 |
MAX. Number of Snapshots |
1,024 per LUN; 1,048,575 per system |
MAX. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
VALUE ADDED FEATURES |
Storage Virtualization In System Replication Copy Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration 100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Modern Storage Assurance |
Performance (IOPS) | 5.1M |
Performance (Latency) | as low as 60µ |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 52GB/s |
MAX. Raw Internal Capacity | 23.1PB (30TB SSD) |
MAX. Raw External Capacity | 287PB |
Data Availability | 100% Guaranteed |
Data Reduction | Compression Accelerator Module |
Effective Capacity | 4:1 |
Data-at-Rest Encryption for NVMe and SAS | YES |
MAX. Number of Drives, Including Spares |
33 NVMe SCM 96 NVMe 768 SFF SSD/HDD 384 LFF HDD |
Drive Pack Upgrades (Sold in Packages of 4 drives) |
375GB NVMe SCM 30TB NVMe SSD 15TB NVMe SSD 7.6TB NVMe SSD 3.8TB NVMe SSD 1.9TB NVMe SSD 30TB SAS SSD 15TB SAS SSD 7.6TB SAS SSD 3.8TB SAS SSD 1.9TB SAS SSD 2.4TB 10K SAS HDD 14TB 7.2K SAS HDD 18TB 7.2K SAS HDD |
Max. Flash Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 4) |
4x NVMe SSD 32x SAS SSD |
Max. HDD Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 8) |
32x 10K SAS HDD 32x 7.2K SAS HDD |
No. Controller Blocks | 1 |
Nodes Per System | 2 |
No. Controllers Per System | 2 |
Hitachi Accelerated Fabric | 2x Node Interconnect Switch |
Controller Interconnectivity |
4x Fabric Acceleration Modules |
Node Dimensions Height Width Depth |
4U, 6.9" (174mm) 17.6" (446mm) 30.1" (763mm) |
Max. Weight per Block | 343 lbs. (155kg) |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s IBM® FICON®: 16Gb/s, 32Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s |
MAX HOST Port Count |
32 x FC-NVMe 32 x FC 32 x FICON 16 x iSCSI |
Max Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 102.4GB/s |
Back-end Disk Interface and Links | 32 x SAS or NVMe |
Max. Cache | 1TiB |
RAID supported |
RAID-1* (2D+2D/4D+4D) RAID-5 (3D+1P/7D+1P) RAID-6 (6D+2P/14D+2P) |
MAX. LUN Size | 256TB |
MAX. Number of LUNS | 65,280 |
MAX. Number of Snapshots |
1,024 per LUN; 1,048,575 per system |
MAX. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
VALUE ADDED FEATURES |
Storage Virtualization In System Replication Copy Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration 100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Modern Storage Assurance |
Performance (IOPS) | 33M |
Performance (Latency) | as low as 39µs |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 312GB/s |
MAX. Raw Internal Capacity | 69.3PB (30TB SSD) |
MAX. Raw External Capacity | 287PB |
Data Availability | 100% Guaranteed |
Data Reduction | Compression Accelerator Module |
Effective Capacity | 4:1 |
Data-at-Rest Encryption for NVMe and SAS | YES |
MAX. Number of Drives, Including Spares |
99 NVMe SCM 288 NVMe 2,304 SFF SSD |
Drive Pack Upgrades (Sold in Packages of 4 drives) |
375GB NVMe SCM 30TB NVMe SSD 15TB NVMe SSD 7.6TB NVMe SSD 3.8TB NVMe SSD 1.9TB NVMe SSD 30TB SAS SSD 15TB SAS SSD 7.6TB SAS SSD 3.8TB SAS SSD 1.9TB SAS SSD |
Max. Flash Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 4) |
12x NVMe SSD 96x SAS SSD |
Max. HDD Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 8) | N/A |
No. Controller Blocks | 1,2 or 3 |
Nodes Per System | 2,4,6 |
No. Controllers Per System | 4,8,12 |
Hitachi Accelerated Fabric | 2x Node Interconnect Switch |
Controller Interconnectivity |
8,16,24x Fabric Acceleration Modules |
Node Dimensions Height Width Depth |
4U, 6.9" (174mm) 17.6" (446mm) 30.1" (763mm) |
Max. Weight per Block | 397 lbs. (180kg) |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s IBM® FICON®: 16Gb/s, 32Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s |
MAX HOST Port Count |
192 x FC-NVMe 192 x FC 192 x FICON 96 x iSCSI |
Max Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 614.4GB/s |
Back-end Disk Interface and Links | 192 x SAS and NVMe |
Max. Cache |
2TiB: 1x Controller Block 4TiB: 2x Controller Block 6TiB: 3x Controller Block |
RAID supported |
RAID-1* (2D+2D/4D+4D) RAID-5 (3D+1P/7D+1P) RAID-6 (6D+2P/14D+2P) |
MAX. LUN Size | 256TB |
MAX. Number of LUNS | 65280 |
MAX. Number of Snapshots |
1,024 per LUN; 1,048,575 per system |
MAX. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
VALUE ADDED FEATURES |
Storage Virtualization In System Replication Copy Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration 100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Modern Storage Assurance |
Performance (IOPS) | 33M |
Performance (Latency) | as low as 39µs |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 312GB/s |
MAX. Raw Internal Capacity | 69.3PB (30TB SSD) |
MAX. Raw External Capacity | 287PB |
Data Availability | 100% Guaranteed |
Data Reduction | Compression Accelerator Module |
Effective Capacity | 4:1 |
Data-at-Rest Encryption for NVMe and SAS | YES |
MAX. Number of Drives, Including Spares |
99 NVMe SCM 288 NVMe 2,304 SFF SSD/HDD 1,152 LFF HDD |
Drive Pack Upgrades (Sold in Packages of 4 drives) |
375GB NVMe SCM 30TB NVMe SSD 15TB NVMe SSD 7.6TB NVMe SSD 3.8TB NVMe SSD 1.9TB NVMe SSD 30TB SAS SSD 15TB SAS SSD 7.6TB SAS SSD 3.8TB SAS SSD 1.9TB SAS SSD 2.4TB 10K SAS HDD 14TB 7.2K SAS HDD 18TB 7.2K SAS HDD |
Max. Flash Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 4) |
12x NVMe SSD 96x SAS SSD |
Max. HDD Media Trays (Sold in Packages of 8) |
96x 10K SAS HDD 96x 7.2K SAS HDD |
No. Controller Blocks | 1,2 or 3 |
Nodes Per System | 2,4,6 |
No. Controllers Per System | 4,8,12 |
Hitachi Accelerated Fabric | 2x Node Interconnect Switch |
Controller Interconnectivity |
8,16,24x Fabric Acceleration Modules |
Node Dimensions Height Width Depth |
4U, 6.9" (174mm) 17.6" (446mm) 30.1" (763mm) |
Max. Weight per Block | 398 lbs. (180kg) |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s IBM® FICON®: 16Gb/s, 32Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s |
MAX HOST Port Count |
192 x FC-NVMe 192 x FC 192 x FICON 96 x iSCSI |
Max Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 614.4GB/s |
Back-end Disk Interface and Links | 192 x SAS and NVMe |
Max. Cache |
2TiB: 1x Controller Block 4TiB: 2x Controller Block 6TiB: 3x Controller Block |
RAID supported |
RAID-1* (2D+2D/4D+4D) RAID-5 (3D+1P/7D+1P) RAID-6 (6D+2P/14D+2P) |
MAX. LUN Size | 256TB |
MAX. Number of LUNS | 65280 |
MAX. Number of Snapshots |
1,024 per LUN; 1,048,575 per system |
MAX. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
VALUE ADDED FEATURES |
Storage Virtualization In System Replication Copy Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration 100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Modern Storage Assurance |
*RAID 1 selection mirrors blocks across two drives and then creates a striped set across multiple drive pairs. This is commonly referred to as RAID 1+0.
1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
1TiB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes
SFF = small form factor, LFF = large form factor
SCM = storage class memory, SAS = serial attached SCSI, NVMe = non-volatile memory express, SSD = solid state drive, FMD = flash module drive, HDD = hard disk drive, FC = Fibre Channel, iSCSI = internet small computer systems interface
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