 The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V (USP V) has redefined the storage industry. It represents the world’s first implementation of a large scale, enterprise-class virtualization layer combined with thin provisioning software. That means the virtualization of internal and external heterogeneous storage into one pool has finally been achieved. Customers can obtain the consolidation benefits of external storage virtualization with the efficiencies, power, and cooling advantages of thin provisioning in one integrated solution. - Thin provisioning
- I/O load balancing
- Volume management across heterogeneous storage systems
- Nondisruptive data migration
- Security services (immutability, logging, auditing, data shredding)
- Business continuity services
- Content management services (search, indexing)
- Data de-duplication
- Data classification
- File management services
Everyone from mid-sized growing companies to the largest global organizations can now benefit from the industry’s highest performing and most scalable storage solution. It 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 - Superior performance: More than 4 million I/Os per second (IOPS), 106 GB/sec aggregate internal bandwidth
- Superior scalability: 247PB of total storage capacity including up to 332TB of Fibre Channel internal storage or 864TB of SATA internal storage
- Superior connectivity: up to 224 Fibre Channel (FC), 112 ESCON, or 112 FICON ports
- Powered by the fourth-generation Universal Star Network™ V crossbar switch architecture
- Virtualization of internally and externally attached storage
- Thin provisioning software
- Logical partitioning of internally and externally attached storage resources
- Intelligent tiering of data between Fibre Channel and high capacity serial ATA (SATA) hard drives
- Universal replication across heterogeneous platforms
- Active workload balancing and tuning
- Multi-protocol consolidation with FC, FICON, ESCON, and network-attached storage (NAS)
- Single-pane-of-glass management with Hitachi Storage Management Suite software
SOSS enables 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 V enables you to deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage—and add value to—current investments, and more closely align IT with business objectives.  universal-storage-platform-usp-consolidation.pdf
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