Computer Drive User Manual

Adaptable Modular Storage Models AMS200 and AMS500
D
esigned for small-to-midsize organizations that require enterprise-quality
storage management capabilities, the Adaptable Modular Storage models
AMS200 and AMS500 offer excellent cost-efficient platforms in a modular
footprint.With support for both SATA and Fibre Channel drives,these systems
can be deployed as part of a tiered infrastructure, in a SAN, or even as tiered
storage ”in a box.”
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M
icrosoft Simple SAN storage platforms.
Supp
ort Microsoft Windows
ser
vers seamlessly using Plug-and-play SAN Kits from Hitachi Data
S
ystems, which are compatible with Microsoft Simple SAN.
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Scalability and Performance. Provide unequalled application-specific
p
erformance and capacity that scales beyond 173TB.
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Consolidation. Reduce the number of storage systems, maximize
st
orage utilization, improve storage administrators’ productivity,
and lower management and environmental costs.
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Application Quality of Service (QoS). Dedicate cache to specific
applications and volumes to enhance performance.
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Tiered Storage Deployment. Benefit from the economy of solutions
that match application requirements and value of data to the right
class of storage.
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Configuration Flexibility. Host virtually any workload and multiple perform-
ance and archive requirements on the most economical storage system
with SATA and Fibre Channel intermix; use also for disk-to-disk backup
and tape replacement.
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Ease of Management. Simplify configuration and storage administration
via easy-to-use graphical user interfaces.
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High Availability and Reliability. Leverage RAID-6 dual-parity striping for
more reliable rebuild in the rare event of a disk drive failure; maximize
uptime with redundant hot-pluggable components and high-reliability
Hitachi SATA implementation.
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Business Continuity. Leverage in-system and remote replication (AMS500
only) backup software to shrink backup windows and expedite recovery
from application failures.
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Lower TCO. Maximize storage utilization, centralize management of stor-
age through consolidation, improve storage administrators’ productivity,
and reduce downtime.
Workgroup Modular Storage Model WMS100
Offering excellent scalability and performance, Workgroup Modular Storage
model WMS100 leverages cost-effective SATA drives without compromising
reliability and data integrity. The WMS100 can be quickly installed and config-
ured to serve as a core storage system or for fast SAN deployment in small
organizations or workgroups, or for data archive applications in tiered storage
deployments at larger enterprises.
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Microsoft Simple SAN storage platforms. Support Microsoft Windows
servers seamlessly using Plug-and-play SAN Kits from Hitachi Data
Systems, which are compatible with Microsoft Simple SAN.
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Scalability and Performance. Provide excellent performance and
scalability beyond 40TB in a highly cost-effective SATA-based package
for small companies.
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C
onsolidation.
R
educ
e the numb
er of storage systems, maximize
storage utilization, improve storage administrators’productivity, and
lower management costs.