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Hitachi High-performance NAS Provides a Powerful Platform for
Massive-scale Storage Consolidation
Data Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.) is a Premiere Channel Partner for Hitachi Data
Systems (HDS), providing our customers with un-parralled support and services. DSS,
Inc. provides design, implementation/integration, on-site installation and after market
support services.
The nature of highly distributed computing systems continues to segment and isolate information resources across the enterprise. Consolidation of these resources into a
single centralized resource enables simplified management along with significant cost savings.
The nature of highly distributed computing systems continues to segment and isolate information resources across the enterprise. Consolidation of these resources into a
single centralized resource enables simplified management along with significant cost savings.
HDS NAS Platform
Highlights:
Highlights:
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HDS NAS Platform
The powerful high-performance capabilities and industry-leading scalability of the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform, powered
by BlueArc®, allows for the sustainable scalability and performance required for today’s consolidation of application servers, file
servers, and NAS appliances.
The High-performance NAS Platform delivers the highest performance in the NAS market today, allowing organizations to meet critical performance requirements with less than half of the number of the nodes required by competitive offerings. That translates into less hardware to buy, less software license, less management complexity, and less power and cooling cost.
The High-performance NAS Platform provides an advanced virtualization framework that enables enterprise consolidation. One
key element is Cluster Name Space (CNS), which creates a unified directory structure up to 512TB and allows global access to all
the data. In addition, virtual servers can be created for different user groups or applications. Each virtual server can have different IP addresses and data management policies. The High-performance NAS Platform also includes virtual volumes and storage pools,
which enable storage administrators to oversubscribe the physical storage and apply quota policies that can dynamically expand
or contract as needed.
You can expect dramatically better storage utilization with exactly the capacity you need, when you need it; the flexibility to optimize the storage capabilities; and the power to rapidly provision more capacity as business requirements change. As data moves through its lifecycle, it can be transparently migrated from one tier of storage to another to provide the most appropriate storage media for the task.
The High-performance NAS Platform delivers the highest performance in the NAS market today, allowing organizations to meet critical performance requirements with less than half of the number of the nodes required by competitive offerings. That translates into less hardware to buy, less software license, less management complexity, and less power and cooling cost.
The High-performance NAS Platform provides an advanced virtualization framework that enables enterprise consolidation. One
key element is Cluster Name Space (CNS), which creates a unified directory structure up to 512TB and allows global access to all
the data. In addition, virtual servers can be created for different user groups or applications. Each virtual server can have different IP addresses and data management policies. The High-performance NAS Platform also includes virtual volumes and storage pools,
which enable storage administrators to oversubscribe the physical storage and apply quota policies that can dynamically expand
or contract as needed.
You can expect dramatically better storage utilization with exactly the capacity you need, when you need it; the flexibility to optimize the storage capabilities; and the power to rapidly provision more capacity as business requirements change. As data moves through its lifecycle, it can be transparently migrated from one tier of storage to another to provide the most appropriate storage media for the task.
Hardware-accelerated CIFS, NFS, iSCSI and NDMP
Cluster Name Space
Virtual volumes and servers
Block- and file-level replication
High-speed snapshots
Hard and soft storage quotas with oversubscription
Policy-based management and data migration
Role-based security and virus scanning
Cluster Name Space
Virtual volumes and servers
Block- and file-level replication
High-speed snapshots
Hard and soft storage quotas with oversubscription
Policy-based management and data migration
Role-based security and virus scanning
Network Interface Module (NIM)
User interface type Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3z; full duplex support, IEEE 802.3x; link aggregation (LAG), IEEE 802.3ad;
jumbo frame support (up to 9,180 bytes); VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.1Q; 10Gb/sec Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ae
Number of ports Six 1GbE ports; two 10GbE ports
Data interfaces 10GBASE-SR (300m Optical), XFP; 10GBASELR
(10–25km Optical), XFP; 10GBASE-ER (40km Optical), XFP; 1000 Base-SX (500m Optical), SFP; 1000 Base-TX (100m Copper), SFP
Port configuration Port-independent configuration; multiple IP addresses; 2048 IP addresses per node (32 IP x 64 EVS)
Module diagnostics Module status LEDs
NDMP Backup Attributes
NDMP support NDMP v2, v3 and v4
Tape library system Support for SAN and LAN connectivity
NDMP features Direct access recovery (DAR), three way backup and restore
System Management Attributes
Standard management features
Manage up to 8 nodes; replication management; automated system configuration and backup; role-based management; enhanced system monitoring; anti-virus support; out-of-band Ethernet management network
Management interfaces
GUI-based — HTTP, HTTPS; CLI-based —
Telnet, Serial; Scripting — SiCtrl
Secure management access SSL, SSH
Management access control
User/password authentication; management port definition; management access method; Access Control Lists (ACLs); NIS, Active Directory and LDAP
User interface type Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3z; full duplex support, IEEE 802.3x; link aggregation (LAG), IEEE 802.3ad;
jumbo frame support (up to 9,180 bytes); VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.1Q; 10Gb/sec Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ae
Number of ports Six 1GbE ports; two 10GbE ports
Data interfaces 10GBASE-SR (300m Optical), XFP; 10GBASELR
(10–25km Optical), XFP; 10GBASE-ER (40km Optical), XFP; 1000 Base-SX (500m Optical), SFP; 1000 Base-TX (100m Copper), SFP
Port configuration Port-independent configuration; multiple IP addresses; 2048 IP addresses per node (32 IP x 64 EVS)
Module diagnostics Module status LEDs
NDMP Backup Attributes
NDMP support NDMP v2, v3 and v4
Tape library system Support for SAN and LAN connectivity
NDMP features Direct access recovery (DAR), three way backup and restore
System Management Attributes
Standard management features
Manage up to 8 nodes; replication management; automated system configuration and backup; role-based management; enhanced system monitoring; anti-virus support; out-of-band Ethernet management network
Management interfaces
GUI-based — HTTP, HTTPS; CLI-based —
Telnet, Serial; Scripting — SiCtrl
Secure management access SSL, SSH
Management access control
User/password authentication; management port definition; management access method; Access Control Lists (ACLs); NIS, Active Directory and LDAP
Group File System Modules A (FSA) File System Module General purpose file
system module (top module)
File System Module X (FSX)
Accelerated file system module giving a boost with CIFS clients. This module is optional with the 3100 and mandatory on the 3200
File System Module B (FSB) File system NVRAM module
Protocols Supported
Network protocol support
Common Internet File System (CIFS); Network
File System (NFS) with UDP v2 and v3 or TCP
v2, v3 and v4; NDMP v2, v3 and v4; File Transfer
Protocol (FTP); iSCSI
Management and other protocols
HTTP, SSL, SSH and SNMP v1; v2c, NIS, DNS,
WINS, NTP; email alerts
Storage Interface Module (SIM)
User interface type Fibre Channel, SFP connectors
Number of ports 4 ports blade on the 3100; 8 ports blade on the 3200
Fibre Channel port interfaces 2Gb/sec or 4Gb/sec
File System Attributes
File system Silicon File System (SiliconFS); hardware-accelerated file system
Multiprotocol support Simultaneous CIFS and NFS
Maximum volume size 256TB, dynamically scalable
Maximum storage supported Up to 16PB1
Maximum files per directory Up to 16 million or more objects
File System Module X (FSX)
Accelerated file system module giving a boost with CIFS clients. This module is optional with the 3100 and mandatory on the 3200
File System Module B (FSB) File system NVRAM module
Protocols Supported
Network protocol support
Common Internet File System (CIFS); Network
File System (NFS) with UDP v2 and v3 or TCP
v2, v3 and v4; NDMP v2, v3 and v4; File Transfer
Protocol (FTP); iSCSI
Management and other protocols
HTTP, SSL, SSH and SNMP v1; v2c, NIS, DNS,
WINS, NTP; email alerts
Storage Interface Module (SIM)
User interface type Fibre Channel, SFP connectors
Number of ports 4 ports blade on the 3100; 8 ports blade on the 3200
Fibre Channel port interfaces 2Gb/sec or 4Gb/sec
File System Attributes
File system Silicon File System (SiliconFS); hardware-accelerated file system
Multiprotocol support Simultaneous CIFS and NFS
Maximum volume size 256TB, dynamically scalable
Maximum storage supported Up to 16PB1
Maximum files per directory Up to 16 million or more objects
Up to 4
Nodes
Model #
File System
Object
IOPS
(in petabytes)
Throughput
Scalability
(in terabytes)
File System Size
File System Size
Ethernet
Ports
Ports
Fibre Channel
Ports
Number of
Nodes/Cluster
3080
16 million
per directory
per directory
40,000
Up to 700MB/sec
1PB1 128TB
6 x 1 Gigabits
(Gb)
(Gb)
4 x 4/2/
1Gb Ports
1Gb Ports
Up to 2
Nodes
3090
16 million
per directory
per directory
73,000
Up to 1600MB/Sec
2PB1 256TB
2 x 10Gb
8 x 4/2/
1Gb Ports
1Gb Ports
Up to 8
Nodes
3100
16 million
per directory
per directory
~96,428
Up to 880MB/sec
8PB1 256TB
6 x 1 Gigabits
(Gb)
(Gb)
4 x 4/2/
1Gb Ports
1Gb Ports
Up to 8
Nodes
3200
16 million
per directory
per directory
194,909
Up to 1600MB/Sec
16PB1 256TB
2 x 10Gb
8 x 4/2/
1Gb Ports
1Gb Ports
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