Hitachi STORAGE AMS500 user manual

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Hitachi TagmaStore
Adaptable Modular Storage and
Workgroup Modular Storage
Partner Beyond Technology

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™ Hitachi TagmaStore Modular Storage Systems Organizations of just about every size today are confronted with storage challenges similar to those faced by the largest enterprises, but with reduced budget, staff, and data center space. For these customers, Hitachi Data Systems offers Application ™ Optimized Storage solutions built on modular, cost-effective storage systems with management capabilities previously not available. Storage Challenges As your organization seeks to gain a competitiv

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™ Application Optimized Storage Solutions Scale to Meet Your Needs With many years of experience successfully serving FORTUNE 500 companies, Hitachi Data Systems understands the storage challenges your organization faces and recognizes your limited budget, staff, and data center space. Hitachi Data Systems offers three modular lines—scaled to fit your organization’s envi- ronment and budget, yet featuring many enterprise-level capabilities—to serve as the foundation for Application Optimized

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Adaptable Modular Storage Models AMS200 and AMS500 Designed 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.” :: Microsoft Simple SAN storage platforms. Suppo

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:: Application QoS. Dedicate cache to specific applications and volumes to enhance performance. :: Configuration Flexibility. Dedicate to specific mission-critical applications, deploy as part of a first SAN in small enterprises, or integrate into a tiered storage infrastructure for archive, backup, or tape replacement in larger companies. :: Ease of Management. Simplify configuration and storage administration through easy-to-use graphical user interfaces. :: High Availability and Reliability

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Operating Systems Supported Technical Specifications Open Systems: Adaptable Modular Storage Adaptable Modular Storage Adaptable Modular Storage Workgroup Modular Storage Model AMS1000 Model AMS500 Model AMS200 Model WMS100 IBM® AIX® Number of controllers 2 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2 HP-UX Data cache 4GB–16GB 2GB–8GB 1GB–4GB 512MB–2GB Sun Solaris Maximum LUNs 4,096 2,048 512 512 Internal raw capacity (300GB 173.8TB SATA Intermix, 86.9TB SATA intermix, 39.7TB SATA intermix, 41.3TB SATA Microsoft Window

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