| The name of the base system (platform): | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) |
| Developers: | HDS (Hitachi Data Systems Corporation), Hitachi Vantara |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2014/04/23 |
| Last Release Date: | 2016/10/26 |
| Technology: | DWH, Data processing centers are technologies for DPC |
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2016
VSP G1500
On October 26, 2016 Hitachi Data Systems announced release of DWH of VSP G1500.
 | High-speed performance of VSP G1500 system is 20% higher than indicators of VSP G1000 systems. Customers of VSP G1000 systems can upgrade them to G1500 by means of migration without data movement and interruption of work. Such opportunity simplifies transition to more powerful G1500 platform and once again confirms intention of HDS to provide protection of investments of customers. Bob Madayo, vice president of HDS for marketing of infrastructure solutions |  |
VSP G series are complemented with the modules NAS for work in a cloud
In April, 2016 to an orporation of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced release of additions and improvements for a complex of the solutions Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) of series G. Additions are created especially for customers, intended to transform the business to a digital format, to overcome separation of data arrays and to upgrade storage systems management. The built-in functionality of NAS – network storage, – availability for service in a cloud and integration with VMware, characteristic of VSP G400, VSP G600 and VSP G800 platforms, will allow the companies quicker and more simply to perform upgrade of IT infrastructure.
Optimization of work in a cloud
The IT strategy of business constantly change, and constants have only one: the aspiration of the companies to reduce costs for traditional storage systems and cloud services. At the same time business demands from technologies of flexibility and is in finding solutions, capable to work in different conditions: as in the virtualized systems, remote and main DPCs, and in cloud projects. The platform of storage of VSP of series G is optimized for work in a cloud and developed just to satisfy business needs for flexible IT solutions.
The last addition opens an opportunity to complete VSP G400, VSP G600 and VSP G800 systems with two high-performance modules NAS. It will allow to reduce capital costs due to creation of a single platform of storage of SAN and NAS for all workloads in a compact form factor. Operating costs also decrease: the VSP systems of series G require smaller costs for a power supply and cooling and occupy less spaces. Besides, controlling expenses, customers can use the updated solutions together with already existing investments into infrastructure – as at remote offices where infrastructure of IP prevails, and in DPC where the Fibre Channel technology is used. The same concerns also implementation of cloud strategy based on Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), Hitachi Managed Cloud Services, cloud services of Microsoft® Azure™ or Amazon S3. It should be taken into account that the built-in means of data migration will help the companies to create the automated intellectual politicians of content management taking into account its type – it guarantees automatic and transparent distribution of data on levels in private, open or hybrid cloud platforms.
Control of virtual machines
Hitachi continues to cooperate with VMware, adjusting the strategy of development for a software-defined storage with a full support of virtual volumes of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes. Such solutions give to customers the chance of multilevel control over virtual machines due to application for each of them of own service level taking into account specifics of applications. In addition, Hitachi Virtual Infrastructure Integrator 3.0 provides scalable protection of virtual machines by means of the simplified services of backup, recovery and cloning for infrastructures based on VMware vSphere.
Complex analytics of infrastructure
The means of analytics of Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor (HIAA) available to all products of the Hitachi VSP family supports function of the intellectual analysis of infrastructure, thereby trying to obtain performance improvement and cost reduction and risks. HIAA allows to reveal, diagnose and resolve quickly potential performance concerns and tanks even for DWH of third-party producers. The intellectual analysis will allow the companies to perform long-term planning of necessary capacity and performance of all IT infrastructure.
It should be noted that Hitachi Data Systems – the supplier of the IT solutions capable to meet requirements of workload of customers – from the systems of initial level to mainframes – using a single software platform of storage. So, thanks to the program opportunities which are built in the Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) operating system, all products of the VSP family optimize work a flash systems, support virtualization of heterogeneous storages and configurations of type "active-active" with several nodes. Hitachi SVOS continues to expand common features of storage: the updated solution supports virtualization of storages, "thin" configuring, control facilities at the level of services, tools of ensuring performance and security for different platforms.
2014
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G1000 - the flagman Hitachi platform intended for deployment of SVOS.
On April 23, 2014 Hitachi Data Systems announced G1000 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) platform – the industry-first system intended for functioning of SVOS and providing it a full support.
A system allows implementation by the beginning of the small solution with the subsequent accumulation of capacity of block storage to the values exceeding 3 million input-output operations per second (IOPS) about useful capacity more than 48 Gbps and with a performance of NFS more than 1.2 million operations per second for the unified configurations.
VSP G1000 has high adaptability and helps the companies with creation of a single platform of storage for all types of data thanks to by means of the expansions allowing to satisfy effectively a number of customers needs. As a part of the platform:
- the virtualization controller without internal capacity;
- the unified storage system with the clusters of Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS) including up to 8 nodes;
- infrastructure with high availability to the Hitachi Content Platform environments.
The similar flexibility in combination with the planned upgrade and preserving of data will help to expect significant increase in life of this technology as she allows to adapt to change of business needs without problems and costs connected with regular updating of technologies.
| Функциональные возможности | Преимущества |
|---|---|
| Виртуализация систем хранения | Сокращение затрат на хранение за счет консолидации и упрощения существующей инфраструктуры. |
| Унифицированная архитектура | Совместное использование ресурсов разными приложениями на унифицированной платформе, позволяющее сократить капитальные вложения и эксплуатационные затраты. |
| Простота управления | Сокращение времени, необходимого для администрирования хранилища, и предоставление уровней обслуживания для услуг хранения данных в нужное время, в нужном месте и нужным способом. |
| Повышение быстродействия благодаря флэш-памяти | Повышение быстродействия приложений за счет использования флэш-памяти, позволяющее ускорить доступ к информации, быстрее принимать решения и обеспечить удовлетворенность клиентов. |
| Высокая доступность | Устранение точек отказов, имеющихся в большинстве систем среднего уровня, благодаря новой архитектуре VSP G1000. |
| Эффективное использование емкости хранилища | Высвобождение емкости для дальнейшего использования вместо приобретения дополнительного оборудования. |
| Автоматизированное перемещение данных по уровням хранения | Достижение максимальной производительности при минимальных затратах, обеспечение соблюдения уровней обслуживания для услуг хранения данных и минимизация стоимости хранения. |
| Динамическое предоставление | Упрощение управления и улучшение показателей загруженности за счет динамического увеличения и сокращения томов для поддержки расширения файловых систем. |
| Дедупликация данных | Увеличение полезной емкости файловой системы хранения данных. |
| Объектно-ориентированная файловая система | Оптимизация и ускорение поиска хранимых файлов. |
| Интеграция виртуализации серверов | Упрощение защиты данных с точки зрения администратора виртуализации. |
| Единое пространство имен | Упрощение управления благодаря возможности просмотра всех файлов и файловых систем на одной консоли. |
| Большие тома и файловые системы | Сокращение времени, требуемого на управление увеличением емкости, за счет использования больших томов, поддерживающих большие файловые системы и миллионы файлов. |
| Улучшенные возможности масштабирования емкости | Экономия затрат на электроэнергию, охлаждение и помещения. |
| Моментальные снимки на заданный момент времени | Альтернативный способ защиты данных — быстрый, удобный и экономичный с точки зрения затрат на помещения. |
| Моментальные снимки с возможностью записи | Экономия емкости системы хранения и сокращение временных затрат на создание копий данных для сред тестирования и разработки. |
| Универсальная репликация данных | Возможность локального и удаленного развертывания для восстановления после аварий без прерывания обслуживания. |
| Кластер систем хранения | Непрерывная доступность локальных и удаленных данных. |
| Создание разделов с поддержкой обслуживания многих клиентов | Надежная защита данных для отдельных приложений, подразделений и клиентов. |
| Шифрование | Надежная защита данных во время хранения. |
| Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G800 | Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 | |
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| Characteristics of capacity | |||||
| The maximum number of hard drives, including spare | 264 SFF 252 LFF | 480 SFF 480 LFF | 720 SFF 720 LFF | 1440 SFF 1440 LFF | 2304 SFF 1152 LFF |
| The maximum number of drives based on a flash memory, including spare | 264 SSD 84 FMD | 480 SSD 192 FMD | 720 SSD 288 FMD | 1440 SSD 576 FMD | 384 SSD 576 FMD |
| Maximum physical capacity | 1512 TB (6 TB 3.5") 475 TB (1.8 TB 2.5") 294 TB (3.2 TB OF FMD) 77 TB (400 GB 2.5" SSD) | 2880 TB (6 TB 3.5") 864 TB (1.8 TB 2.5") 672 TB (3.2 TB OF FMD) 154 TB (400 GB 2.5" SSD) | 4320 TB (6 TB 3.5") 1296 TB (1.8 TB 2.5") 922 TB (3.2 TB OF FMD) 230 TB (400 GB 2.5" SSD) | 8640 TB (6 TB 3.5") 2592 TB (1.8 TB 2.5") 2026 TB (3.2 TB OF FMD) 461 TB (400 GB OF SSD) | 6912 TB (6 TB 3.5") 4147 TB (1.8 TB 2.5") 2026 TB (3.2 TB OF FMD) 302 TB (800 GB OF SSD) |
| Available versions of drives based on a flash memory | 3.2 TB OF FMD 1.6 TB OF FMD 400 GB (2.5" MLC) 200 GB (2.5" MLC) | 3.2 TB OF FMD 1.6 TB OF FMD 400 GB (2.5" MLC) 200 GB (2.5" MLC) | 3.2 TB OF FMD 1.6 TB OF FMD 400 GB (2.5" MLC) 200 GB (2.5" MLC) | 3.2 TB OF FMD 1.6 TB OF FMD 400 GB (2.5" MLC) 200 GB (2.5" MLC) | 3.2 TB OF FMD 1.6 TB OF FMD 800 GB (2.5" MLC) 400 GB (2.5" MLC) |
| Available options of SAS HDD technology | 6 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 4 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 1.8 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 1.2 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 300 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) | 6 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 4 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 1.8 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 1.2 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 300 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) | 6 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 4 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 1.8 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 1.2 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 300 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) | 6 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 4 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 1.8 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 1.2 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 300 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) | 6 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 4 TB (3.5" 7.2 thousand) 1.8 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 1.2 TB (2.5" 10 thousand) 900 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) 600 GB (2.5" 10 thousand) 300 GB (2.5" 15 thousand) |
| Maximum number of disk arrays for the LFF expansion (3.5") | 7 (2U: 12 LFF) 4 (4U: 60 LFF/SFF) | 16 (2U: 12 LFF) 8 (4U: 60 LFF/SFF) | 24 (2U: 12 LFF) 12 (4U: 60 LFF/SFF) | 48 (2U: 12 LFF) 24 (4U: 60 LFF/SFF) | 12 (16U: 96 LFF) |
| Maximum number of disk arrays for the SFF expansion (2.5") | 7 (2U: 24 SFF) | 16 (2U: 24 SFF) | 24 (2U: 24 SFF) | 48 (2U: 24 SFF) | 12 (16U: 192 SFF) |
| Maximum number of modules Hitachi Accelerated Flash expansions | 7 (2U: 12 FMD) | 16 (2U: 12 FMD) | 24 (2U: 12 FMD) | 48 (2U: 12 FMD) | 16 (4 x 2U: 48 FMD) |
| Characteristics of block module 1 | |||||
| Number of controllers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Height Width Depth | 2U, 3,4" (86 mm) 19" (446 mm) 30" (760 mm) | 4U, 6,9" (175 mm) 19" (446 mm) 34" (865 mm) | 4U, 6,9" (175 mm) 19" (446 mm) 34" (865 mm) | 4U, 6,9" (175 mm) 19" (446 mm) 34.1" (866 mm) | 10U, 17,5" (445 mm) 19" (480 mm) 48.6" (1235 mm) |
| Weight with the set disks | 24 disks SFF: 57 kg 12 disks LFF: 61 kg | 85 kg | 85 kg | 85 kg | 142 kg |
| Internal slots for drives | 12 LFF or 24 SFF | ||||
| Types of the interface of a host | FC: 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps iSCSI: 10 Gbps | FC: 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps iSCSI: 10 Gbps | FC: 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps iSCSI: 10 Gbps | FC: 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps iSCSI: 10 Gbps | FC: 8 Gbps, 16 Gbps IBM® FICON®: 8 Gbps FCoE: 10 Gbps |
| Number of ports of a host, maximum without drives | 16 FC 8 Gbps 8 FC 16 Gbps 8 iSCSI of 10 Gbps 8 iSCSI 10GBase-T | 40 FC 8 Gbps 20 FC 16 Gbps 20 iSCSI of 10 Gbps 20 iSCSI 10GBase-T | 40 FC 8 Gbps 20 FC 16 Gbps 20 iSCSI of 10 Gbps 20 iSCSI 10GBase-T | 64 FC 8 Gbps 32 FC 16 Gbps 32 iSCSI of 10 Gbps 32 iSCSI 10GBase-T | 192 FC 8 Gbps 96 FC 16 Gbps 176 FICON 176 FCoE |
| Capacity of the fiber optic channel to a host | 12,800 Mbps | 32,000 Mbps | 32,000 Mbps | 51,200 Mbps | 256,000 Mbps |
| Internal disk interface | 12 Gbps of SAS | 12 Gbps of SAS | 12 Gbps of SAS | 12 Gbps of SAS | 6 Gbps of SAS |
| Capacity to drives | 12,000 Mbps; 12 Gbps of SAS, 2 on a system | 24,000 Mbps; 12 Gbps of SAS, 8 on a system | 24,000 Mbps; 12 Gbps of SAS, 8 on a system | 48,000 Mbps; 12 Gbps of SAS, 16 on a system | 12,800 Mbps; 8 internal controllers; 6 Gbps of SAS, only 128 |
| Maximum volume of a cache | 64 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 512 GB | 2 TB |
| Characteristics of file module 2 | |||||
| The recommended file modules 3 | 4040 | 4060 | 4060 | 4080 | 4100 |
| Number of nodes on a cluster | 1 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 8 |
| Input-output with any address (the mixed loadings) 4 | 130,000 | 147,957 | 147,957 | 209,519 | 293,128 |
| Height Width Depth | 3U, 5,1" (130 mm) 17.2" (437 mm) 27" (685 mm) | 3U, 5,1" (130 mm) 17.2" (437 mm) 27" (685 mm) | 3U, 5,1" (130 mm) 17.2" (437 mm) 27" (685 mm) | 3U, 5,1" (130 mm) 17.2" (437 mm) 27" (685 mm) | 3U, 5,1" (130 mm) 17.2" (437 mm) 27" (685 mm) |
| Weight | 25 kg | 25 kg | 25 kg | 25 kg | 25 kg |
| Memory on the motherboard | 46 GB (a non-volatile memory — 4 GB) | 46 GB (a non-volatile memory — 4 GB) | 108 GB (a non-volatile memory — 8 GB) | 108 GB (a non-volatile memory — 8 GB) | 108 GB (a non-volatile memory — 8 GB) |
| Number of virtual local area networks | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Protocols | NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SNMP | NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SNMP | NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SNMP | NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SNMP | NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTP, SSL, SNMP |
| Client ports of 1 Gbps | |||||
| Client ports of 10 Gbps | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Characteristics of the software | |||||
| Support of RAID | RAID-1+0, RAID-5, RAID-6 | RAID-1+0, RAID-5, RAID-6 | RAID-1+0, RAID-5, RAID-6 | RAID-1+0, RAID-5, RAID-6 | RAID-1+0, RAID-5, RAID-6 |
| Maximum number of the RAID groups | 84 | 240 | 240 | 480 | 575 |
| Enciphering of seldom used data | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum LUN size | 60 TB | 60 TB | 60 TB | 60 TB | 60 TB |
| Maximum number of LUN | 2,048 | 4,096 | 4,096 | 16,384 | 65,280 |
| Maximum quantity file systems (one node / cluster) | 128/125 | 128/125 | 128/125 | 128/125 | 128/125 |
| Maximum quantity corporate virtual servers (EVS) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Maximum size of the file system | 256 TB | 256 TB | 256 TB | 256 TB | 256 TB |
| Maximum quantity elements on one directory | 16 million | 16 million | 16 million | 16 million | 16 million |
| Maximum quantity of instant pictures | 1024 on the file system; 1024 on LUN; 100,000 on a system | 1024 on the file system; 1024 on LUN; 100,000 on a system | 1024 on the file system; 1024 on LUN; 100,000 on a system | 1024 on the file system; 1024 on LUN; 100,000 on a system | 1024 on the file system; 1024 on LUN; 100,000 on a system |
| Maximum quantity of virtual volumes | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Maximum quantity of quotas for users or groups | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Maximum quantity hosts on Fibre Channel port | 255 | 255 | 255 | 255 | 255 |
| Maximum number The IP addresses on one cluster | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Maximum number of the IP addresses on one corporate virtual server | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Quantity of global symbolic links | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Maximum quantity of links of namespace of a cluster | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Maximum quantity of shares of SMB | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Maximum number of transactions of export of NFS | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Maximum quantity at the same time active clients of NFS and/or SMB | 42,000 | 42,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Maximum quantity at the same time active clients of FTP | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Maximum quantity at the same time open files: SMB | 126,000 | 126,000 | 253,000 | 253,000 | 253,000 |
| Maximum formatted capacity on one cluster | 8 PB | 16 PB | 32 PB | 32 PB | 32 PB |
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