Adaptable Modular Storage Family
AMS500
The Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage models 1000, 500, and 200 deliver the best price/performance, availability and best-in-class scalability in the modular storage market space! Leveraging many high-end features such as cache partitioning and RAID-6, the Adaptable Modular Storage systems are easily managed by Hitachi’s Storage Navigator Modular software. These systems are ideal for any small, midsized or larger businesses that requiring high-availability and high-performance solutions.
Adaptable Modular Storage 1000: With up to 450 disk drives and the ability to virtually connect to a maximum of 1,024 servers, this model delivers enterprise-class performance and capacity at a mid-range price. The 1000 is ideal for larger companies.
Adaptable Modular Storage 500: This model is the solution for mid-sized companies that need tiered storage in a single rack. Mix up to 225 fibre channel and SATA hard drives to store data for both high performance applications and near-line or back up applications.
Adaptable Modular Storage 200: This entry level model is ideal for small business or branch offices. Configurations scale from 4 to 105 hard drives. The 200 is a great choice for companies or departments that are implementing their first storage area network (SAN).
Features
- Upgradeable, data-in-place growth from Adaptable Modular Storage 200 to 500 to 1000 models
- Multi-protocol support for consolidating storage between two types of server interfaces:
- Adaptable Modular Storage 1000 models have dual protocol support for Fibre Channel and iSCSI host connections
- Adaptable Modular Storage 200 and 500 models have dual protocol support for Fibre Channel and iSCSI host connections
- Vertical scaling allows LUNs to span over multiple drive trays
- Scalable design to add capacity, connectivity and/or performance as needed
- Support for all major open systems operating systems as well as host bus adapter and switch models combinations from major vendors
Flexibility
- No single point-of-failure, all dual-controller models fully redundant
- Major components hot-swappable
- Battery back-up for cache
- Non-disruptive microcode updates
- Host failover with HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager software
- Multipathing support for Windows (MPIO) and Solaris (MPxIO)
- Supports in-system volume backups and snapshots
- Remote site replication (AMS500 and AMS1000)
- Supports RAID-6 dual parity for highest reliability
- RAID-5, RAID-1 and RAID-1+0 and RAID 0 also supported
- Hi-Track® "call home" service/remote maintenance tool
Availability
- Cache partitioning to optimize application performance
- Allows up to 1024 virtual ports with Host Storage Domains and 4096 LUNs for concurrent support of large heterogeneous open systems environments
- 4Gbit/sec host Fibre Channel connections
- Four fibre channel loops per drive tray to ensure maximum bandwidth
High Performance
- Includes easy-to-use utilities for configuration and management
- Integrates seamlessly with Hitachi storage systems, managed with a single set of tools using HiCommand Suite software
- Virtually all Hitachi software products run identically on Hitachi modular models and on Hitachi enterprise storage system
- Supports Plug-and-play SAN Kits compatible with Microsoft Simple SAN
Simplicity
- Role based access to Adaptable Modular Storage management systems
- Audit logging keeps track of all system changes
Security
Ideal Applications
- Storage consolidation or storage area network (SAN)
- Primary storage for small or medium sized businesses and branch offices
- Lower tiered storage for large enterprises when used with an Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V™ or Universal Storage Platform VM
- Business Continuity Solutions
- Microsoft environments
- ERP/CRM
- Databases
Benefits
- Intermix Fibre Channel disk drives for high performance with SATA disk drives for lower cost bulk storage in the same system
- Non-disruptively migrate data within the system and without using host resources
- Move data between tiers of storage
- Move data to match drive types with performance requirements
- Move data between RAID groups to balance workloads
- Serves as backend storage for the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform ™ V or Universal Storage Platform VM
Tiered Storage in a Single Rack
- Power Savings option that spins down unused or infrequently used RAID groups
- Volume migration to 1000GB, 7200rpm SATA hard drives that provide the lowest energy consumption per GB
- All models are RoHS compliant
