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Hitachi Data Instance Manager

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Hitachi Data Instance Manager (HDIM) Software
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Continuous Data Protection with HDIM

Data Instance Manager

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  • Eliminate backup windows and accelerate recovery with powerful tools such as continuous data protection, archive and replication.
  • Reduce copy data, or data instances, with a simple, easy-to-use policy management and workflow solution.
  • Meet stringent service levels such as RPOs, RTOs and retention with robust, holistic protection and management of SLA requirements.
Overview

Unified and Easy-to-Use Data Protection

IT departments are usually overwhelmed with the vast array of data protection and management challenges as well as the various solutions and capabilities. Similarly, with the constant pressures to do more with less, improve operational efficiency, and maintain service levels, it can be difficult to focus on business.

Hitachi Data Instance Manager (HDIM) is a unified, easy-to-use, policy- and workflow-based solution that centralizes multiple data protection capabilities for file, SQL and Microsoft® Exchange in Microsoft and Linux mid-tier environments, including remote offices. It includes backup, continuous data protection, archive, snapshot, deduplication, data security and more, with top-down policy management. HDIM protects data and reduces, controls and manages copy data, or data instances. It replaces or augments legacy data protection point-solutions and eliminates backup windows, improves service levels, reduces backup data volumes, supports compliance requirements and improves application uptime, all while helping to reduce costs

  • Eliminate your backup window with a unified continuous data protection and archive solution.
  • Meet service levels and reduce costs using fewer resources to manage more data with a holistic approach to data protection.
  • Real-time data capture enables maximum protection and consistent snapshots for instant recovery and application consistency.
  • Tight integration with Hitachi Content Platform provides advanced e-mail archive capabilities for Microsoft Exchange environments.

Look into Hitachi Data Instance Manager

  • See how to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve asset utilization with HDIM, a policy-based workflow management solution. Watch or download.
  • Read Hu Yoshida's view on the growth of copy data and how HDIM can help you manage your copy data.

Features and Benefits
  • Improve operational efficiency and asset utilization with a unified solution that replaces or enhances legacy point solutions.
  • Take control of your SLAs by setting RPOs to match your business needs.
  • Apply continuous data capture to enable maximum protection and consistent snapshots.
  • Classify data while it’s created to ensure optimal management and compliance.
  • Reduce the number of copies of data to reduce costs and the workload on servers, storage, networks and personnel.
  • Use the whiteboard-like, easy-to-use graphical user interface for agility throughout the data protection and management process to help meet exacting business needs.
  • Automatically move inactive e-mail records to Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), a flexible, scalable, searchable, secure object storage platform.
  • Improve data security and compliance through advanced blocking and tracking capabilities.
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Specifications

Source and Mirror Nodes Master NodeRepository Nodes
Windows
XP Professional SP2+ (f)
Vista SP1+ (f) (f)
Vista SP1+ (64 bit) (f) (f)
Windows 7(f) (f)
Windows 7 (64 bit) (f) (f)
Windows 2003 R2 SP1+
Windows 2003 R2 SP1+ (64 bit)
Windows 2008
Windows 2008 (64 bit) (e)
Windows 2008 R2 (64 bit)
Linux
Kernel 2.6+


Source and Mirror Nodes Master NodeRepository Nodes
Memory 512 MB+ 2 GB+ 4 GB+
Hard Disk Space 50 MB for
HDIM, 16
GB for cache		 50 MB for
HDIM, 4 GB for
logs		 50 MB for
HDIM, 16 GB
per source
Repository space
RAID Disk Not Required Not Required Performance Based
RAID 16 GB
per source
Repository space
Network Interface 100+ Mb/s100+ Mb/s 1000+ Mb/s
Processor1 CPU, 1 GHz2 CPU, 2+ GHz 4 CPU, 2+ GHz
Suggested OS AnyWindows 2003,
2008, Linux		 Windows 2003,
2008, Linux
Display Resolution 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 N/A
(via Master)
Software N/A Oracle Java
Runtime Environment
or above (a)		 Oracle Java
Runtime Environment
or above (a)

The specified system requirements detail recommended minimum specifications and do not reflect the ideal specifications that specific environments may require. Please contact a Hitachi Data Systems sales representative with details of your intended environment for more specific system requirements.

  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 32 bit or greater can be downloaded from http://www.java.com.
  • Repository configuration should plan for 16GB of hard disk space for cache per Source Node.
  • When more than one configuration is applied to a single node, the higher specification is required.
  • Recent updates and patches of OS should be maintained to minimize problems.
  • When installing Repository on Windows 2008 64-bit, we recommend using the Microsoft Dynamic Cache Service, called Dynacache, available for free via download at Microsoft.
  • Workstation OS such as XP and Windows 7 can be used for HDIM Repository for demo purposes. For production purposes use server based OS such as Windows 2003, Windows 2008 or Linux. The HDIM Master can be installed on XP. It can also reside on Vista and Windows 7 if the UAC "User Account Control" is turned off.

When more than one configuration is applied to a single node, higher specification may be needed.

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