Hitachi RAID - Lightning 9900 Specifications

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Models 9960 9910 System Capacity Number of disk drives (with spares) 5 to 512 5 to 48 Hot Spares (maximum) 16 4 Disk capacity (GB)  3.0 inch (10,025 RPM) 18, 73 (18)† 73  3.0 inch (7,200 RPM) 181 181 Total raw capacity per subsystem 88.3TB 8.3TB Maximum usable capacity for RAID-5 Open Systems 64.3TB 5.6TB S/390®-compatible 34.87TB 5.6TB Maximum usable capacity for RAID-1+ Open Systems 34.87TB 3.7TB S/390®-compatible 41.3TB 3.7TB Maximum number of RAID groups/subsystem With 4 spares  N/A 11 With 8 spares 126 N/A With 12 spares 125  N/A With 16 spares 124  N/A Cache Maximum 32GB 16GB Minimum 2GB 1GB Increments 2GB 1GB Control Memory Up to 1.5GB Logical Device Support Up to 4,096 †Available through RPQ only.

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Control Frame

Models 9960 9910 Client-Host Interface Processors (CHIPs) Number of CHIP pairs Up to 4 Up to 3 Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair 4 or 8 Physical interfaces per CHIP pair 4 or 8 Physical Interfaces per Subsystem   Maximum 32 24 FICON 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 0, 4, 8, 12 ESCON Extended Serial Adapters™ 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 Fibre Channel (fiber-optic cable) 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 Interface Speed 1 or 2 Gbps 1 or 2 Gbps Logical Paths per Subsystem   Extended Serial Adapters Up to 8,192 Up to 6,144 Array Control Processor (ACP) Number of ACP pairs per subsystem Up to 4 1 Physical array paths per ACP pair 8 Maximum disks per array path 32 12 Simultaneous transfers per ACP pair   To cache 8 4   To disk array 8 Transfer rate   Per disk array path Up to 100MB/sec   Per ACP pair (to cache) Up to 800MB/sec Hi-Star™ switched fabric architecture   Maximum internal bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2GB/sec

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Array Frame

Models 9960 9910 Array frames per subsystem Up to 6 N/A Spare drives per subsystem (standard) 1 per drive capacity installed Spare drives per subsystem (maximum) 16 4

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Hard Disk Drives

18.46GB 72.91GB 181GB GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) Head Technology Rotation Speed 10,025RPM 10,025RPM 7,200RPM Media Diameter 3.0 in./LP 3.0 in./LP 3.0 in./HH Actuator Recoilless rotary Recoilless rotary Recoilless rotary Servo System Digital Digital Digital Interface FC-AL FC-AL FC-AL Internal Transfer Rate Inner Zone 30.2MB/sec 33.6MB/sec 25.3MB/sec Outer Zone 45.6MB/sec 56.6MB/sec 47MB/sec Average Seek Time Read 5.2ms 5.7ms 8.2ms Write 6.0ms 6.5ms 8.8ms

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Physical Specifications

Models 9960 9910 Physical Specifications   Control Frame Integrated Control & Array Frame Height 1,790mm (70.5 in.) Width (with two side panels) 750mm (29.5 in.) 700mm (27.6 in.) Depth 800mm (31.5 in.) Weight 451kg (992 lbs)* 524kg (1,153 lbs)** Heat 1.5kW* 3.1kVA** Power 1.6kVA* 3.3kW** Array Frame (one to six) Height 1,790mm (70.5 in.) Width (with two side panels) 600mm (23.6 in.) Depth 800mm (31.5 in.) Weight 469kg (1,031 lbs)*** Heat 3.4kW (1-4); 2.6kW (5-6)*** Power 3.7kVA (1-4); 2.9kVA (5-6)*** * One controller, 16GB cache, 2 ACP pairs, 16 Fibre ports. ** One full system, 16GB cache, 1 ACP pair, 24 Fibre ports, and 48 disks. *** One disk array frame, 96 disk drives, 4,530GB raw capacity using 47GB hard disk drives.

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Lightning 9900 Series Environmental Specifications

Item Condition   Operating1 Non-operating2 Shipping & Storage3 Temperature 16°C to 32°C (61°F to 90°F) -10°C to 43°C (14°F to 109°F) -25°C to 60°C (-13°F to 140°F) Relative Humidity4 20% to 80% 8% to 90% 5% to 95% Max. Wet Bulb 26°C (79°F) 27°C (81°F) 29°C (84°F) Temperature Deviation 10°C (50°F)/hour 10°C (50°F)/hour 20°C (68°F)/hour Vibration5 0.25mm, 5 to 10Hz 0.05G, 10 to 300Hz 2.5mm, 5 to 10Hz 0.5G, 10 to 70Hz 0.05mm, 70 to 99Hz 1.0G, 99 to 300Hz 0.5G, 15min.6 At four most severe resonance between 5 to 200Hz Shock5 None 8G, 15ms Horizontal7: Incline Impact 1.22m/s Vertical8: Rotational Edge 10cm

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Operating System Support

Open Systems Compaq® Tru64™ UNIX HP-UX® IBM® AIX® Novell® NetWare® Red Hat® Linux® Sequent® DYNIX/ptx® SGI™ IRIX® Sun™ Solaris™ Windows® 2000 Windows NT® S/390® OS/390® MVS/ESA® MVS/XA® TPF/MPLF VM/ESA™ VM/XA VM/HPO VSE/ESA® VSE/SP (4.1)

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Freedom Storage Software

Copy, Disaster Recovery, Backup/Restore Hitachi TrueCopy Asynchronous Hitachi Extended Remote Copy Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore Hitachi ShadowImage Hitachi TrueCopy HARBOR® Backup with HARBOR RapidXchange Agent NanoCopy Data Exchange Hitachi RapidXchange™ Hitachi HMDE™ HARBOR File Transfer with the HARBOR RapidXchange Agent Management Hitachi Resource Manager 9000 Hitachi FlashAccess™ Hitachi Graph-Track™ Hitachi LUN Manager Dynamic Link Manager™ Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image Manager Hitachi CruiseControl™ LDEV Security LUN Size Expansion (LUSE) Hitachi SANtinel™ Hitachi Parallel Access Volumes (HPAV) Multiple Allegiance (MA)

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Host Failover and Alternate Path Support

Host Failover Alternate Path HP-UX® MC/ServiceGuard HP-UX/Logical Volume     Manager Sun Solaris™ VERITAS Cluster Server™ VERITAS VxVM Hitachi Path Manager AIX® HACMP Hitachi Path Manager Windows NT/2000® MSCS Hitachi Path Manager Compaq® Tru64™ UNIX TruCluster™ — Sequent® ATAP Sequent proprietary software

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