Hitachi RAID - Lightning 9900 V Specifications -


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 System Capacity
Models 9980V 9970V
Number of disk drives (with spares) 5 to 1024 5 to 128
Disk capacity
15,000RPM 36GB
10,025RPM 73GB
7,200RPM 181
Total raw capacity per subsystem 74.7TB 9.3TB
Maximum usable capacity for RAID-5
Open Systems 64.3TB 6.8TB
S/390®-compatible 61.1TB 6.4TB
Maximum usable capacity for RAID-1+
Open Systems 37TB 4.5TB
S/390®-compatible 34.6TB 4.2TB
Maximum number of RAID groups/subsystem
With 4 spares 31
With 8 spares 254
With 16 spares 252
Cache
Maximum 64GB 32GB
Minimum 4GB 2GB
Increments 4GB 2GB
Logical Device Support Up to 8,192

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 Control Frame
Models 9980V 9970V
Client-Host Channel Adapters (CHAs)
Number of CHIP pairs Up to 4 Up to 3
Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair 8
Physical interfaces per CHIP pair 8
Physical Interfaces per Subsystem
  Maximum 32 24
FICON® 0, 8, 16, 24, 32 0, 8, 16, 24
Extended Serial Adapters™† 0, 8, 16, 24, 32 0, 8, 16, 24
Fibre Channel (fiber-optic cable) 0, 8, 16, 24, 32 0, 8, 16, 24
Interface Speed (Fibre Channel) 2 Gbit/sec
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 1or 2
Physical array paths per ACP pair 8
Maximum disks per array path 64 32
Simultaneous transfers per ACP pair
  To cache 8
  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
  Aggregate bandwidth (data) 10.6GB/sec 5.3GB/sec
  Aggregate bandwidth (control) 5.3GB/sec 2.6GB/sec

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 Array Frame
Models 9980V 9970V
Array frames per subsystem Up to 4 N/A
Spare drives per subsystem (standard) 1 per drive RPM installed
Spare drives per subsystem (maximum) 16 4

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 Hard Disk Drives
  73GB 36GB
GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) Head Technology
Rotation Speed 10,025RPM 14,904RPM
Form Factor 3.5-inch LP  
Media Diameter 3.0 in. 2.5 in.
Actuator Rotary  
Servo System Digital  
Interface FC-AL  
Internal Transfer Rate
Inner Zone 44.2MB/sec 68.5MB/sec
Outer Zone 74.0MB/sec 88.3MB/sec
Average Seek Time
Read 4.9ms 3.8ms
Write 5.7ms 4.2ms

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 Physical Specifications
Models 9980V 9970V
Physical Specifications
  Control Frame Integrated Control & Array Frame
Height 1,860mm (73.2 in.)
Width (with two side panels) 782mm (30.77 in.)
Depth 800mm (31.5 in.)
Weight 553kg (1,216.6 lbs)* 796kg (1,751.2 lbs)**
Heat 2.17kW* 4.52kW**
Power 2.31kVA* 4.87kW**
Array Frame (one to four)
Height 1,860mm (73.2 in.)
Width (with two side panels) 750mm (29.5 in.)
Depth 800mm (31.5 in.)
Weight 755kg (1,661 lbs)***
Heat 6.61kW
Power 7.16kVA
* One controller, 64GB cache, 4 ACP pairs, 32 Fibre Channel ports.
** One full system, 32GB cache, 1 ACP pair, 24 Fibre Channel ports, and 128 disks.
*** One disk array frame, 256 disk drives, 18,371GB raw capacity using 73GB hard disk drives.

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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®
Open VMS
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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 Hitachi Freedom Storage Software
Storage Area Management Suite
HiCommand™
Hitachi Resource Manager™
    Hitachi Graph-Track™
    Hitachi FlashAccess™
    Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image (VLVI) Manager
    Hitachi LUN Manager
    Hitachi SANtinel™
Hitachi Command Control Interface
Sun™ StorEdge™ Resource Management Suite
VERITAS® Volume Manager™
Business Continuity Suite
Hitachi TrueCopy
Hitachi NanoCopy™
Hitachi ShadowImage™
Hitachi Extended Remote Copy (HXRC)
Hi-Track®
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager™
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex™ (IBM)
Data Protection Services
Backup and Recovery Suite
Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore (HMBR)
Hitachi e-Copy
VERITAS NetBackup™
Tantia Technologies™ HARBOR® Backup
Performance Enchancement Suite
Hitachi CruiseControl™
Hitachi Priority Access
Hitachi FlashAccess
Hitachi Parallel Access Volume (HPAV)
Hitachi Graph-Track
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager

Performance Maximizer Package
    Hitachi Performance Monitor
    Hitachi CruiseControl
    Hitachi Priority Access
Data Movement Suite
Hitachi RapidXchange™
Data Protection Services
Tantia Technologies HARBOR File Transfer

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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 Dynamic Link Manager
AIX® HACMP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Windows NT/2000® MSCS Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Compaq® Tru64™ UNIX TruCluster™ LMS
Sequent® ATAP Sequent proprietary software

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