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HITACHI FREEDOM STORAGE SOFTWARE STORAGE AREA MANAGEMENT SUITE HiCommand Management Framework 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 NanoCopy Hitachi ShadowImage Hitachi Extended Remote Copy (HXRC) Hi-Track Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Hitachi Parallel Access Volume(HPAV)/ Multiple Allegiance (MA) Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (IBM) Hitachi SplitSecond Solutions Data Protection Services BACKUP AND RECOVERY SUITE Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/ Restore (HMBR) Hitachi e-Copy VERITAS NetBackup Tantia Technologies HARBOR Backup PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT SUITE Hitachi CruiseControl Hitachi Priority Access Hitachi FlashAccess Hitachi Parallel Access Volume (HPAV)/Multiple Allegiance (MA) 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 SYSTEM CAPACITY Number of disk drives (with spares) Disk Capacity (GB) 15,000RPM 10,000RPM 10,000RPM 7,200RPM Total raw capacity per system (w/146GB) Maximum usable capacity for RAID-5 (7+1) Open Systems S/390-compatible Maximum usable capacity for RAID-1+ Open Systems S/390-compatible Maximum number of RAID groups/system Data Cache Maximum Minimum Increments Control Memory Maximum Minimum Logical Device Support CONTROL FRAME CLIENT-HOST CHANNEL ADAPTERS (CHAS) Number of CHIP pairs Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair Physical interfaces per CHIP pair Physical Interfaces per System Maximum FICON Extended Serial Adapters (ESCON) Fibre Channel (fiber-optic cable) Maximum Virtual Ports Interface Speed (Fibre Channel/FICON) Logical Paths per System Extended Serial Adapters ARRAY CONTROL PROCESSOR (ACP) Number of ACP pairs per system Physical array paths per ACP pair Maximum disks per array path Simultaneous transfers per ACP pair To cache To disk array Transfer rate Per disk array path Per ACP pair (to cache) Hi-Star switched architecture Aggregate bandwidth (data) Aggregate bandwidth (control) ARRAY FRAME ARRAY FRAMES PER SYSTEM Spare drives per system (standard) per drive RPM installed Spare drives per system (maximum) PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Height Width (with two side panels) Depth Weight Heat Power Height Width (with two side panels) Depth Weight Heat Power HARD DISK DRIVES GMR (GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE) HEAD TECHNOLOGY Rotation Speed Form Factor Media Diameter Actuator Servo System INTERFACE Internal Transfer Rate Inner Zone Outer Zone Average Seek Time Read Write 73GB 10,025RPM 3.5-inch LP 3.0 in. Rotary Digital FC-AL 44.2MB/sec 74.0MB/sec 4.9ms 5.7ms 36GB 14,904RPM 3.5-inch LP 2.5 in. Rotary Digital FC-AL 68.5MB/sec 88.3MB/sec 3.8ms 4.2ms 146GB 10,025RPM 3.5-inch LP 3.0 in. Rotary Digital FC-AL 57.3 99.9 4.9ms 5.4ms LIGHTNING 9980V Up to 4 8 8 64 0, 8, 16, 24, 32 0, 8, 16, 24, 32 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 4,096 2Gb/sec Up to 8,192 LIGHTNING 9980V Up to 4 8 64 8 8 Up to 100MB/sec Up to 800MB/sec 10.6GB/sec 5.3GB/sec LIGHTNING 9980V UP TO 4 # 1 16 LIGHTNING 9980V CONTROL FRAME 1,860mm (73.2 in.) 782mm (30.77 in.) 800mm (31.5 in.) 553kg (1,216.6 lbs) 2.17kW 2.31kVA ARRAY FRAME (ONE TO FOUR # ) 1,860mm (73.2 in.) 750mm (29.5 in.) 800mm (31.5 in.) 755kg (1,661 lbs) 6.61kW 7.16kVA LIGHTNING 9970V Up to 3 8 8 48 0, 8, 16, 24 0, 8, 16, 24 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 3,072 2Gb/sec Up to 6,144 LIGHTNING 9970V 1 or 2" 8 32 8 8 Up to 100MB/sec Up to 800MB/sec 5.3GB/sec 2.6GB/sec LIGHTNING 9970V N/A 1 4 LIGHTNING 9970V INTEGRATED CONTROL AND ARRAY FRAME 1,860mm (73.2 in.) 782mm (30.77 in.) 800mm (31.5 in.) 796kg (1,751.2 lbs) 4.52kW 4.87kVA 64GB 4GB 4GB 3GB 2GB Up to 8,192 32GB 2GB 2GB 3GB 2GB Up to 8,192 LIGHTNING 9980V 5 to 1024 36 73 146 181# 147.5TB 127.8TB 119TB 73TB 63.5TB 254 (with 8 spares) 252 (with 16 spares) LIGHTNING 9970V 5 to 128 36 73 146 17.5TB 15TB 14.1TB 8.9TB 7.7TB 31 (with 4 spares) For additional information, e-mail storage@hds.com Hitachi Data Systems www.hds.com storage@hds.com
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181GB drives are supported through atachment of Lightning 9960 array frames to a Lightning 9980V control frame Extended Serial Adapters are compatible with ESCON protocol. Only one with entry level ACP Up to six Lightning 9960 frames can be attached to a Lightning 9980V control frame. One controller, 64GB cache, 4 ACP pairs, 32 Fibre Channel ports. One disk array frame, 256 disk drives, 18,371GB raw capacity using 73GB hard disk drives. One full system, 32GB cache, 1 ACP pair, 24 Fibre Channel ports, and 128 disks.

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Hitachi Freedom Storage Software for the Lightning 9900 V Series systems Powerful solutions for specific business problems The answers you need to help meet business goals are readily derived from our comprehensive software suites > Storage Area Management > Business Continuity > Backup and Recovery > Performance Enhancement > Data Movement Automate storage management and sharpen your competitive edge with the HiCommand Management Framework Designed to reduce storage management complexity and costs > Open, extensible, modular storage management software based on industry standards: Common Information Model (CIM) Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) > Collaborative/cooperative Best-of-breed third-party product integration Completely customizable > Policy-based automation Reduces operational errors Maximizes availability Optimizes storage management > Manages multi-vendor storage systems from any location Advanced function software and Data Protection Services deliver exceptional capabilities for special projects Your Hitachi Freedom Storage is always available, always up with > Point-in-time copies for disaster recovery, tapeless data vaulting, data warehousing/data mining, and application testing > Real-time data movement and online data migration over virtually unlimited distances > Sophisticated and scalable backup/restore functions > Alternate path and clustering support Major platforms supported Open Systems SUN Solaris Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 2000 IBM AIX HP-UX IBM DYNIX/ptx SGI IRIX Novell NetWare HP Tru64 UNIX Red Hat Linux Linux HP OpenVMS Mainframe zOS OS/390 MVS/ESA MVS/XA TPF/MPLF VM/ESA VM/XA VM/HPO VSE/ESA VSE/SP(4.1) TPF Linux zSeries
Hi-Star Switched Architecture

Industry-leading performance These features support ongoing productivity, company-wide Your technology choices reflect their benefits in business activities > Second-generation, high-speed switched architecture > Separate, redundant data and command paths > High-throughput 10,000RPM and 15,000RPM Fibre Channel disk drives > 32 concurrent data transfers > Fully addressable 64GB cache > Optional Hitachi FlashAccess locks LUNs or LVIs into cache > Extremely fast and intelligent algorithms > Flexible LUN support > Hitachi CruiseControl for automated performance tuning > Support for Hitachi Parallel Access Volumes (HPAV) and Multiple Allegiance (MA) > Priority Access/port throttling provides guaranteed quality of service (QoS), maximum control No downtime worries Open for business24/7 access to data The advantage begins with no single point of failure > Highly resilient switched architecture > Redundant, hot-swappable components > Global dynamic hot sparing > Mirrored write cache with battery backup > End-to-end data protection > Hi-Track call-home maintenance service > Host failover and alternate path support > Non-disruptive microcode upgrades > RAID-1+ and RAID-5 support > Industry-leading point-in-time and remote copy software for data backup and rapid recovery > Proven IBM GDPS support Ideal for networked infrastructures Extensive connectivity Freedom of choice as you implement your infrastructure strategy > Fibre Channel, FICON, and ESCON enable integration for SANs and large S/390 systems > Virtual ports combined with Host Storage Domains deliver nearly unlimited heterogeneous open systems connectivity > Extensible future protocol support through blade technology

Available in flexible configurations for deployment to meet your requirements Lightning 9900 V Series storage systems are made for massive consolidation The Lightning 9970V offers you all The Lightning 9980V enables you to consolidate vast amounts the high-speed, high-availability of storage across open systems characteristics of our advanced and mainframe servers Series in a small footprint > Form centralized host > Deploy for truly group pools manageable SAN strategies > Replace several systems with > Implement for disaster one to simplify and save recovery assurance > Reduce management tasks, > Utilize for company-wide lower staff costs information sharing

Exploiting the power of intelligent storage to simplify management Simplify management You can provide high availability to your operationsand customers > Consolidate systems and pool storage resources > Scalable with non-disruptive expansion to over 140TB > Global 24/7/forever availability > Industry-leading performance driven by our second-generation Hi-Star switched architecture > Virtualized ports simplify your infrastructure > Over 15GB/sec aggregate internal system bandwidth > Heterogeneous storage management through HiCommand Management Framework > Concurrent UNIX, Microsoft Windows NT/Windows 2000, Linux, Novell NetWare, Open VMS, TPF, and OS/390 connectivity > Dramatically reduced licensing and maintenance costs Protect your business continuity You have the tools to recover from disasters quickly and grow sales with built-in backup > 100% data availability guarantee > Instant, user-defined point-in-time copies > Non-disruptive, real-time copies for backups, application testing, and data warehousing/data mining > Off-site redundancy with complete data integrity > Server-less disk copy and tape backup > Tapeless data vaulting > Power to speed up complex decision support queries > Real-time analysis of customer behavior Optimize storage and staff resources You increase your ROI and reduce TCO with massive consolidation and simplified management > Multi-dimensional scalability, including capacity, bandwidth, connectivity, workload mix, and embedded applications > Simplified heterogeneous host access to dynamic storage pools > Easy convergence of SAN and NAS > Set-and-forget management > Count on exceptional service and supportsurvey by FIND/SVP places Hitachi Data Systems Number One in overall service and support as well as technical performance

Hitachi TrueNorththe Direction You Can Trust

Information and knowledge are fundamental determinants for success in the global economy. Thus, the standards for storage infrastructure availability, performance, scalability, and manageability continue to rise. Hitachi TrueNorth is our response to the ensuing demand, allowing you to simplify, protect, and optimize your information infrastructure, reducing total cost of ownership and ensuring a more rapid return on investment. The Hitachi TrueNorth vision and strategic direction, along with an associated product road map, anticipate customer needs. We view the future storage infrastructure as a synergistic combination of management software and powerful, intelligent storage systems that will deliver set-and-forget management, complemented by flexible capacity, performance, and connectivity. Prepare for the future with Hitachi. As we move forward, we offer you an open and collaborative storage management framework, policy-based automation tools, virtualization capabilities, and the worlds finest storage systems.