Hitachi G1500 - Chapter 1: VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 Overview; System Overview; Features

Chapter 1: VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP
F1500 overview
The following describes the hardware components of the VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and
VSP F1500 storage systems.
System overview
The VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 are high-capacity, high-performance, unied
block and le enterprise storage systems that oer a wide range of storage and data
services, softwar
e, logical partitioning, and unied data r
eplication acr
oss heter
ogeneous
storage systems.
Features
The VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 storage systems include state-of-the art
advances in hardware technology that improve reliability, serviceability, and accessibility
to drives and other components when maintenance is required.
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VSP F1500 all-ash array is congured exclusively with the latest generation of ash
module drives (FMDs) to provide performance optimized for intense I/O operations.
Designed for ash-rst, high-performance workloads and leveraging Hitachi's SVOS-
based deduplication and compr
ession, VSP F1500 oers up to ve times greater ROI
with unied support for SAN, NAS, and mainframe workloads.
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Accelerated ash architecture delivers consistent, low-latency IOPS at scale.
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Adaptive ash management distributes writes and rebalances load over time.
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Hitachi FMDs deliver enterprise performance with superior functionality and
greater cost value.
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The VSP G1500 and VSP F1500 are equipped with new virtual storage directors (VSD).
The VSD uses the latest generation of Intel Xenon 2.3-GHz 8-core microprocessor to
eciently manage the front-end directors, back-end directors, PCI Express interface,
local memory, and communication between the service processor.
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Hitachi Accelerated Flash FMD DC2 storage oers a patented data-center-class design
and rack-optimized form factor that delivers more than 8 PB per system. The FMD
DC2 supports a sustained performance of 100,000 8K I/O per second, per device, with
low and consistent response time.
Chapter 1: VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 overview
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000, G1500, and VSP F1500 Hardware Guide 14