Hitachi G700 - Page 12

High performance
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Multiple controller conguration distributes processing to each controller
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Equipped with high capacity cache to provide a total of 512 GB of high-speed
processing
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Flash drive conguration increases I/O processing speeds
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Equipped with 32/16-Gbps Fibre Channel or 10-Gbps iSCSI interface facilitates high-
speed data transfer
High reliability
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Main system components are congured with redundancy to maintain continued
service
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RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6 support (RAID 6 including 14D+2P)
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Provides data security by transferring data to cache ash memory at the time of a
power outage
Scalability and versatility
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Supports small form-factor drive trays (DBS/DBSE) requiring 2U of rack space and up
to 24 2.5-inch HDDs and/or ash drives can be installed
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Supports large form factor drive trays (DBL/DBLE) requiring 2U of rack space and up
to 12 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed
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Supports high-density intermix drive tray (DB60) requiring 4U of rack space and a
selection of up to 60 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed
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Supports ash drive tray (DBF) requiring 2U of rack space and up to 12 ash module
drives (FMD) can be installed
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Supports system environments with mixed operating systems such as UNIX, Linux,
Windows, and VMware
Features
Chapter 1: Overview
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