Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series User Manual

Convention Description
{ } braces Indicates required or expected values. Example: { a | b } indicates
that you must choose either a or b.
| vertical bar Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or
arguments. Examples:
[ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or nothing.
{ a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.
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Tip Provides helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for
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Caution Warns the user of adverse conditions and/or consequences
(for example, disruptive operations, data loss, or a system
crash).
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avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
Conventions for storage capacity values
Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are calculated based
on the following values:
Physical capacity unit Value
1 kilobyte (KB) 1,000 (10
3
) bytes
1 megabyte (MB) 1,000 KB or 1,000
2
bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) 1,000 MB or 1,000
3
bytes
1 terabyte (TB) 1,000 GB or 1,000
4
bytes
1 petabyte (PB) 1,000 TB or 1,000
5
bytes
1 exabyte (EB) 1,000 PB or 1,000
6
bytes
Conventions for storage capacity values
Preface
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series Hardware Guide 7

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Hitachi
Model	Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series
Category	Storage
Language	English