Hitachi VSP 5100 User Manual

Key features
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Agility and scalability
There are four VSP 5000 series models: VSP 5100, VSP 5500, VSP 5100H, and VSP
5500H. The VSP 5100 all-ash array (AFA) is a scale-up enterprise storage platform
with one pair of controller nodes supporting open and mainframe workloads. The
VSP 5500 AFA starts with a single node pair and scales out to three node pairs to
provide up to 69 PB of raw capacity and 21 million IOPS of performance. Both models
are also available as hybrid arrays, VSP 5100H and VSP 5500H, that support a mixed
environment of the following drives:
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SAS HDD
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SAS SSD
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SAS FMD
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NVMe SSD
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NVMe SCM
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All-ash performance accelerated by NVMe technology
NVMe drives provide high throughput and low latency to achieve high response
performance, enabling large volumes of data to be processed rapidly with response
times as low as 70 microseconds. NVMe storage class memory (SCM) drives provide
signicantly quicker access to data, up to 10 times faster than ash drives, and are
more durable than ash drives.
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Reliability and resiliency
Leveraging hot-swappable components, nondisruptive maintenance and upgrades,
and outstanding data protection, VSP 5000 series oers complete system redundancy
and is backed by a 100% data availability guarantee. VSP 5000 series's active-active
controller architecture protects against local faults and performance issues, and
hardware redundancy eliminates all active single points of failure, no matter how
unlikely, to provide the highest level of reliability and data availability.
Storage system specifications
The following table lists the technical specications of the Hitachi Virtual Storage
Platform 5000 series storage system.
Item Specification
System 2.5-inch SAS
HDD/SSD
Maximum number of
drives
2-node system: 768
4-node system: 1,536
6-node system: 2,304
3.5-inch SAS
HDDs
Maximum number of
drives
2-node system: 384
4-node system: 768
Storage system specications
Chapter 1: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 series overview
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series Hardware Guide 11

Hitachi VSP 5100 Specifications

General

Brand	Hitachi
Model	VSP 5100
Category	Storage
Language	English