Keitaro Ikejiri
Product Planning Dept., Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Masataka Innan
Product Planning Dept., Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Hidehiro Nagaya
Disk Array Hardware Development Dept., Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Yasuyuki Nagasoe
Disk Array Software Development Dept. I, Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
The disk array subsystem for enterprise systems "Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V" and its corresponding entry-model "Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM" are equipped with advanced virtualization and high-reliability data-replication functions, thereby further improving the effectiveness of capital investment in storage. The capacity virtualization function "Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning" — fitted for the first time in the world at enterprise class — does not require complex volume (i.e. storage capacity) design and raises the utilization efficiency of storage capacity. Connecting this function with "Hitachi Universal Volume Manager," even in the case of storage connected to an external disk array subsystem makes it possible to more effectively utilize unused disk capacity and dramatically simplify integration of management and operation.
enterprise disk array, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, storage virtualization
