Hitachi G700 Hardware Reference Manual page 12

High performance
Multiple controller configuration distributes processing to each controller
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Equipped with high capacity cache to provide a total of 512 GB of high-speed
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processing
Flash drive configuration increases I/O processing speeds
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Equipped with 32/16-Gbps Fibre Channel or 10-Gbps iSCSI interface facilitates high-
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speed data transfer
High reliability
Main system components are configured with redundancy to maintain continued
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service
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 flash memory at the time of a
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power outage
Scalability and versatility
Supports small form-factor drive trays (DBS/DBSE) requiring 2U of rack space and up
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to 24 2.5-inch HDDs and/or flash drives can be installed
Supports large form factor drive trays (DBL/DBLE) requiring 2U of rack space and up
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to 12 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed
Supports high-density intermix drive tray (DB60) requiring 4U of rack space and a
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selection of up to 60 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed
Supports flash drive tray (DBF) requiring 2U of rack space and up to 12 flash module
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drives (FMD) can be installed
Supports system environments with mixed operating systems such as UNIX, Linux,
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Windows, and VMware
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G700 Hardware Reference Guide
Chapter 1: Overview
Features
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