High performance
Dual controller configuration distributes processing to each controller
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Equipped with high capacity cache to provide a total of 1,024 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
Small form-factor drive tray (DBS): Up to 24 2.5-inch HDDs or flash drives can be
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installed (2U size)
Large form-factor drive tray (DBL): Up to 12 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed (2U size)
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High-density intermix drive tray (DB60): Up to 60 3.5-inch HDDs can be installed (4U
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size)
Flash drive tray (DBF): Up to 12 flash module drives (FMD) can be installed (2U size)
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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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