Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F800 hardware overview

The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F800 is a modular, rack-mountable all-flash array storage system, with various fixed storage capacity configurations of FMD DC2 flash storage devices. To deliver consistent low latency host response times and highest IOP performance across all host connection ports, no hard-disk drives are included.

The storage systems contain dual controllers for communicating with a data host. Each controller contains its own processor, dual in-line cache memory modules (DIMMs), cache flash memory (CFM), battery, and fans. Each controller also has an Ethernet connection for out-of-band management. If the data path through one controller fails, all hard drives remain available to data hosts using a redundant data path through the other controller. The storage system controllers are replaceable.

The storage system can be equipped with network-attached storage (NAS) modules. The NAS modules provide file access through CIFS and NFS protocols and block access by using iSCSI protocols, in addition to the block access provided directly by iSCSI and Fibre Channel I/O modules.

All storage system models allow defective drives to be replaced without the interruption of data availability to host computers. A hot spare drive can be configured to replace a failed drive automatically, securing the fault-tolerant integrity of the logical drive. Self-contained, hardware-based RAID logical drives provide maximum performance in compact external enclosures.

Key components are implemented with a redundant configuration, so that the storage system can remain operational in the unlikely event that a component should fail. Adding and replacing components, along with firmware upgrades, can be conducted while the storage system is active.

Child Topics

• Block configuration

  A block-level storage provides the ability to access and provision raw storage volumes using protocols such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI.

• Unified configuration

  A unified configuration includes NAS modules that support file system protocols such as CIFS and NFS operate across a block-level setup using iSCSI or FC connections.

• VSP F800 model

  The VSP F800 is a highly reliable all-flash system that offers high storage capacity with full redundancy to better protect data and manage storage operations.

• Features

  The features described in the table are included with VSP F800

• Scalability