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, hard-disk drives are supported in an all-flash configuration.
The storage system contain dual controllers, each controller contains its own processor, dual in-line cache memory modules (DIMMs), cache flash memory (CFM), battery, fans and iSCSI and Fibre Channel I/O modules. Each controller also has an Ethernet connection for out-of-band management. If the data path through one controller fails, all data drives remain available to data hosts using a redundant data path through the other controller.
The storage system can be equipped with embedded network-attached storage (NAS) modules. The NAS modules provide file access through CIFS and NFS protocols and block access by using iSCSI protocols.
All storage system models allow defective drives to be replaced without the interruption of data availability to hosts. A hot spare drive can be configured to replace a failed drive automatically, securing the fault-tolerant integrity of the logical drives. Self-contained, hardware-based RAID logical drives provide maximum performance in compact external enclosures.
Essential hardware components are implemented with a redundant configuration so that the storage system can remain operational if a component fails. Adding and replacing components, along with firmware upgrades, can be conducted while the storage system is active.
Block configuration
A storage system configured for block-level storage provides the ability to access and provision raw storage volumes using protocols such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
A block configuration consists of the following:
- Two controllers
- One or more drive trays
- One 1U service processor server (SVP)
Unified configuration
A unified configuration includes embedded NAS modules that support file system protocols such as CIFS and NFS and operate across a block-level setup using iSCSI or FC connections.
- Two controllers
- Two NAS modules for file operations and storage
- One or more drive trays for block-level storage
- One 1U block service processor server (SVP)
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.
The storage system consists of a 4U enclosure that includes two controllers. Drives are supported using drive trays connected to the controllers.
Controller |
Controller chassis |
Controller model |
Height |
CBLH | DW800-CBL | DW‑F800‑CTLH | 4U (174.3 mm) |
Drive tray |
Drive tray model name |
Supported drive type |
Number of drives supported |
Height |
FMD tray | DW-F800-DBF | 5.25-inch FMD | 12 | 2U (86.2 mm) |
SFF drive tray |
|
2.5-inch SFF | 24 | 2U (86.2 mm) |
High-speed cache memory
The storage system supports 512 GB of high-speed cache memory. The DIMMs are arranged as 128 GB per controller.
Flash module drives (FMD)
The VSP F800 storage system supports up to 576 flash module drives. The total raw flash capacity is 8,106 TB.
Model number |
Drive type |
Drive capacity |
DKC-F810I-1R6FN |
FMD DC2 |
1.6 TiB |
DKC-F810I-3R2FN |
FMD DC2 |
3.2 TiB |
DKC-F810I-6R4FN |
FMD DC2 |
6.4 TiB |
DKC-F810I-7R0FP |
FMD HD |
7 TB |
DKC-F810I-14RFP |
FMD HD |
14 TB |
Solid-state drives
The VSP F800 storage system supports up to 1,152 SSDs. The total raw flash capacity is 4,355 TB.
Model number |
Drive type |
Drive capacity |
DKC-F810I-1R9MGM |
SSD |
1.9 TB |
DKC-F810I-3R8MGM |
SSD |
3.8 TB |
Interface ports
Interface ports for attachment to hosts are provided on the front-end modules. The system supports 24 front-end modules.
Model number |
Description |
Maximum number of ports supported |
DW-F800-2HS10S | 10-Gbps iSCSI (optical) front-end module | 24 |
DW-F800-2HS10B | 10-Gbps iSCSI (copper) front-end module | 24 |
DW-F800-4HF8 | 8-Gbps Fibre Channel (4-port) front-end module | 48 |
DW-F800-2HF16 | 16-Gbps Fibre Channel (2-port) front-end module | 24 |
DW-F800-4HF32R | 32/16-Gbps Fibre Channel (4-port) front-end module | 48 |
Features
The features described in the table are included with VSP F800
Feature |
Value |
Maximum cache memory supported | 512 GB |
Maximum number of spare drives | 64 |
Maximum number of RAID groups |
480 |
Maximum volume size |
3 TB (4 TB when using the LDEVs of other Storage Systems) |
Maximum number of volumes per host groups |
2,048 |
Maximum number of volumes per RAID group |
2,048 |
Maximum number of DP pool volumes |
4,096 |
Maximum number of DP pools |
64 |
Maximum number of iSCSI hosts connected through a network switch |
255 |
Maximum number of Fibre Channel devices connected through a Fibre Channel switch |
255 |
Scalability
All storage systems offer pay-as-you-grow scalability by allowing you to hot-add drives as you need them.
Examples of supported VSP F800 configurations
The following table lists the maximum number of drive trays and drives supported in a system configuration. A diskless configuration does not include any drive trays.
Drive tray |
Maximum number of drive trays supported |
Maximum number of drives supported |
SFF drive tray | 48 | 1152 SSDs |
FMD drive tray | 48 | 576 HAF flash module drives |
FMD2 drive tray | 48 | 48 DC2 flash module drives |
Maximum number of mounted drive trays
The following table lists the maximum number of mountable drive trays and mountable drives for each drive type.
VSP F800 controller |
Drive trays |
Maximum number of trays |
Maximum number of drives |
CBLH |
FMD |
48 |
576 FMDs (HAF) |
FMD |
4 |
40 FMDs + 2 spares (DC2) |
|
48 FMDs |
|||
SFF |
48 |
1,152 SSDs |