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Virtual Storage Platform is the brand name for a Hitachi Data Systems line of computer data storage systems for data centers . Model numbers include G200, G400, G600, G800, G1000, G1500 and G5500

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5-525: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, also known as VSP was first introduced in September, 2010. This storage platform builds on the design of Universal Storage Platform V, originally released in 2007. At the heart of the system is the HiStar E-Network, a network crossbar switch matrix. This storage platform is made up of different technologies than USP and USP V. The connectivity to back-end disks

10-456: A use case-driven, step-by-step wizard-based approach that allows administrators to perform tasks such as new volume provisioning, configuration of external storage, and creation/expansion of storage pools easily on the fly. Hitachi Command Suite is composed of the following software products: Hitachi Command Suite also supports management interfaces such as SNMP and SMI-S. Universal Storage Platform Universal Storage Platform ( USP )

15-557: Is via 6 Gbit/s SAS links instead of 4 Gbit/s Fibre Channel loop. The internal processors are now Intel multi-core processors, and in addition to 3.5-inch drives support has been added for 2.5 inch small-form factor HDDs. The VSP supports SSD , SAS and SATA drives. Features included: Virtual Storage Platform specifications in 2010 were: Hitachi Command Suite (formerly Hitachi Storage Command Suite) provides integrated storage resource management, tiered storage and business continuity software. Hitachi Command Suite employs

20-592: The appliance instead of in the network. The second generation Universal Storage Platform V replaced the original Universal Storage Platform in 2007 and the Universal Storage Platform VM replacing the original Network Storage Controller also in 2007. At the core of the Universal Storage Platform V and VM is a fully fault tolerant, high performance, non-blocking, silicon based switched architecture designed to provide

25-481: Was the brand name for an Hitachi Data Systems line of computer data storage disk arrays circa 2004 to 2010. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform was first introduced in 2004. An entry-level enterprise and high-end midrange model, the Network Storage Controller was introduced in 2005. The Universal Storage Platform was one of the first disk arrays to virtualize other disk arrays in

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