Hitachi NAS Blade

for TagmaStore™
Universal Storage
Platform and Network
Storage Controller

Partner Beyond Technology

Hitachi NAS Blade for TagmaStore™
Universal Storage Platform and
Network Storage Controller
Create a common storage pool. Consolidate NAS data
inside your Hitachi TagmaStore™ Universal Storage Platform
or Network Storage Controller with Hitachi NAS Blade.
Hitachi NAS Blade—Maximize Resource : : Maximizes storage utilization; allocates storage to and from
NAS applications as needed
Utilization, Lower Management Costs,
Extend Your Investment : : Reduces costs with flexible software pricing by NAS workload
Consolidate your network-attached storage (NAS), storage area network Mitigate Risk
(SAN), and direct-attached storage (DAS) into one footprint. With the : : Leverages Hitachi replication software for business continuity
Hitachi NAS Blade for TagmaStore™ Universal Storage Platform and
Network Storage Controller, you can allocate storage to your NAS : : Allows fewer points of vulnerability and fewer components than
applications in seconds, making your Universal Storage Platform or NAS gateways; no external cabling or Fibre Channel switches
Network Storage Controller the most flexible SAN/NAS/DAS system : : Reduces operator errors through consistent SAN and NAS
on the market. Manage it all from one “pane of glass” with Hitachi storage processes
HiCommand® Device Manager software and leverage integrated
dynamic Hitachi copy software. Enable Operational Excellence
: : No changes to NAS applications—no downside for users
The Hitachi NAS Blade delivers full file services/file sharing NAS
functionality in a high-availability clustered configuration. Your : : Match Hitachi NAS Blade configurations to support multiple
applications continue to run in the same way, but now with RAID NAS environments or workloads
data protection and robust Hitachi software to enable business
continuity—Hitachi ShadowImage™ Heterogeneous In-System Feature Highlights
Replication and Hitachi TrueCopy™ Heterogeneous Remote Full NAS Functionality
Replication software. : : Supports heterogeneous file-sharing protocols, including CIFS,
NFSv2, NFSv3, SSH, and FTP; major name services; and IP protocols
Business Benefits : : Runs NAS Blade Manager software, a Linux-based operating
Reduce Operational and Capital Costs system
: : Eliminates NAS and SAN islands; consolidates data onto the
Universal Storage Platform or Network Storage Controller : : Uses the SGI XFS® Journaling File System, tuned by Hitachi for
fast operation and easy recovery
: : Allocates high-demand data to the Fibre Channel-connected
SAN on the Universal Storage Platform or Network Storage : : Recovers files instantly with “Sync Image” snapshot software
Controller and aging, or less-referenced NAS data to externally : : Supports file system–aware NDMP Backup using the optional
attached, lower-cost Fibre Channel, SATA, or intermixed storage Hitachi NAS Backup Restore module and NDMP software, such
: : Extends the life of Fibre Channel or SATA storage systems by as VERITAS NetBackup or Hitachi Backup and Restore software,
attaching them to the back end of the Universal Storage powered by CommVault®
Platform or Network Storage Controller
: : Supports the optional Symantec Anti-Virus Scan Engine using
: : Manages all storage with a single set of tools Hitachi NAS Antivirus Agent
Hitachi NAS Blade for TagmaStore™ Universal Storage Platform and Network Storage Controller
Product Specification
Operating system Hitachi NAS Blade Manager for the Hitachi NAS Blade for TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform and
Network Storage Controller
Standard software features Integrated RAID Manager, Hitachi-tuned SGI XFS® Clustered Failover, Integrated NAS Manager, File Sharing, Sync Image
Snapshot, Oracle OSCP, NIS, DNS, SNMP, Microsoft Windows ACL, Active Directory, support for open LDAP/Sun Java LDAP
server, Microsoft ADAM, user and group quota management, hard and soft quota support
Network protocol support NFS v2/v3 (UDP or TCP), CIFS, SSH, and FTP
Licensed software products Backup Restore, Antivirus Agent
Integrated with Hitachi ShadowImage™ Heterogeneous In-System Replication software for disk-to-disk backup and
Hitachi TrueCopy™ Heterogeneous Remote Replication software for system-to-system replication
Hardware features Fully integrated NAS Blade as a feature of the Universal Storage Platform and Network Storage Controller
Works with all external storage system connectivity supported by the Universal Storage Platform and
Network Storage Controller
Redundant hot-plug cooling fans and power supplies
4 full-duplex Gigabit 1000Base-SX Ethernet Ports on board per Blade
Always configured in 2-Blade cluster increments for highest availability
Number of NAS Blades (minimum/maximum) 2-8, available in clusters of 2 Blades only
per storage system 1 clustered pair (2 Blades) minimum
4 clustered pair maximum for Universal Storage Platform (total 2, 4, 6, or 8 Blades) and 1 clustered pair maximum
for Network Storage Controller
Maximum number of volumes 256/cluster
Volume size Maximum: 2TB, minimum equal to minimum LUN size of the storage system
Maximum usable capacity Up to 512TB per Blade cluster and depending upon RAID type and parity group size up to 287TB of usable storage per
Universal Storage Platform and up to 36TB of usable storage per Network Storage Controller
File system minimum/maximum Tuned XFS, 1-256 per Cluster, 1-128 with LVM per node, maximum file system size: 2TB
File size NFS v3: 2TB, NFSv2: 2GB, CIFS: 2TB, minimum 128MB
NFS file shares per cluster Maximum of 256/cluster
CIFS file shares per cluster Maximum of 256/cluster
ECC Memory 4GB embedded in each NAS Blade
Gigabit Ethernet Ports (embedded, Fibre) 4 GbitE ports per Blade/8 GbitE ports per cluster
Maximum 32 ports per Universal Storage Platform and 8 ports on Network Storage Controller
Clustered Failover Standard, Active/Active
Sync Image Snapshots 1-124 snapshot generations per file system: up to 64 file systems with Sync Image Snapshots
Maximum snapshot generations: 4,030 per node, 8,060 per cluster

Management Software
External storage virtualization and management Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software enables virtualization of external storage through the external ports of the
Universal Storage Platform
Resource provisioning Integrated with Hitachi Resource Manager™ utility package for SAN and NAS storage provisioning
Device and resources management NAS Blade Manager integrated with Hitachi HiCommand® Device Manager software v4.0 (optional)
Performance tuning NAS Blade Manager integrated with Hitachi HiCommand Tuning Manager software v4.0 (optional)
Antivirus protection Hitachi NAS Blade Antivirus Agent—optional software runs on NAS Blades and works with Symantec
AntiVirus Scan Engine (SAVSE). SAVSE and the server on which it runs are supplied by the customer.
Clients tested/supported Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM® AIX®, HP Tru64 UNIX, SGI IRIX, Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
Server 2003, and Windows NT

Scalability, Availability : : Avoids hardware failures with Hi-Track® “call-home”

: : Scales up to 512TB per Hitachi NAS Blade cluster service/remote maintenance tool

: : Ensures high availability through clustered NAS servers with

active-active failover
Prerequisites
Quick Start Service for Hitachi NAS Blade
: : Provides redundant hot-pluggable cooling fans and This service configures the Hitachi NAS Blade package into your network,
power supplies including connections to the appropriate directory services, such as
: : Protects data fully with superior Hitachi hardware-based NIS, DNS, and Active Directory. Consultants build a file system and
RAID technology shares to connect to five Microsoft Windows and/or five UNIX clients,
develop a structure to recover file system data using the Hitachi Sync
: : Integrates with ShadowImage and TrueCopy software for Image system, demonstrate to your technical staff how to configure
business continuity and disaster recovery applications the NAS Blade, and review NAS backup module setup.
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