VSP Midrange

HUS VM

HUS 100

Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) family systems, including HUS VM and HUS 100 series)

VSP

VSP G1000

Software for:
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) family systems, including VSP G1000, VSP
and VSP midrange systems (VSP 200, VSP 400 and VSP 600)

Mainframe
and Open

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management

Hitachi Storage
Virtualization
Operating
System
(SVOS)

Hitachi Base
Operating
System (BOS)
for Hitachi
Unified Storage
VM

SVOS provides system element management and advanced storage system functions, such
as storage virtualization, thin provisioning, storage service-level controls and performance
instrumentation across multiple storage platforms. On Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
G1000, SVOS includes Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi
Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Virtual
Partition Manager (supports 32 cache partitions), Hitachi Resource Partition Manager, Hitachi
Dynamic Link Manager Advanced, Hitachi Data Retention Utility, performance monitor
feature, volume shredder feature, Virtual LUN software (also known as Open Volume
Management), LUN manager, VLVI (CVS), Hitachi Server Priority Manager, Volume
Retention Manager, cache residency manager feature, cache residency manager for
mainframe feature, Hitachi Storage Navigator, RAIDCOM, Java API, CCI (Command Control
Interface), SMI-S provider and SNMP agent. On the Virtual Storage Platform midrange
family, SVOS also includes Hitachi Infrastructure Director.

Foundation set of storage management software products for Hitachi enterprise storage. On
Hitachi Unified Storage, these tools include: Hitachi Device Manager software, Hitachi
Dynamic Provisioning software, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager software, Hitachi
Dynamic Link Manager Advanced software (unlimited server license, all operating systems
except HP-UX), Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager software and Hitachi Server Priority
Manager software. It also includes Hitachi Storage Navigator (the low-level element manager
and management utilities), microcode-based performance monitor feature, LUN manager,
logical unit size expansion (LUSE), VLVI (CVS), open customized volume size (OCVS),

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Hitachi Data Retention Utility, volume
shredder feature, SMI-S provider, SNMP agent, Sun Java API software, SAN security
feature, cache residency manager feature and cache partition manager feature.

Both

Hitachi Device Manager,

Hitachi Storage Navigator,
Java API and SNMP agent:
Server
The rest: Frame (microcodebased)

Open

Hitachi Device Manager,

Hitachi Storage Navigator,
Java API and SNMP agent:
Server
The rest: Frame (microcodebased)

Mainframe
and Open

VSP
Midrange
N

HUS 100

VSP
Y

HUS VM

VSP G1000
N

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management (continued)

Hitachi Basic
Operating
System (BOS)
for Hitachi
Virtual Storage
Platform (VSP)

Foundation set of storage management software products for Hitachi enterprise storage. On
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, these tools include: Hitachi Device Manager software,
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Advanced software
(50 server license), Hitachi Virtual Partition Manager software (four partitions) and Hitachi
Server Priority Manager software. It also includes Hitachi Storage Navigator (the low-level
element manager and management utilities), microcode-based performance monitor feature,
cache residency manager feature (formerly FlashAccess), LUN manager, logical unit size
expansion (LUSE), VLVI (CVS), SAN security feature (includes software formerly known as

Hitachi SANtinel, open customized volume size (OCVS), Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy
Service (VSS), Hitachi Data Retention Utility, volume shredder feature, SNMP agent and Sun
Java API software.

Both

Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi

Storage Navigator, Java API and
SNMP agent: Server

Hitachi Base
Operating
System M (BOS
M)

Foundation set of storage management software products for Hitachi modular storage.
On Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, these tools include: LUN manager, SNMP agent,
cache residency manager feature, cache partition manager feature and volume migrator.
On Hitachi Unified Storage, these tools include: Hitachi Device Manager software, Hitachi
Dynamic Provisioning software, Storage Navigator Modular 2, LUN manager, performance
monitor feature, SNMP agent, cache residency manager feature, cache partition manager
feature, volume migrator, Hitachi Thin Image (formerly Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot)
software and Hitachi ShadowImage Replication software.

Hitachi Base
Operating
System E (BOS
E)

Reduced functionality version of BOS M for Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS); optionally
available for HUS 110 system only. Does not include: Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi
Thin Image (formerly Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot) and Hitachi ShadowImage Replication
software.

Open

Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi

Storage Navigator Modular, Java
API and SNMP agent: Server
The rest: Frame (microcodebased)

Hitachi Base
Operating
System
Security
Extension

Adds security capabilities to BOS M: account authentication, data-at-rest encryption and data
retention manager.

Open

Frame

Hitachi
Automation
Director (HAD)

Enables storage infrastructure self-service with intelligent, automated storage provisioning

workflows for key business applications that incorporate established best practices. Through
a predefined storage services catalog and infrastructure abstraction, Automation Director
facilitates role-based, automated provisioning to improve reliability and accelerate the
deployment of new storage services.

The rest: Frame (microcodebased)

Open

Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi

Storage Navigator Modular 2,
Java API and SNMP agent:
Server
The rest: Frame (microcodebased)

Open

Server

VSP

HUS VM

HUS 100

Mainframe
and Open

Hitachi
Command
Director
(HCmD)

Provides a business intelligence view of Hitachi storage environments to ensure storage

service level objectives for mission critical business applications are being met. Command
Director enables users to easily group storage resources by hosts, applications, file servers
and business unit perspectives and correlate the monitoring and reporting of key service level
objectives for capacity and performance.

Open

Server

Hitachi
Command
Suite (HCS)

A unified, integrated management framework for all Hitachi storage systems, including
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G1000, VSP, VSP midrange family, Hitachi Unified
Storage VM, HUS 100 series, Hitachi NAS Platform, and all Hitachi storage virtualization
environments. HCS improves administration, operations, provisioning, data mobility, service
levels, performance optimization, troubleshooting, resilience and automation for Hitachi
storage environments. HCS consists of the following listed software products: Hitachi Device
Manager, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Advanced, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, Hitachi
Dynamic Tiering, Hitachi Command Director, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi Tiered
Storage Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Data Center Analytics, Hitachi
Automation Director and Hitachi Compute Systems Manager.

Y(8)

Both

Hitachi Dynamic Tiering, Hitachi

Dynamic Provisioning: Frame
(microcode-based)

Hitachi
Command
Suite Analytics

Analytics software package that includes both Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Command
Director software products.

Open

Server

Hitachi
Compatible
PAV for
Mainframe

Used for achieving fast I/O response time and fast overall system throughput for mainframe
environments; enables the mainframe host system to initiate multiple I/O requests
simultaneously to the Hitachi enterprise storage system.

MF

Frame

Hitachi
Compatible
HyperPAV for
Mainframe

Used for achieving even faster PAV performance; extends PAV technology by utilizing I/O
virtualization management to achieve higher levels of I/O efficiencies, storage device
resource management, and overall system performance throughput.

MF

Frame

Hitachi CrossOS File

Exchange

Exchanges data between open and mainframe systems.

Both

Server

Hitachi Data
Mobility

Data mobility software package that includes both Hitachi Dynamic Tiering and Hitachi Tiered
Storage Manager software products.

Open

Server

VSP
Midrange

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management (continued)

The rest:Server

VSP

HUS VM

HUS 100

Mainframe
and Open

Hitachi Data
Center
Analytics
(HDCA)

A highly scalable analytics solution supporting fast discovery and analysis of multiple data
management statistics across the entire data center. The collected statistics are stored in an
optimized database with comprehensive analytic reporting capabilities. This product
complements the performance monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting capabilities of
Hitachi Tuning Manager.

Open

Server

Hitachi Device
Manager
(HDvM)

Base storage element manager of the Hitachi Command Suite management framework with
both configuration GUI and CLI for Hitachi storage management that advanced management
functions are built upon. Incorporates configuration of virtual storage machines and includes
integration of the basic element manager operations that was previously conducted through
Hitachi Storage Navigator. Provides a customizable dashboard, task management and
operational workflows with multiple management views (physical, logical, host, NAS head,
virtual server) for storage provisioning and pooling.

Y(4, 5)

Both

Server

Hitachi
Dynamic Link
Manager
Advanced
(HDLM
Advanced)

A combined offering of Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) and Hitachi Global Link
Manager (HGLM) for storage multipathing: HDLM provides path failover and load-balancing

capabilities with versions to support IBM AIX , Oracle (Sun) Solaris, HP-UX, Microsoft

Windows and Linux operating systems. HGLM provides aggregated management of Hitachi
Dynamic Link Manager instances into a centralized management console.

Open

Server

Hitachi
Dynamic
Provisioning
(HDP)

Enables thin provisioning, the creation of logical, virtual volumes; de-couples the provisioning
of storage to an application from the physical addition of storage capacity to the storage
system; allows overprovisioning; self optimizes; and improves performance and capacity
utilization.

Y(6)

Y (1)

Y(1)

Y(4)

Open

Frame

Hitachi
Dynamic
Provisioning
for Mainframe
(HDPM)

Specifically for mainframe: enables thin provisioning, the creation of logical, virtual volumes;
de-couples the provisioning of storage to an application from the physical addition of storage
capacity to the storage system; allows overprovisioning; self optimizes; and improves
performance and capacity utilization.

MF

Frame

Hitachi
Dynamic
Tiering (HDT)

Simplifies storage administration; through automation, eliminates the complexity of using

tiered storage efficiently and delivers top-tier performance to information stored largely on
less-expensive tiers. The new active flash mode (10) automatically moves rapidly active data
to higher performing tiers in seconds to subseconds, delivering extreme workload
responsiveness while maximizing flash investments. Mainframe supported on Hitachi Virtual
Storage Platform and VSP G1000 only.

Both

Frame

VSP
Midrange

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management (continued)

HUS VM

Mainframe
and Open

VSP
Midrange

Open

Server

HUS 100

VSP

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management (continued)

Hitachi
Infrastructure
Director (HID)

A new IT configuration management application for the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
midrange family. Infrastructure Director (11) provides centralized management that
minimizes technology exposure, streamlines storage service-level administration, and
simplifies IT management operations. By abstracting management complexities, HID
delivers intuitive graphical user interfaces and recommended configuration workflows to
reduce the required number of steps to properly configure and optimize storage infrastructure
resources.

Hitachi
Resource
Partition
Manager
(HRPM)

Provides administrative and multitenancy security; enables administrative partitioning of

resources for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 and VSP; supports local authentication
on the storage system; or it can be integrated into corporate directory services and security

systems using standard management interfaces, such as Microsoft Active Directory , LDAP
and RADIUS.

Both

Frame

Hitachi Storage
Viewer for
Capacity,
powered by

APTARE

As part of the Hitachi Storage Viewer family of heterogeneous reporting products, Storage
Viewer for Capacity provides end-to-end, storage capacity reporting from hosts and
applications to heterogeneous storage systems without host-based agents for improved
capacity management and planning; recommended for use with Hitachi Storage Viewer for
SAN Fabrics and/or Hitachi Storage Viewer for Virtual Servers.

Open

Server

Hitachi Storage
Viewer for File
Analytics,
powered by

APTARE

As part of the Hitachi Storage Viewer family of heterogeneous reporting products, Storage
Viewer for File Analytics enables the proper control and management of unstructured data
growth. This Storage Viewer product provides discovery of files residing on NAS server farms
with agentless data collection, and properly scales to analyze billions of data objects. It also
includes a purpose-built database that offers extremely fast data collection compared to
competing offerings.

Open

Server

Hitachi Storage
Viewer for SAN
Fabrics,
powered by

APTARE

As part of the Hitachi Storage Viewer family of heterogeneous reporting products, Storage
Viewer for SAN Fabrics provides visualization of logical SAN topologies, monitors SAN fabric
performance and alarms, and incorporates SAN change management capabilities;
recommended for use with Hitachi Storage Viewer for Capacity.

Open

Server

Mainframe
and Open

HUS 100

HUS VM

VSP
Midrange

VSP

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Storage and Data Management (continued)

Hitachi Storage
Navigator
Modular 2

Enables essential functions for the management and optimization of individual Hitachi
modular storage systems.

Y(4,5)

Open

Server

Hitachi Tuning
Manager
(HTnM)

Provides comprehensive performance and capacity analysis for Hitachi storage systems and
facilitates application storage performance monitoring and optimization. Tuning Manager is
integrated under the Analytics tab within the Hitachi Command Suite main console and it also
includes a separate reporting console. This software supports performance monitoring,
reporting, correlation and troubleshooting from the application and host through SAN
switches to the virtual storage machines and logical storage devices. It includes performance
monitoring, health checks and alarms for physical or logical storage devices and virtual
storage machines in addition to a REST-based API for integration with other management
reporting applications.

Both

Server

Hitachi Storage
Viewer for
Virtual Servers,
powered by

APTARE

As part of the Hitachi Storage Viewer family of heterogeneous reporting products, Storage
Viewer for Virtual Servers provides end-to-end storage capacity reporting from VMware
virtual servers and machines to heterogeneous storage systems; recommended for use with
Hitachi Storage Viewer for Capacity.

Open

Server

MF

Server

MF

Commands issued from Server

Copy executed within Frame

Business Continuity, Data Protection and Migration

Hitachi
Business
Continuity
Manager (BCM)

Provides a central management utility for automating Hitachi ShadowImage Replication,

Hitachi TrueCopy (synchronous), TrueCopy Extended Distance (asynchronous), and Hitachi

Universal Replicator operations for mainframe (IBM S/390 , z/OS ) environments; is a

requisite for Universal Replicator implementations; requires Universal Replicator 4x4
Extended Consistency Group when implementing a 4x4 Universal Replicator configuration.

Hitachi
Compatible
Mirroring for

IBM

FlashCopy
(HCMF)

Delivers mainframe (IBM S/390 and z/OS ) centric data mirroring and ease of use for

mainframe and Hitachi enterprise storage environments; provides IBM FlashCopy

compatible command and control of in-system data copy tasks within Hitachi ShadowImage
Replication software; Compatible Mirroring for IBM FlashCopy v2 now extends this capability
to remote data copies via Hitachi Universal Replicator for 2 data center (2DC) or 3 data
center (3DC) configurations.

VSP G1000

VSP

VSP
Midrange

HUS VM

HUS 100

Mainframe
and Open

Execute on Server
or Frame

Open

Server

Frame

Business Continuity, Data Protection and Migration (continued)

Hitachi Data
Protection
Suite,
Powered by
CommVault
(HDPS)

HDPS is a tightly integrated blend of snapshot, replication and persistent copies that are
application-aware, secure, deduplicated, managed and accessible through a single, unified
platform. This unified approach results in an easy, automated and low-cost data management
solution, which can be employed in a fraction of the time, effort and money required by
separate point products.
The following HDPS modules are available to be licensed standalone:

IntelliSnap provides application-consistent snapshot and clone creation, leveraging

Hitachi Thin Image and in-system Hitachi ShadowImage Replication technologies.

Email protection and archiving.

Protection of virtualized and cloud environments.

Global-active
device

Global-active device is a licensed SVOS feature that delivers continuous storage with a zero
RTO and it also simplifies both distributed system design and operations. Global-active
devices are storage volumes that have the ability to have read/write copies of the same data
in two systems or geographic places at the same time. The global-active device feature
synchronously replicates LUNs/volumes between two independent VSP G1000 systems and
present this replicated pair to attached hosts as a single virtual LUN/volume image

Open

Hitachi
Compatible
Software for

IBM

FlashCopy SE
(HCFCSE)

Provides an in-system solution for data protection that is IBM mainframe compatible. It combines
snapshots and virtual data management to create logical point-in-time (PiT) copies. Once a
FlashCopy SE source-target volume relationship is established, HCFCSE enables thinprovisioned storage capacity that is allocated and utilized only when a change has occurred
within the source volume. As backup copies are made to the target volume, storage resources
are consumed only on an as-needed basis, depending on the amount of changed data.

MF

Commands issued
from Server
Copy executed
within Frame

Hitachi
Compatible
Replication for

IBM XRC
(HCRX)

Provides IBM compatible extended (asynchronous) remote copy data protection for
environments employing mainframe and Hitachi enterprise storage technology.

Y(7)

MF

Server

Hitachi Data
Instance
Director (HDID)

A business-defined copy data management solution, Data Instance Director provides a

modern, holistic approach to data protection, recovery and retention. HDID combines backup,
continuous data protection (CDP), storage-based snapshot, clone and replication
management and archiving on a single, integrated architecture. It helps to reduce costs and
improve resiliency. It has a unique workflow-based policy engine, presented in an easy-touse whiteboard-style user interface that helps map data protection processes to business
priorities.

Open

Server

Hitachi
Replication
Manager
(HRpM)

Part of Hitachi Command Suite, Hitachi Replication Manager software configures, monitors
and manages Hitachi local and remote replication products for open systems and mainframe
environments.

Hitachi Storage
Viewer for
Backup,
powered by

APTARE

Aspart of the Hitachi Storage Viewer family of heterogeneous reporting products, Storage
Viewer for Backup offers integrated enterprise-level reporting and control for backup
environments, including Symantec/VERITAS, IBM, HP, EMC and CommVault.

Hitachi Thin
Image (HTI)

This software tool provides point-in-time data snapshots for all Hitachi storage systems and it
is a component of Hitachi Local Replication software bundles.

Hitachi Local
Replication (for
Enterprise or
Midrange
Systems)

Hitachi Local Replication delivers convenient and cost-effective full volume data cloning for
fast, point-in-time data copies. Offering includes full copies of Hitachi ShadowImage
Replication and Hitachi Thin Image snapshot software solutions. Combine with Hitachi remote
replication software to create alternate copies of production data for test and development
and disaster recovery at a remote site.

Hitachi Remote
Replication (for
Enterprise or
Midrange
Systems)

Combines Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator (HUR) solutions to enable
remote data protection at up to four data centers. With TrueCopy, achieve synchronous
immediate replication, at a recovery point objective (RPO) of 0/near-0, from a primary data
center to a second data center up to 300km away. Hitachi Universal Replicator with advanced
remote data replication functions, such as 3 data center configuration capabilities for open

systems and IBM z/OS mainframes. Deployed implementations can be configured with or
without delta resync, which ensures replication consistency for the highest level of remote
copy data integrity at any distance. Solution also enables Hitachi Universal Replicator 4x4,
along with extended consistency group support for z/OS.

Mainframe
and Open

HUS 100

Hitachi Protection Platform leverages unique deduplication technology and a grid-scalable

architecture to dramatically increases performance and reliability of backup operations. There
is no need to reconfigure or make radical changes to existing policies or procedures.
Integrated replication technology delivers enterprise-class disaster recovery capabilities while
reducing disk and network bandwidth requirements by more than 95%.

VSP

HUS VM

VSP
Midrange

VSP G1000
Hitachi
Protection
Platform (HPP)

Execute on Server
or Frame

Business Continuity, Data Protection and Migration (continued)

Open

Server

Both

Server

Open

Frame

Y(4)

Both

Server

Y(4)

Both

Frame

Both

Frame

VSP

HUS VM

HUS 100

Mainframe
and Open

Hitachi
TrueCopy

Enables synchronous remote replication of mission-critical data from a primary data center to
a second data center up to 300km away. TrueCopy delivers immediate, zero RPO,
automated failover capabilities.

Both

Frame

Hitachi
TrueCopy
Extended
Distance

Leverages asynchronous remote replication to extend the volume cloning capabilities of

TrueCopy over any distance. TrueCopy Extended Distance is available on all Hitachi
midrange storage systems.

Open

Frame

Hitachi
Universal
Replicator
(HUR)

Featuring journal disk caching for achieving tight RPO time capabilities, even in the event of
a network outage. Hitachi Universal Replicator provides asynchronous remote copy, over any
distance, for Hitachi enterprise storage.

Both

Frame

Both

Frame

VSP
Midrange

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Business Continuity, Data Protection and Migration (continued)

Tiered Storage
Hitachi Basic
Operating
System V (BOS
V)

Virtualizes external storage with Hitachi Universal Volume Manager when attached to Hitachi
Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) and Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (USP); expands
virtual cache partitions on VSP to 32, and virtual partitions on USP V and USP VM to 32.

Y (6)

Y(1)

Y(6)

Y(2)

Hitachi Tiered
Storage
Manager
(HTSM)

Manages storage tier definitions and policies while directing transparent migration of data
volumes between those storage tiers. It enables administrators to proactively match business
application price, performance and availability characteristics to storage resource attributes.
Through the establishment of custom data management policies, it helps to properly monitor
and control the automated behavior of Hitachi Dynamic Tiering. Product functionality is
delivered within the main console of Hitachi Command Suite under the Mobility tab.

Both

Server

File Services: Network Attached Storage Platform

Hitachi Unified
Storage and
Hitachi NAS
Platform 4000
Series

These systems provide enterprise-class NAS performance and scalability to the Hitachi
Virtual Storage Platform family. They help accelerate file and content data storage in dense,
virtualized server environments, amplified by flash. The 4000 series supports up to 8-node
clustering, 32PB of usable capacity, smart primary deduplication, intelligent file tiering, a
single namespace, large 256TB volumes, file and directory clones and SMB 3.0. These
systems are integrated with the Hitachi Content Platform for excellent storage economics, as
well as with the Hitachi Command Suite management products.

Open

HNAS Frame

Primary
Deduplication

Primary data deduplication provides a management-free, hardware-accelerated architecture,

which smartly throttles back during busy file sharing workloads.

Open

HNAS Frame

Hitachi Storage
Replication
Adapter (for
HNAS)

Supports VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) with automatic failover disaster recovery
efficiencies for large virtual machine deployments via enhanced flexibility and granularity of
replication policies.

Open

HNAS Frame

Hitach Virtual
Infrastructure
Integrator

Delivers improved data protection, recovery and management efficiencies via granular
restore, fast space-efficient backup copies and clones; is integrated with the VMware vCenter
management interface.

Open

HNAS Frame

Universal
Migrator
Feature

Leveraging NAS virtualization and policy-driven, data migration capabilities, this feature
simplifies and automates migration from one or more third-party filers to Hitachi NAS Platform
with minimal downtime and without interfering with file-sharing workloads.

Open

HNAS Frame

Hitachi NAS
Replication
Software

Enables high-speed replication of files and objects from Hitachi NAS Platform to Hitachi NAS
Platform in remote locations, asynchronously; replicates only deltas after the first copy.
Choose from several available replication format types (for example, incremental block, file or
object).

Open

HNAS Frame

Synchronous
Disaster
Recovery for
Hitachi NAS
Platform

A metro-cluster-like service providing disaster recovery capability over WAN between two
Hitachi NAS Platform clusters using synchronous communications.

Open

Server and Frame

Mainframe
and Open

HUS 100

Point-in-time, read-only snapshots of single files or an entire file system used for local data
protection. Hitachi NAS File Clone enables the creation of writable snapshots (clones) of
files; directory clones enable the quick and space-efficient creation of writeable snapshots of
an entire set of files located under a directory, including subdirectories for testing,
development and backing up application data.

HUS VM

VSP

Snapshot and
Cloning

VSP
Midrange

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

Hitachi NAS File Services

Open

HNAS Frame

Mainframe
and Open

HUS 100

HUS VM

VSP
Midrange

VSP

VSP G1000

Execute on Server
or Frame

File Services: Object Store

Hitachi Content
Platform (HCP)

An object storage platform, HCP provides up to 80PB of usable capacity that can be divided
into thousands of virtual object storage systems, each configured to serve a particular
workload. HCP includes advanced data and storage management capabilities, including
robust data protection and preservation technologies that eliminate the need for tape
backups. Replication, advanced RAID technologies and nondisruptive upgrades of hardware
and software make it highly reliable and ready for both enterprise IT and cloud service
providers. In addition, HCP combines compression, single instancing, version control and
automated disposal capabilities for data, with spin-down disk, high object density, small
physical footprint and backup-free attributes for storage. HCP integrates with Hitachi NAS
Platform, Hitachi Data Ingestor and Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere.

Y(9)

Open

Server

Hitachi Content
Platform
Anywhere (HCP
Anywhere)

Safe, secure file synchronization and sharing as well as mobile access to NAS data for
enterprise IT environments. An option for Hitachi Content Platform, HCP Anywhere enables
users to access their data anywhere, at any time, on any device, and share data in a safe,
secure way with coworkers and collaborators outside of the organization. HCP Anywhere is
also the management and provisioning tool for remote server configurations of Hitachi Data
Ingestor.

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Open

Server

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

Y
(via
HCP)

File Services: Cloud/Edge-to-Core

Hitachi Data
Ingestor (HDI)
and HDI
Remote Server

Serves as a bottomless and backup-free cloud on-ramp; delivers files services to the edge
(remote office and back office or ROBO) while greatly reducing cost and complexity there;
simplifies cloud deployment; works with Hitachi Content Platform to deliver an integrated
edge-to-core storage solution for distributed IT and cloud environments. HDI is available in
cluster, single-node and virtual machine configuration that work directly with HCP, as well as
a remote server configuration that works with HCP via HCP Anywhere as the provisioning
and management tool.

Open

Server

Notes:
(1) Included in Hitachi Base Operating System
(2) 1-4 partitions included in Hitachi Basic Operating System; 5+ partitions included in Hitachi Basic Operating System V
(3) Included in Hitachi Base Operating System V
(4) Included in Hitachi Base Operating System M
(5) Included in Hitachi Base Operating System E
(6) Included in SVOS
(7) HCRX supported on VSP G1000 for migration purposes only
(8) Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager is not available for the Hitachi Unified Storage 100 family
(9) HCP software version 7.1.1 or greater
(10) Active flash mode is separate feature of Hitachi Dynamic Tiering that is available after initial release. Ask your HDS representative or partner for more information.
(11) Hitachi Infrastructure Director is a separately licensed feature of Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System for Hitachi Storage Virtualization
Platform midrange family available after initial release. Ask your HDS representative or partner for more information.

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