Hitachi RAID - Lightning 9900 Specifications


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Models 9960 9910
System Capacity
Number of disk drives (with spares) 5 to 512 5 to 48
Hot Spares (maximum) 16 4
Disk capacity (GB)
 3.0 inch (10,025 RPM) 18, 73 (18) 73
 3.0 inch (7,200 RPM) 181 181
Total raw capacity per subsystem 88.3TB 8.3TB
Maximum usable capacity for RAID-5
Open Systems 64.3TB 5.6TB
S/390®-compatible 34.87TB 5.6TB
Maximum usable capacity for RAID-1+
Open Systems 34.87TB 3.7TB
S/390®-compatible 41.3TB 3.7TB
Maximum number of RAID groups/subsystem
With 4 spares  N/A 11
With 8 spares 126 N/A
With 12 spares 125  N/A
With 16 spares 124  N/A
Cache
Maximum 32GB 16GB
Minimum 2GB 1GB
Increments 2GB 1GB
Control Memory Up to 1.5GB
Logical Device Support Up to 4,096
Available through RPQ only.

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 Control Frame
Models 9960 9910
Client-Host Interface Processors (CHIPs)
Number of CHIP pairs Up to 4 Up to 3
Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair 4 or 8
Physical interfaces per CHIP pair 4 or 8
Physical Interfaces per Subsystem
  Maximum 32 24
FICON 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 0, 4, 8, 12
ESCON Extended Serial Adapters™ 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
Fibre Channel (fiber-optic cable) 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
Interface Speed 1 or 2 Gbps 1 or 2 Gbps
Logical Paths per Subsystem
  Extended Serial Adapters Up to 8,192 Up to 6,144
Array Control Processor (ACP)
Number of ACP pairs per subsystem Up to 4 1
Physical array paths per ACP pair 8
Maximum disks per array path 32 12
Simultaneous transfers per ACP pair
  To cache 8 4
  To disk array 8
Transfer rate
  Per disk array path Up to 100MB/sec
  Per ACP pair (to cache) Up to 800MB/sec
Hi-Star™ switched fabric architecture
  Maximum internal bandwidth 6.4GB/sec 3.2GB/sec

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 Array Frame
Models 9960 9910
Array frames per subsystem Up to 6 N/A
Spare drives per subsystem (standard) 1 per drive capacity installed
Spare drives per subsystem (maximum) 16 4

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 Hard Disk Drives
  18.46GB 72.91GB 181GB
GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) Head Technology
Rotation Speed 10,025RPM 10,025RPM 7,200RPM
Media Diameter 3.0 in./LP 3.0 in./LP 3.0 in./HH
Actuator Recoilless rotary Recoilless rotary Recoilless rotary
Servo System Digital Digital Digital
Interface FC-AL FC-AL FC-AL
Internal Transfer Rate
Inner Zone 30.2MB/sec 33.6MB/sec 25.3MB/sec
Outer Zone 45.6MB/sec 56.6MB/sec 47MB/sec
Average Seek Time
Read 5.2ms 5.7ms 8.2ms
Write 6.0ms 6.5ms 8.8ms

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 Physical Specifications
Models 9960 9910
Physical Specifications
  Control Frame Integrated Control & Array Frame
Height 1,790mm (70.5 in.)
Width (with two side panels) 750mm (29.5 in.) 700mm (27.6 in.)
Depth 800mm (31.5 in.)
Weight 451kg (992 lbs)* 524kg (1,153 lbs)**
Heat 1.5kW* 3.1kVA**
Power 1.6kVA* 3.3kW**
Array Frame (one to six)
Height 1,790mm (70.5 in.)
Width (with two side panels) 600mm (23.6 in.)
Depth 800mm (31.5 in.)
Weight 469kg (1,031 lbs)***
Heat 3.4kW (1-4); 2.6kW (5-6)***
Power 3.7kVA (1-4); 2.9kVA (5-6)***
* One controller, 16GB cache, 2 ACP pairs, 16 Fibre ports.
** One full system, 16GB cache, 1 ACP pair, 24 Fibre ports, and 48 disks.
*** One disk array frame, 96 disk drives, 4,530GB raw capacity using 47GB hard disk drives.

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 Lightning 9900 Series Environmental Specifications
Item Condition
  Operating1 Non-operating2 Shipping & Storage3
Temperature 16°C to 32°C
(61°F to 90°F)
-10°C to 43°C
(14°F to 109°F)
-25°C to 60°C
(-13°F to 140°F)
Relative Humidity4 20% to 80% 8% to 90% 5% to 95%
Max. Wet Bulb 26°C (79°F) 27°C (81°F) 29°C (84°F)
Temperature Deviation 10°C (50°F)/hour 10°C (50°F)/hour 20°C (68°F)/hour
Vibration5 0.25mm, 5 to 10Hz
0.05G, 10 to 300Hz
2.5mm, 5 to 10Hz
0.5G, 10 to 70Hz
0.05mm, 70 to 99Hz
1.0G, 99 to 300Hz
0.5G, 15min.6
At four most severe resonance
between 5 to 200Hz
Shock5 None 8G, 15ms Horizontal7: Incline Impact 1.22m/s
Vertical8: Rotational Edge 10cm

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 Operating System Support
Open Systems
Compaq® Tru64™ UNIX
HP-UX®
IBM® AIX®
Novell® NetWare®
Red Hat® Linux®
Sequent® DYNIX/ptx®
SGI™ IRIX®
Sun™ Solaris™
Windows® 2000
Windows NT®
S/390®
OS/390®
MVS/ESA®
MVS/XA®
TPF/MPLF
VM/ESA™
VM/XA
VM/HPO
VSE/ESA®
VSE/SP (4.1)

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 Freedom Storage Software
Copy, Disaster Recovery, Backup/Restore
Hitachi TrueCopy Asynchronous
Hitachi Extended Remote Copy
Hitachi Multiplatform Backup/Restore
Hitachi ShadowImage
Hitachi TrueCopy
HARBOR® Backup with HARBOR RapidXchange Agent
NanoCopy
Data Exchange
Hitachi RapidXchange™
Hitachi HMDE™
HARBOR File Transfer with the HARBOR RapidXchange Agent
Management
Hitachi Resource Manager 9000
Hitachi FlashAccess™
Hitachi Graph-Track™
Hitachi LUN Manager
Dynamic Link Manager™
Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image Manager
Hitachi CruiseControl™
LDEV Security
LUN Size Expansion (LUSE)
Hitachi SANtinel™
Hitachi Parallel Access Volumes (HPAV)
Multiple Allegiance (MA)

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 Host Failover and Alternate Path Support
  Host Failover Alternate Path
HP-UX® MC/ServiceGuard HP-UX/Logical Volume     Manager
Sun Solaris VERITAS Cluster Server™ VERITAS VxVM Hitachi Path Manager
AIX® HACMP Hitachi Path Manager
Windows NT/2000® MSCS Hitachi Path Manager
Compaq® Tru64 UNIX TruCluster™
Sequent® ATAP Sequent proprietary software

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