Hitachi RAID - Lightning 9900 Specifications

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Models

9960

9910

System Capacity
Number of disk drives (with spares) Hot Spares (maximum) Disk capacity (GB) 3.0 inch (10,025 RPM) 3.0 inch (7,200 RPM) Total raw capacity per subsystem Maximum usable capacity for RAID-5 Open Systems S/390 -compatible Maximum usable capacity for RAID-1+ Open Systems S/390 -compatible 34.87TB 41.3TB 3.7TB 3.7TB 64.3TB 34.87TB 5.6TB 5.6TB 18, 73 181 88.3TB (18) 73 181 8.3TB 5 to 512 16 5 to 48 4

Maximum number of RAID groups/subsystem With 4 spares With 8 spares With 12 spares N/A 126 125 11 N/A N/A

With 16 spares Cache Maximum Minimum Increments Control Memory Logical Device Support

124

N/A

32GB 2GB 2GB Up to 1.5GB Up to 4,096

16GB 1GB 1GB

Available through RPQ only.

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Control Frame
Models 9960 9910 Client-Host Interface Processors (CHIPs) Number of CHIP pairs Simultaneous data transfers per CHIP pair Up to 4 4 or 8 Up to 3

Physical interfaces per CHIP 4 or 8 pair Physical Interfaces per Subsystem Maximum FICON ESCON Extended Serial Adapters Fibre Channel (fiber-optic cable) Interface Speed Logical Paths per Subsystem Extended Serial Adapters Up to 8,192 Up to 6,144 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 1 or 2 Gbps 24 0, 4, 8, 12 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 1 or 2 Gbps

Array Control Processor (ACP) Number of ACP pairs per subsystem Physical array paths per ACP pair Maximum disks per array Up to 4 8 32 12 1

path Simultaneous transfers per ACP pair To cache To disk array Transfer rate Per disk array path Per ACP pair (to cache) Up to 100MB/sec Up to 800MB/sec 8 8 4

Hi-Star switched fabric architecture Maximum internal bandwidth

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6.4GB/sec

3.2GB/sec

Array Frame
Models Array frames per subsystem Spare drives per subsystem (standard) Spare drives per subsystem (maximum)
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9960 Up to 6

9910 N/A

1 per drive capacity installed 16 4

Hard Disk Drives

18.46GB 72.91GB 181GB GMR (Giant Magnetoresistive) Head Technology Rotation Speed 10,025RPM Media Diameter Actuator Servo System Interface 3.0 in./LP Recoilless rotary Digital FC-AL 10,025RPM 3.0 in./LP Recoilless rotary Digital FC-AL 7,200RPM 3.0 in./HH Recoilless rotary Digital 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 Write

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5.2ms 6.0ms

5.7ms 6.5ms

8.2ms 8.8ms

Physical Specifications
Models 9960 9910

Physical Specifications
Control Frame Height Integrated Control & Array Frame

1,790mm (70.5 in.)

Width (with two side panels) 750mm (29.5 in.) 700mm (27.6 in.) Depth Weight Heat Power Array Frame (one to six) Height 1,790mm (70.5 in.) 800mm (31.5 in.) 451kg (992 lbs)* 1.5kW* 1.6kVA* 524kg (1,153 lbs)** 3.1kVA** 3.3kW**

Width (with two side panels) 600mm (23.6 in.) Depth Weight Heat Power 800mm (31.5 in.) 469kg (1,031 lbs)*** 3.4kW (1-4); 2.6kW (5-6)*** 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

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Item Operating1 Temperature Relative Humidity4 Max. Wet Bulb 16C to 32C (61F to 90F) 20% to 80% 26C (79F) Condition Non-operating2 -10C to 43C (14F to 109F) 8% to 90% 27C (81F) Shipping & Storage3 -25C to 60C (-13F to 140F) 5% to 95% 29C (84F)

Temperature 10C (50F)/hour 10C (50F)/hour 20C (68F)/hour Deviation 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 Horizontal7: Incline Impact 1.22m/s Vertical8: Rotational Edge 10cm

Vibration5

0.25mm, 5 to 10Hz 0.05G, 10 to 300Hz

Shock5

None

8G, 15ms

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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 HP-UX

Alternate Path HP-UX/Logical Volume Manager VERITAS VxVM Hitachi Path Manager Hitachi Path Manager Hitachi Path Manager Sequent proprietary software

MC/ServiceGuard VERITAS Cluster Server HACMP MSCS

Sun Solaris AIX

Windows NT/2000

Compaq Tru64UNIX TruCluster Sequent ATAP

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