Hitachi Basic Operating System software simplifies storage management and lets Channel Partners’ customers take full advantage of the partitioning and virtualization capabilities of the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V ,Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ VM and/or the Sun StorEdge 9990 V and StorEdge 9990 VM storage systems. Basic Operating System software is ideal for enterprises seeking simpler and more cost effective ways to manage their storage, either for a single Hitachi system or for larger installations comprised of multiple heterogeneous storage systems. Basic Operating System software not only enables more efficient storage management, but also improves storage utilization by improved visibility and centralized control of all enterprise storage systems. The Hitachi Basic Operating System software also includes interfaces for automating the storage management processes.
The Hitachi Basic Operating System software features:
Virtual partitions that are dynamically changeable cache and storage logical partitions. With virtual partitions, users can create up to 4 virtual storage systems on a Universal Storage Platform™ V or Universal Storage Platform VM so that shared storage can be securely compartmentalized where needed. With up to 4 virtual cache partitions, users can control and adjust the quality of service (QoS) of all applications to either meet changing business needs or fluctuations in application I/O workloads.
The Basic Operating System software package is an integrated set of tools including an easy-to-use and intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) or a complete command line interface (CLI) that allows users to centrally manage Hitachi storage systems. . Basic Operating System software provides users with both logical, physical, and host management views that enable both storage provisioning and storage pooling for both primary and externally attached storage.
With the Basic Operating System software, users can create up to 4 storage or cache logical partitions to ensure that critical application servers have prioritized access to their required storage bandwidth. This powerful storage management tool offers multiple levels of security for disks, ports, and administrators, and its reporting capabilities enable capacity planning and analysis based on server, application or physical storage class usage.
The Basic Operating System performance monitoring capabilities provide a fundamental view of all performance data that is provided by the storage systems components.
Where applicable, the Hitachi Basic Operating System also supports mainframe storage, giving administrators an integrated picture of storage systems supporting mainframe only or mainframe and open systems mixed environments.
The Basic Operating System software is ideal for enterprises seeking simpler ways to manage their storage, either for a single Hitachi system or for larger installations comprised of multiple heterogeneous storage systems.
Virtual partitions that are dynamically changeable cache and storage logical partitions. With virtual partitions, users can create up to 4 virtual storage systems on a Universal Storage Platform™ V or Universal Storage Platform VM so that shared storage can be securely compartmentalized where needed. With up to 4 virtual cache partitions, users can control and adjust the quality of service (QoS) of all applications to either meet changing business needs or fluctuations in application I/O workloads.
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Benefits
Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) through central consolidation and rationalization of storage management points.
A single Hitachi Device Manager software server to control all Hitachi storage and access the server from anywhere using secure protocols.
Increased storage utilization by providing an operating system independent holistic and granular view of all storage.
Higher data availability will result from reduced storage administrator errors and reduced time to provision new capacity for all applications.
Real time storage management and automation will result from the Basic Operating System software central repository of configuration, utilization, capacity, and status of all managed storage.
Improved storage system performance will ensure that storage service levels are achieved for individual servers and/or applications.
Simplified storage system configuration for mixed Microsoft, UNIX, Linux, and IBM mainframe environments, reduces storage administration expense and enables storage consolidation.
Automation of repeated tasks via CLI or Extensible Markup Language (XML) requests not only, improves storage administrator productivity but also reduces the risk of error by minimizing the risk of human error.
Investment protection in Independent Software Vendor (ISV) management software by providing an open application programming interface (API) based on the Common Information Model (CIM) and Storage Management Initiative – Specification (SMI-S) industry standards.
