Universal Storage Platform (USP) was the brand name for an Hitachi Data Systems line of computer data storage disk arrays circa 2004 to 2010.
The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform was first introduced in 2004. An entry level enterprise and high-end midrange model, the Network Storage Controller was introduced in 2005. The Universal Storage Platform was one of the first disk arrays to virtualize other disk arrays in the appliance instead of in the network.
The second generation Universal Storage Platform V replaced the original Universal Storage Platform in 2007 and the Universal Storage Platform VM replacing the original Network Storage Controller also in 2007.
At the core of the Universal Storage Platform V and VM is a fully fault tolerant, high performance, non-blocking, silicon based switched architecture designed to provide the bandwidth needed to support infrastructure consolidation of enterprise file and block-based storage services on and behind a single platform.
Notable features include:
Supports online local and distance replication and migration of data non disruptively internally and between heterogeneous storage, without interrupting application i/o through use of products such as Tiered Storage Manager, ShadowImage, TrueCopy and Universal Replicator.Enables virtualization of external SAN storage from Hitachi and other vendors into one poolStorage partitioning provides the ability to host multiple applications on a single storage system without allowing the actions of one set of users to affect the Quality of Service of others.Supports thin provisioning and storage reclamation on internal and external virtualized storageProvides encryption, WORM and data shredding services, data resilience and business continuity services and content management services.Universal Storage Platform V Specifications
Frames (Cabinets) - Integrated Control/Drive Group Frame and 1 to 4 optional Drive Group FramesUniversal Star Network Crossbar Switch - Number of switches 8Aggregate bandwidth (GB/sec) - 106Aggregate IOPS - Over 4 millionCache Memory - Number of cache modules 1-32, Module capacity 8 or 16GB, Maximum cache memory 512GBControl/Shared Memory - Number of control memory modules 1-8, Module capacity 4GB, Maximum control memory 28GBFront End Directors (Connectivity)Number of Directors 1-14Fibre Channel host ports per Director - 8 or 16Fibre Channel port performance - 4, 8 Gbit/sMaximum Fibre Channel host ports - 224Virtual host ports - 1,024 per physical portMaximum IBM FICON host ports - 112Maximum IBM ESCON host ports - 112Logical Devices (LUNs) — Maximum SupportedOpen systems 65,536IBM z/OS 65,536DisksType: Flash 73, 146, 200 and 400GBType: Fibre Channel 146, 300, 450 and 600GBType: SATA II 1TB, 2TBNumber of disks per system (min/max) 4-1,152Number spare disks per system (min/max) 1-40Maximum Internal Raw Capacity - (2TB disks) 2,268 TBMaximum Usable Capacity - RAID-5Open systems (2TB disks) 1,972 TBz/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 931 TBMaximum Usable Capacity — RAID-6Open systems (2TB disks) 1,690TBz/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 796 TBMaximum Usable Capacity — RAID-1+Open systems (2TB disks) 1,130TBz/OS-compatible (1TB disks) 527.4TBOther FeaturesRAID 1, 10, 5, 6 supportMaximum internal and external capacity 247PBVirtual Storage Machines 32 maxBack end directors 1-8Operating System SupportMainframe - Fujitsu: MSP; IBM z/OS, z/OS.e, z/VM, zVSE, TPF; Red Hat; Linux for IBM S/390 and zSeries; SUSE: Linux Enterprise Server for System z.Open systems - HP: HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, Open VMS; IBM AIX; Microsoft Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008; Novell NetWare; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SGI IRIX; Sun Microsystems Solaris; VMware ESX and Vsphere, Citrix XENserverThe Hitachi Storage Command Suite (formerly the HiCommand Storage Management Suite) provides integrated storage resource management, tiered storage and business continuity software solutions allowing customers to align their storage with application requirements based upon metrics including Quality-of-Service, Service Level Objectives, Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives.
Open Standards management interfaces such as SNMP and SMI-S are also supported.
Universal Storage Platform family models. Information taken from
