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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™

The Universal Storage Platform VM, powered by the Hitachi Universal Star Network™ crossbar switch architecture, delivers proven and innovative controller-based virtualization, logical partitioning and universal replication for open systems and mainframe environments in a rack mounted storage services platform.

The industry's highest reliability and availability storage solution is backed by a set of storage and data services that include thin provisioning with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, application centric storage management and logical partitioning, as well as simplified, unified data replication across heterogeneous storage systems.

An integral component of the Hitachi Services Oriented Storage Solutions architecture, the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM provides the foundation for matching application requirements to different classes of storage. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM packages and delivers critical services such as:

• Virtualization of storage from Hitachi and other vendors into one pool
• Thin provisioning through Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning for nondisruptive volume expansion
• Security services, business continuity services and content management services
• Load balancing to improve application performance
• Nondisruptive dynamic data migration from Hitachi and other storage systems

Services Oriented Storage Solutions enable IT organizations to present business clients with a menu of storage attributes (such as performance, availability, cost and security) and charge for those services based on the client's selection. Services Oriented Storage Solutions can lower costs, extend lifetime value and simplify management activities. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM lets you deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage—and add value to—current investments, and more closely align IT to your business objec

Related Documents:

Hitachi Universal Storage Platform - brochure (pdf) 
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform vm- Quick Reference Guide (pdf)  

White Papers:

Hitachi USP V and USP VM Tiered Storage Options (pdf)  
Hitachi USP V and USP VM Architecture Guide (pdf)