As part of our Application Optimized Storage™ solutions, the Hitachi Lightning 9900 V Series offers a storage platform that enables customers to simplify their infrastructures through massive consolidation. Combined with Hitachi storage software and the HiCommand® Storage Area Management Suite, these systems meet business application requirements for the highest levels of availability, scalability, and performance while supporting "set and forget" management, protecting data assets, and optimizing resources.

The Lightning 9900 V Series is powered by our Hi-Star™ crossbar switched architecture. That means no single point of failure and instant data access, around the clock. We're so confident about the reliability of the Lightning 9900 V Series storage systems, we back it up with a 100 percent data availability guarantee.

The Lightning 9900™ V Series systems can be paired with Hitachi Thunder 9500™ V Series modular storage systems in tiered environments for such applications as content distribution, backup, data archiving, and compliance.

Features

• Seamless scalability with non-disruptive expansion to over 140TB
• Multi-dimensional scalability including capacity, bandwidth, connectivity, workload mix and embedded applications
• Unique virtualization layer
• Instant, user-defined, point-in-time copies
• Off-site redundancy with complete data integrity
• Multi-protocol compatibility-Fibre Channel, FICON and ESCON
• Support for DAS, SAN, NAS, and iSCSI connectivity

Optimized For:

• Maximized consolidation and storage resource pooling
• Non-disruptive, real-time copies for backups and quick disaster recovery
• Unequalled platform for deployment in tiered storage environments, paired with Thunder 9500 V Series systems for data lifecycle management and regulatory compliance functions

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