Adaptable Modular Storage
AMS1000, AMS500, AMS200
The Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage systems are designed to deliver best-in-class
reliability and price/performance for small- and medium-sized businesses. These
disk systems leverage enterprise-class features like cache partitioning to provide
small- and medium-sized businesses with capabilities that allow them to maximize
the effectiveness of their storage investments.
AMS 1000
Ideal for midsized to larger businesses
- unifies SAN, iSCSI and NAS onto a single platform
- scales to 170TB of SATA & FC intermix, or 129TB Fibre Channel
- RAID6 parity to protect against multiple drive failure
- deliver application-appropriate performance, reliability and protection
- redundant, hot-swappable components
- use iSCSI interconnect to extend SAN to smaller systems
- data retention capabilities for regulatory compliance
- cache partitioning capabilities for maximized performance of applications
that require high I/O
- supports up to 4,096 LUNs with dynamic LUN management
- 4GB-16GB cache
- remote site replication capability
- supports 4Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
AMS 500
Ideal for small and medium-sized businesses
- migration from server-based DAS to a consolidated SAN with SAN starter kits;
iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity supported
- supports NAS connectivity
- scale up to 86TB with SATA intermix, or 64TB with Fibre Channel
- advanced RAID-6 features and cache partitioning to dedicate cache to the
most demanding applications
- fully redundant and hot-swappable components for minimal downtime
- supports non-disruptive volume replication and backup
- 1 or two controllers
- 2GB-8GB cache
- up to 2,048 virtual hosts
- disk-less boot for SAN-attached servers
- deliver application-appropriate performance, reliability and protection
- data retention capabilities for regulatory compliance
- remote site replication capability
- supports 4Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
AMS 200
Reliable and cost-effective for small- to midsized businesses
- iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity supported
- leverage NAS connectivity; high-capacity storage for file-sharing applications
- supports plug-and-play SAN kits
- 1 controllers, or 2 controllers for full redundancy
- hot-swappable, redundant components
- RAID6 support for dual parity, protection against multiple hard drive failure
and rapid RAID group rebuild
- scale up to 49.5TB SATA and Fibre Channel storage with intermix feature,
or 31.5TB Fibre Channel
- data retention capabilities for regulatory compliance
- support up to 512 LUNs
- cache partitioning capabilities for maximized performance of applications
that require high I/O
- 1GB - 4GB cache
- optional support for 4Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity
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