Chapter 9 – The Lightning 9900 Series Software Solutions Are the Best in the World ______________33
Increased IT service levels in availability and performance through Business Continuity Planning
(BCP) software and services......................................................................................................................34
Remote Copy, Data Duplication, Data Migration Defined ......................................................................35
Remote Copy ....................................................................................................................................35
PiT Copy ..........................................................................................................................................35
Data Migration..................................................................................................................................35
Business Goals Served by Hitachi Copy Software ....................................................................................36
Chapter 10 – Centralized and Open Systems Management Software Simplifies IT Operations ______37
A powerful and open systems management philosophy ............................................................................37
HiCommand allows systems management of Hitachi Storage and software through the enterprise’s
vendor of choice ......................................................................................................................................37
The components of HiCommand ............................................................................................................39
Overview of how the Systems Management Software supports business objectives ..................................39
Hitachi Resource Manager 9000 ..............................................................................................................40
Service Level Management ................................................................................................................40
Deployment Management ................................................................................................................40
Compliance Management..................................................................................................................40
SNMP support ensures compliance with all major systems management platforms..................................40
Hitachi Graph-Track takes the guess-work out of performance management............................................40
Hitachi LUN Manager simplifies configuration management and reduces staffing costs ..........................41
Hitachi Virtual Logical Volume Image Manager allows very large to very small virtual volume
configuration ............................................................................................................................................42
Hitachi FlashAccess allows data to be “locked and unlocked” in cache on-the-fly ....................................42
Hitachi CruiseControl..............................................................................................................................42
Storage Maximizer....................................................................................................................................43
Hitachi SANtinel......................................................................................................................................43
Transaction Processing Facility/Multi-Path Lock Facility (TPF/MPLF)....................................................43
Chapter 11 – Professional Services and Support ____________________________________________45
Hitachi Data Systems is consistently ranked Number One in the Industry ..............................................45
Professional Services Overview..................................................................................................................45
Cost of Risk Analysis methodology (CORA)............................................................................................45
Data Protection Services ..........................................................................................................................45
Data Protection Services Lab ............................................................................................................46
Remote Copy Assessment and Implementation Service ....................................................................46
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