Virtualization
HDS Universal Volume Manager.
External storage virtualization for HDS VSP — enabling heterogeneous storage arrays from third-party vendors to be managed and migrated through a single HDS VSP controller, simplifying multi-vendor environments.
Overview
HDS Universal Volume Manager (UVM) allows the Hitachi VSP to virtualize storage volumes from third-party arrays — including EMC, NetApp, HP, and IBM — presenting them to hosts as VSP-managed volumes. This enables organizations to manage heterogeneous storage environments through a single VSP management interface and apply HDS software features (replication, tiering, snapshots) to non-HDS storage.
STME uses UVM in data center consolidation programs where clients have multi-vendor storage environments and want to standardize on a single management platform. UVM also enables non-disruptive data migration from legacy storage to new VSP arrays.
Key features
- Virtualize third-party arrays behind HDS VSP
- Non-disruptive migration from external to internal VSP storage
- Supports EMC, HP, IBM, NetApp, and other arrays as external
- Apply HDS replication features to external storage
- Single management interface for all storage
- Full VSP feature set available on virtualized volumes
Specifications
Supported externals
EMC, HP, IBM, NetApp, others
Migration
Non-disruptive (host unaware)
Management
Hitachi Ops Center (unified)
Feature access
All VSP features on external vols
Use cases
Heterogeneous storage consolidation
Non-disruptive migration
Multi-vendor management simplification
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HDS Universal Volume Manager
External storage virtualization for HDS VSP — enabling heterogeneous storage arrays from third-party vendors to be managed and migrated through a single HDS VSP controller, simplifying multi-vendor environments.