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Read ComparisonHitachi VSP E Series vs. Midrange Storage Challengers
When you compare the VSP E Series to midrange options from Dell, Pure, IBM and HPE, one thing is clear. Not all midrange storage systems are created equal.
See for Yourself“The Hitachi VSP E590 platform gives us access to enterprise-class functionality at a mid-range price-point. That means we can provide our customers with highly cost-effective storage infrastructure without compromising on performance or availability.”
CEO, Netic
“We took a longer-term approach and looked for a solution that could meet our performance and capacity demands now and in the future. By choosing Hitachi’s all-NVMe E Series, we have a proven and reliable platform and the flexibility to support the business as it continues to grow.”
IT Manager, Zwahlen & Mayr
“Thanks to Hitachi Ops Center, our storage landscape has become one of the easiest parts of our infrastructure to manage.”
Cloud Data Storage Technologies Manager, Garanti BBVA
Building a future-proof storage foundation means engineering for
optimal energy efficiency. All VSP E Series are ENERGY STAR certified.
The VSP E Series truly has no equal
VSP E1090 rated #1 overall for IOPS/W vs. all other vendors’ midrange models.
At Hitachi good enough is never good enough. That’s why energy efficiency gets better with every launch.
Eco-Friendly Data Center Storage Sustainability Leaders Worldwide
Only midrange storage that’s both ENERGY STAR and third-party CFP certified across all products.
Current ENERGY STAR ratings in NVSS Disk Set Online 4 category as of May, 2023
Based on Hitachi Vantara and ITPro CO2 emission reduction data for new VSP solution launches vs. prior models
Current CFP (now part of EcoLeaf Environmental) certification as of May, 2023
Purchase Options | BUY NOW |
Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity |
7.94PB (30TB NVMe and 30TB SAS SSD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 144PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 264 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares |
24 (2.5” NVMe SSD) and 240 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | N/A |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” NVMe) 3.8TB (2.5” NVMe) 7.6TB (2.5” NVMe) 15TB (2.5” NVMe) 30TB (2.5” NVMe) 1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options | N/A |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays | 10 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | N/A |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 4.0 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) |
22 GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 76,800 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 768 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
24 x FC4 12 x iSCSI4 |
Host Interface Types |
FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
2U, 3.5” (87 mm) 19.0” (482 mm) 33.6” (852mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 106 lbs (48 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | 24 SFF NVMe SSD |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
Built-in Drive Tray: 32 x NVMe PCIe
Expansion Drive Tray: 8 x SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 0 |
Height Width Depth |
N/A |
Max. Weight | N/A |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 32,768 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (524,288 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 1,560 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 49,920 GiB |
ENERGY STAR® certified | Yes |
Purchase Options | BUY NOW |
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Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity | 10.62 PB (30TB NVMe,30TB SAS SSD and 18TB HDD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 144PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 552 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares |
24 (2.5” NVMe SSD) and 240 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | 480 (3.5” SAS HDD) |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” NVMe) 3.8TB (2.5” NVMe) 7.6TB (2.5” NVMe) 15TB (2.5” NVMe) 30TB (2.5” NVMe) 1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options |
2.4TB (2.5” 10K) 6TB (3.5” 7.2K) 10TB (3.5” 7.2K) 14TB (3.5” 7.2K) 18TB (3.5” 7.2K) |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays |
10 expansion trays total 2 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) and 8 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD/HDD or 2U: 12 LFF SAS HDD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | 8 (4U: 60 LFF HDD) |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 4.0 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) |
22 GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 76,800 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 768 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
16 x FC 8 x iSCSI |
Host Interface Types |
FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
2U, 3.5” (87 mm) 19.0” (482 mm) 33.6” (852mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 106 lbs (48 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | 24 SFF NVMe SSD |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
Built-in Drive Tray: 32 x NVMe PCIe
Expansion Drive Tray: 8 x SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 0 |
Height Width Depth |
N/A |
Max. Weight | N/A |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 32,768 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (524,288 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 1,560 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 49,920 GiB |
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Purchase Options | BUY NOW |
Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity | 7.94PB (30TB NVMe and 30TB SAS SSD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 216PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 264 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares |
24 (2.5” NVMe SSD) and 240 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | N/A |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” NVMe) 3.8TB (2.5” NVMe) 7.6TB (2.5” NVMe) 15TB (2.5” NVMe) 30TB (2.5” NVMe) 1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options | N/A |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays | 10 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | N/A |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 6.8 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 32 GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 76,800 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 768 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
24 x FC 4 12 x iSCSI4 |
Host Interface Types |
FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
2U, 3.5” (87 mm) 19.0” (482 mm) 33.6” (852mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 106 lbs (48 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | 24 SFF NVMe SSD |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
Built-in Drive Tray: 32 x NVMe PCIe
Expansion Drive Tray: 8 x SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 0 |
Height Width Depth |
N/A |
Max. Weight | N/A |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 49,152 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (786,432 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 1,560 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 49,920 GiB |
Purchase Options | BUY NOW |
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Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity | 10.62 PB (30TB NVMe, 30TB SAS SSD and 18TB HDD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 216PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 552 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares |
24 (2.5” NVMe SSD) and 240 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | 480 (3.5” SAS HDD) |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” NVMe) 3.8TB (2.5” NVMe) 7.6TB (2.5” NVMe) 15TB (2.5” NVMe) 30TB (2.5” NVMe) 1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options |
2.4TB (2.5” 10K) 6TB (3.5” 7.2K) 10TB (3.5” 7.2K) 14TB (3.5” 7.2K) 18TB (3.5” 7.2K) |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays |
10 expansion trays total 2 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) and 8 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD/HDD or 2U: 12 LFF SAS HDD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | 8 (4U: 60 LFF HDD) |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 6.8 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 32 GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 76,800 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 768 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
16 x FC 8 x iSCSI |
Host Interface Types |
FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
2U, 3.5” (87 mm) 19.0” (482 mm) 33.6” (852mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 106 lbs (48 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | 24 SFF NVMe SSD |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
Built-in Drive Tray: 32 x NVMe PCIe
Expansion Drive Tray: 8 x SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 0 |
Height Width Depth |
N/A |
Max. Weight | N/A |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 49,152 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (786,432 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 4,160 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 49,920 GiB |
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Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity | 26 PB (30TB SAS SSD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 287 PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 864 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares | 96 (2.5” NVMe SSD) or 864 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | N/A |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” NVMe) 3.8TB (2.5” NVMe) 7.6TB (2.5” NVMe) 15TB (2.5” NVMe) 30TB (2.5” NVMe) 1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options | N/A |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays |
4 (2U: 24 SFF NVMe SSD) or 36 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | N/A |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 8.4 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 52GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 256,000 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 1024 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
80 x FC-NVMe5 80 x FC5 40 x iSCSI5 |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
4U, 6.9” (175 mm) 19.0” (483 mm) 31.8” (809 mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 166 lbs (75 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | N/A |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
64 x NVMe PCIe or 64 x 12 Gb/s SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 1 |
Height Width Depth |
2U, 3.5” (88 mm) 19” (483mm) 35.2” (892 mm) |
Max. Weight | 95 lbs (43 kg) |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 65,280 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (1,048,575 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 4,160 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 66,560 GiB |
Purchase Options | TALK TO AN EXPERT |
Purchase Options | TALK TO AN EXPERT |
Capacity Specifications | |
Max. Raw Internal Capacity | 26 PB (30TB SAS SSD) |
Total Efficiency Guarantee Ratio1 | Up to 7:1 |
Data Reduction Guarantee Ratio | Up to 4:1 (sight unseen) |
Max. Raw External Capacity | 287 PB |
Max. Number of Drives (Flash and Hard Drives) | 960 |
Max. Number of Flash Drives, Including Spares | 864 (2.5” SAS SSD) |
Max. Number of Hard Drives, Including Spares | 960 (3.5” SAS HDD) |
Flash Drive Options |
1.9TB (2.5” SAS) 3.8TB (2.5” SAS) 7.6TB (2.5” SAS) 15TB (2.5” SAS) 30TB (2.5” SAS) |
SAS Hard Drive Options |
2.4TB (2.5” 10K) 6TB (3.5” 7.2K) 14TB (3.5” 7.2K) 18TB (3.5” 7.2K) |
Max. Standard Expansion Drive Trays |
36 expansion trays total 4 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD) and 32 (2U: 24 SFF SAS SSD/HDD) or 2U: 12 LFF SAS HDD) |
Max. High Density Expansion Drive Trays | 16 (4U: 60 LFF HDD) |
Controller Tray Specifications | |
Performance (IOPS) | 8.4 million |
Performance (Bandwidth) | 52GB/s |
Fibre Bandwidth to Host | 256,000 MB/s |
Max. Cache | 1024 GiB |
Max. Host Port Counts |
80 x FC-NVMe5 80 x FC5 40 x iSCSI5 |
Host Interface Types |
FC-NVMe: 32Gb/s FC: 32Gb/s FC: 16Gb/s iSCSI: 10Gb/s iSCSI: 25Gb/s |
Height Width Depth (Controller) |
4U, 6.9” (175 mm) 19.0” (483 mm) 31.8” (809 mm) |
Max. Weight (Controller w/ internal media2) | 166 lbs (75 kg) |
Built-in Drive Tray | N/A |
Back-End Disk Interface and Links |
64 x NVMe PCIe or 64 x 12 Gb/s SAS |
Expansion Host I/O Tray | |
Max qty | 1 |
Height Width Depth |
2U, 3.5” (88 mm) 19” (483mm) 35.2” (892 mm) |
Max. Weight | 95 lbs (43 kg) |
Software Specifications | |
Value Added Bundled Features |
100% Data Availability Guarantee Total Efficiency Guarantee Adaptive Data Reduction Storage Virtualization Embedded Management In System Replication Copy Data Management Infrastructure Analytics Non-disruptive Migration |
RAID Supported3 |
RAID6 (6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P) RAID5 (3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P) RAID1 (2D+2D, 4D+4D) |
Data-at-Rest Encryption | Yes |
Max. LUN Size | 256TB |
Max. Number of LUNs | 65,280 |
Max. Number of Snapshots | 1024 per LUN; (1,048,575 per system) |
Max. Number of Hosts per Fibre Channel Port | 255 |
Virtual Storage Scale Out Specifications | |
Max Controller nodes per cluster | 65 |
Max Clusters one node may participate in | 156 |
Max Cores (without intermix) | 4,160 |
Max Cache (without intermix) | 66,560 GiB |
Purchase Options | TALK TO AN EXPERT |
Notes:
1 The Total Efficiency Guarantee of up to 7:1 for the VSP E990/E790/E590 covers savings from data de-duplication, compression, thin provisioning and snapshots.
2 VSP E790 and E590 controller weight includes internal NVMe SSDs
3 RAID 1 selection mirrors blocks across two drives and then creates a striped set across multiple drive pairs. This is commonly referred to as RAID 1+0.
4 Maximum port count reflect diskless configuration
5 Maximum port count reflects diskless configuration and additional Channel Board Box (2U)
6 15 non-meta Virtual Storage Machines per node shared with NDM and GAD uses of VSMs
1MB = 1,000,000 bytes
1MiB = 1,048,576 bytes
NVMe = non-volatile memory express, SSD = solid state drive
FC = Fibre Channel
iSCSI = Internet Small Computer Systems Interface