Catalogue · Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi VSP 5200
High-end · all-flash · dual controller - Entry configuration of Hitachi's previous-generation enterprise array: one controller block with NVMe, SCM and SAS flash, for mission-critical open and mainframe workloads.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Hitachi Vantara |
| Family | VSP 5000 series |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Legacy / superseded |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | SVOS RF |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 1,100 GB |
| Availability | 100% Data Availability Guarantee |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | Storage-class memory, NVMe SSD, SAS SSD |
| Drive note | Per-type maxima: 33 NVMe SCM, 96 NVMe SSD or 768 SFF SAS SSD (drive packs of 4). |
| Flash drive sizes | 0.38, 1.9, 3.8, 7.6, 15, 30, 60 TB |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 768 |
| Controller enclosure | 4U |
| Expansion | Up to 4 NVMe SSD and 32 SAS SSD flash media trays (sold in packages of 4) |
| Raw capacity | 23.1 PB |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | 4:1 effective capacity guarantee with Compression Accelerator Module |
| Protection | RAID-1 (2D+2D), RAID-1 (4D+4D), RAID-5 (3D+1P), RAID-5 (7D+1P), RAID-6 (6D+2P), RAID-6 (14D+2P) |
| Protection note | Max LUN size 256TB; global-active device metro clustering up to 500km; 3-data-center replication (async + GAD); Thin Image snapshots; data-at-rest encryption for NVMe and SAS; IBM FICON (16/32Gb) for mainframe. Product page removed from hitachivantara.com; superseded by VSP One Block. |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 5,100,000 |
| Maximum throughput | 52 GB/s |
| Latency | 39 µs |
| Conditions | Raw 23.1PB with 30TB SSDs; external virtualized capacity up to 287PB. Latency 'as low as 39us' per the 2025 family matrix (the 2023 datasheet lists 60us for the 5200). Max cache 1TiB converted to GB. One controller block = 2 nodes (4U each). The series starts as small as 3.8TB. Max Fibre bandwidth to host 102.4GB/s. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, NVMe over FC, iSCSI |
| Fibre Channel | 32 Gb |
| Ethernet | 10 GbE |
| Host ports | 32 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 65,280 |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | 1,048,575 |
| Management and support | |
| Management | Hitachi Ops Center |
| Power | n/a |
| Positioned for | Mission-critical |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Dynamic Provisioning pool · DP volume (LDEV) · Host group · Universal Replicator |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
? Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
? Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✕ Native file services
✕ Native object (S3)
✓ Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.hitachivantara.com/content/dam/hvac/pdfs/specifications/virtual-storage-platform-5000-series-family-matrix.pdf |
| Datasheet | https://www.hitachivantara.com/content/dam/hvac/pdfs/datasheet/virtual-storage-platform-5000-series-datasheet.pdf |