The Hitachi NAS Platform 5000 Series is a reliable file storage option that offers the highest file scalability and flexibility for workload consolidation. It has an improved accelerated file system that significantly raises the ROI for your enterprise scale-out filing system requirements. The NAS 5000 series supports up to 80 nodes in a virtual cluster. The Hitachi NAS 5000 series allows for snapshot archiving and takes advantage of cost-effective cloud potential to store stale or less active data while providing local, transparent access for users and applications. This is made possible by an improved file system cloud extension of up to 130/840 billion objects.