Storage Virtual

Hitachi developed a new platform in virtual storage and management software Hitachi Command Suite (HCS). Both the benchmark virtualization solution in the new enterprise-class IT industry.

"In the midst of a shrinking budget, organizational change and intense competition, companies are challenged to make information available any time but stay safe. Meanwhile, IT organizations must do many things with the least possible resources," said Jack Domme, chief executive officer, Hitachi Data Systems.

In this connection, Hitachi helps solve one of the biggest challenges in the industry through this single platform for all data, which is supported by our leadership in virtual technology. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is claimed to be the latest step forward in transforming raw data into valuable information that offers the scalability and adaptability.

In this case, Hitachi Data Systems to develop a single, virtualized platform for all kinds of data with the ability to manage multi-vendor environment. Virtual Storage Platform is the first 3D storage platform designed for all types of data.

Virtual Storage Platform is a solution that is able to dynamically provide three types of development, ie, scale up, scale out and scale deep - known also as 3D Scaling. Data center with 3D capability Scaling has the performance, capacity and flexible virtualization with multi-vendor storage. Scale data center can be dynamically adjusted starting from small-scale configuration to then develop according to customer requirements.

According to recent research, the volume of data increases with an annual growth rate to 50 percent. The growth of unstructured data such as email, pictures, audio and video even grow 10 times faster than structured data. In the healthcare industry alone, the amount of data created quadrupled every two years. Operational costs to manage the additional volume of data has now accounted for over 65 percent of the total cost of storage.

Hitachi claims the new solution can reduce the cost of disk drives by 70 percent compared to storage without any virtualization platform, through tiered storage (tiered-storage), reclamation and dynamic storage-tiering. Customers also can feel the reduction in total ownership cost per terabyte (TB) up to 33 percent in the first year of implementation. In fact, this new platform can be cut to 30 percent of the cost of electricity, cooling and space consumption compared to storage platforms over the existing board at this time