Application Optimized Storage

"While data lifecycle management can help companies lower cost and improve margin, greater gains will come from leveraging information to improve business performance. Solutions, such as Hitachi Data Systems’ Application Optimized Storage, that match storage system performance, provisioning, and availability with business application requirements, will play a key role in helping storage administrators focus on information and business performance, while automating data management" - John McArthur, Group Vice President of Storage Research, IDC

At one point in storage history, mid-sized organizations were obliged to tolerate downtime. No longer! Now, just like in enterprise operations, storage managers are required to achieve minimal downtime and to protect the data assets generated by their business-critical applications. With the challenges clearly in focus, Hitachi Data Systems offers mid-sized organizations fully tested, application-integrated solutions that leverage best-in-class storage infrastructure with software and services.

Just like larger enterprises, mid-sized organizations face the same challenges of managing cross-platform data protection strategies and need to reduce administration time to control costs. Hitachi Data Systems Solutions for Data Protection and Disaster Recovery reduce your business risk, improve recovery time and help maximize business productivity.

Storage Solutions

HDS SAN

The Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage models 1000, 500, and 200 deliver the best price/performance, availability and best-in-class scalability in the modular storage market space! Leveraging many high-end features such as cache partitioning and RAID-6, the Adaptable Modular Storage systems are easily managed by Hitachi’s Storage Navigator Modular software. These systems are ideal for any small, midsized or larger businesses that requiring high-availability and high-performance solutions.

Adaptable Modular Storage 1000: With up to 450 disk drives and the ability to virtually connect to a maximum of 1,024 servers, this model delivers enterprise-class performance and capacity at a mid-range price. The 1000 is ideal for larger companies.

Adaptable Modular Storage 500: This model is the solution for mid-sized companies that need tiered storage in a single rack. Mix up to 225 fibre channel and SATA hard drives to store data for both high performance applications and near-line or back up applications.

Adaptable Modular Storage 200: This entry level model is ideal for small business or branch offices. Configurations scale from 4 to 105 hard drives. The 200 is a great choice for companies or departments that are implementing their first storage area network (SAN).

Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc®, is an advanced and integrated network attached storage (NAS) solution that Hitachi Data Systems co-brands with BlueArc. It is a powerful solution for NAS or file server consolidation, data protection and general purpose NAS workload:

HDS NAS

High-performance NAS Platform 2100 and 2200: scalable solutions for enterprise-class consolidation and high-performance applications

High-performance NAS Platform 2000: effective file server consolidation solution and advanced feature set for mid-sized organizations

High-performance NAS Platform 2000 Nearline: cost effective disk-to-disk data protection solution, which provides an alternative to management-heavy tape storage