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Why Hitachi Storage?

INTRO to VSP
E-Series and Everflex

Virtual Storage Platform

for Block Storage

Virtual Storage Platform

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) supercharges the performance of business applications with a simple-to manage platform that meets data efficiency needs. The Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) is used across our entire VSP family of storage, so midrange and enterprise customers receive the same benefits, and you can efficiently enable your teams. Customers can scale, train once, deploy quickly, and even manage other vendor storage in one place – all with Hitachi’s legendary resilience and 100% data availability guarantee.
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Object Storage

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

Object Storage

HCP Portfolio is a comprehensive hybrid cloud solution spanning small, medium, and enterprise organizations. Portfolio includes:
  • Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), a massively scalable object storage system designed for secure private and hybrid cloud storage, content distribution, backup free archiving, and compliance
  • HCP Anywhere, a solution for enterprise mobility with collaboration, user data protection, and file synchronization and sharing
  • Hitachi Content Intelligence (HCI), a data aggregation and processing capability to enhance analytics

Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF)

Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF)

For customers that need file services that exceed what a traditional NAS device can deliver. HCFS is a high-performance file-based storage solution that is highly scalable and easy to deploy, configure, manage, and expand.
  • Uses shared storage architecture, it eliminates any CPU or GPU performance bottlenecks and scales with limits or increased latency.
  • It is a combination of a distributed file system and object storage designed specifically for AI, ML and CPU-accelerated workloads.
The world’s fastest shared file system and comes with zero performance tuning to support small and large files simultaneously. Powered by WekaIO.

Converged Infrastructure

Unified Compute Platform (UCP CI)

Converged Infrastructure (UCP CI)

  • Cisco and Hitachi work together to deliver a validated, converged infrastructure solution. Provides an easily deployed, flexible and cost-efficient architecture
  • Leveraging decades of industry expertise and superior technology, this Cisco CVD offers a resilient, agile, and flexible foundation for today’s businesses.
  • The partnership extends beyond a single solution, enabling businesses to benefit from their roadmap of evolving technologies such as advanced analytics, IoT, cloud, and edge capabilities
  • Multiple reference architectures

Hyper-Converged

Unified Compute Platform (UCP HC)

Hyper-Converged (UCP HC)

  • Experience certainty, reduce risk and improve productivity with Scalable, Simple, and secure hyperconverged appliances.
  • In partnership with VMware delivers simplified, automated joint solutions, with options for hyperconverged and software-defined infrastructures.
  • UCP HC appliances create simple, easy-to deploy, all-in-one solutions, powered by VMware, that offer agility and simplicity.

Hitachi Data Protection Suite (HDPS)

Hitachi Data Protection Suite (HDPS)

  • Powered by Commvault the HDPS protects data, applications, and workloads so that customers can restore business operations when needed.
  • Minimizes risk of losing backup data and the ability to recover due to various cyber threats with several security and ransomware features.

Data Networking

Data Networking

For over 20 years Hitachi Vantara, together with our networking OEM partners, have been delivering the global benchmark for enterprise-class storage networking performance, availability, resilience, simplicity, and security to future-proof today’s fast-evolving organization with world class storage and networking.
  • Brocade: Support critical workloads and transition to the cloud with its data center networking, SAN and server connectivity solutions. Combining legendary infrastructure with best-in-class SAN. A fully compatible, fully interoperable single-pane-of-glass operating system. With proven infrastructure offerings for storage, mainframe, business continuity and converged solutions.
  • Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for CI (Converged Infrastructure)
    • Easily deployed, flexible and cost-efficient architecture.
    • Cisco’s leadership in networking and servers with Hitachi’s technical innovation in storage.

Value Guaranteed

  • Guaranteed ROI with 2:1 data reduction guarantee sight unseen
  • Guaranteed Data Availability with 100% data availability
  • Guaranteed Value through Modern Storage Assurance & EverFlex

Why Hitachi Storage?

Storage Management Flexibility

  • Embedded Storage Management 
    • Simple setup & rapid provisioning for fast deployments
    • Near real-time performance monitoring
    • Default configurations and simplicity
    • Ideal for IT generalists
    • Clear Sight Cloud-based monitoring
  • Advanced Storage Management – Hitachi Ops Center
    • Large deployments, multiple VSP arrays
    • Telemetry-based monitoring
    • Automated workflows and orchestration
    • Enterprise data copy management
    • Mission critical, high availability operations
    • Ransomware protection with Immutability and anomaly detection
    • Perpetual Licensing / Single Cost

SVOS (Storage Virtualization Operating System)

  • Included with all VSP Storage Systems
  • A Single, Common OS for All VSP Storage Systems
    • Simplify storage management across organization
  • Performance Optimized
  • Enterprise-Class and Economical
    • Most resilient flash OS available
    • Backed by 100% data availability guarantee
    • High Performance, user selectable, data reduction
    • Manage virtualized 3rd party arrays
    • Supports Open and Mainframe Systems
  • Improve IT agility with Hitachi Ops Center to manage your data infrastructure with a unified management suite.

Ops Center

Advanced Storage Management; Operations intelligence, management & insight

Ops Center consists of four components:

  • Ops Center Administrator
    • Unified management experience across all storage arrays. Rapidly configure your storage systems and IT services. Simplified management / reduce administrative complexity.

  • Ops Center Analyzer
    • Analyze resources, from virtual machines to storage resources to prescribe and predict. End-to-end analytics. True AI learned analytics of your environment.
    • Part of Early Ransomware Detection by setting threshold alerts on your data to recognize possible ransomware and lock array operations.

  • Ops Center Automator
    • Automate repetitive tasks end-to-end. Simplify storage configurations and provisioning operations.

  • Ops Center Protector
    • Data protection and recovery operations with enterprise copy data management. 
    • Automate Enterprise Data Copy Technology
    • Application Consistent Copies
    • Remote Replication for DR
    • Part of Early Ransomware Detection using Data Retention Utility (DRU)

Storage Virtualization

Do more with Less and turn yesterday’s budget into today’s technology.

  • Hitachi is the storage virtualization market leader
  • Virtualize existing legacy storage behind Hitachi controller’s w/o need to add capacity
  • Modernize existing infrastructure with early threat detection, immutability & data reduction
  • Simplify storage operations, centralize administration, and eliminate silos
  • Increased performance & resiliency for critical workloads
  • Provided an option for enhanced data protection with an immutable airgap solution
  • Reduce inflated legacy storage support costs upwards of 75%+
  • Extend life of existing assets and seamlessly retire outdated storage on your schedule when budgets allow.

Baked in Ransomware Detection

Benefit from built-in protection thanks to Ops Center Analyzer and Protector.

  • Ability to alert you faster and shorten RPO to mitigate ransomware attacks.
  • Part of a layered ransomware defense

Modern Storage Assurance (MSA)

  • Is an architecture upgrade option that extends the life cycle of your storage investment by modernizing and upgrading your architecture without a forklift upgrade or downtime. MSA provides data-in-place upgrade capabilities, protecting your data and media investment.
  • Guarantees the upgrade and installation of your next-generation storage platform. 
  • Available with all VSP 5000 and E series models.
  • When you are ready you will receive a full data-in-place upgrade with zero downtime.
  • Meant to help turn today’s budget into tomorrow’s technology

Flexible Deployment Options - Everflex

Available on all VSP Storage.

  • Pay-per-use consumption (or subscription). Only pay for the storage you use
  • Flex up and/or flex down
  • Ready to use
  • Automated
  • Cloud-based management

 

Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

Hitachi has partnered with the top tier industry partners to provide complete data solutions no matter what it is. All cloud platforms, on-prem, hosted, managed, or consumed, Hitachi has a solution and is aligned with the right partners to ensure a smooth IT transformation. 

  • Cisco (Converged Infrastructure, over 60 validated architectures)
  • Brocade (Data Networking)
  • Commvault and Veeam (Data and Ransomware Protection)
  • VMware (Converged Infrastructure)
  • SAP, Oracle
  • Microsoft, AWS
  • WEKA / WekaIO (Hitachi Content Software for File – HCSF)
  • Splunk Reference Architecture
  • Veritas

 

Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) for Block Storage

Features on all VSP Models from entry level to large enterprise:
  • Common Architecture, OS (SVOS), Feature Set & Ops Center Management Suite
  • True all-active architecture
  • Most Flexible; All Flash or Hybrid – NVMe, SAS SSD, NL SAS 
  • Data reduction technology
  • Highest RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) levels in Industry 
  • Most reliable with 8 nines availability in single box, 100x more than competitors.
  • Improved application performance and availability
  • AI-driven management
  • Guaranteed to reduce storage costs

Entry Level and Mid-Market

  • VSP E590, E790 and E1090
Large Enterprise 
  • VSP 5200 and VSP 5600
    • The most powerful storage platforms available. 
    • World’s fastest NVMe flash array
    • Scale-out architecture
    • Delivers best-in-class performance and resiliency