Reaching previously unattainable levels of consolidation, the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V has redefined the storage industry. It represents the world’s first implementation of a large-scale, enterprise-class virtualization layer combined with thin provisioning software. That means virtualization of internal and external heterogenous storage into one pool has finally been achieved. Customers can obtain the consolidation benefits of external storage virtualization with the efficiencies, power and cooling advantages of thin provisioning in one integrated solution.
Everyone from mid-sized growing companies to the largest global organizations can now benefit from the industry’s highest-performing and most scalable storage solution. It’s backed by a set of storage and data services that include thin provisioning with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning™ software, application-centric storage management and logical partitioning, as well as simplified, unified data replication across heterogeneous storage systems.
An integral component of the Services Oriented Storage Solutions architecture from Hitachi Data Systems, the Universal Storage Platform V provides the foundation for matching application requirements to different classes of storage. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V packages and delivers critical services such as:
- Business continuity services
- Content management services (search, indexing)
- Non-disruptive data migration
- Volume management across heterogeneous storage arrays
- Thin provisioning
- Security services (immutability, logging, auditing, data shredding)
- Data de-duplication
- I/O load balancing
- Data classification
- File management services
Services Oriented Storage Solutions enables IT organizations to present business clients with a menu of storage attributes (such as performance, availability, cost and security) and charge for those services based on the client’s selection. Services Oriented Storage solutions can lower costs, extend lifetime value and simplify management activities. The Universal Storage Platform V enables you to deploy applications within a new framework, fully leverage—and add value to—current investments, and more closely align IT with business objectives.
