Synopsis
In this guide…
For IT organizations in large businesses seeking a
greater return on their enterprise storage investments, a transformed data center is a virtual one with a large virtual pool of resources. The net result is superior data center efficiency, manageability and cost savings.
In order to achieve this, enterprises must rely on key technologies that are cloud-ready, virtualized, automated, and sustainable to meet enterprise demands.
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Transformation through Virtualization Transformation through Automation Transformation for Cloud
Transformation for Sustainable IT
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One Platform for All Data
Simplify complex storage environments and control data and
storage growth with the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform -
one platform for all data.
IT organizations can expect to realize the following benefits:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7Lower operating costs and TCO
Less administrative effort to manage more data Higher return on storage assets
Efficient deployment of storage capacity
Reduced power, cooling and space requirements
Simpler, cohesive management and security of systems Extensive data mobility
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Transformation
through Virtualization
Server virtualization + storage virtualization +
dynamic provisioning = IT agility
Server Virtualization
When organizations use intelligent storage platforms to eliminate virtual server build-up and create a centralized end-to-end
(server to storage) virtualization environment, data centers can be better protected and controlled under unified management.
Storage Virtualization
Storage virtualization gives the IT administrator choice over how to dynamically configure, move, leverage, safeguard and grow the IT infrastructure.
Thin Provisioning
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
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3D scaling
is enabled by Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and
allows for optimal infrastructure growth in all dimensions.
The HDS tiered storage strategy allows customers to separate the data and the storage for greater flexibility. Optimize and utilize the available storage first then couple it with dynamic provisioning to use that storage much more effectively.
Scale UP
Scale OUT
Dynamically to increase your performance, capacity, connectivity
Scale DEEP
Virtualized Storage Services
Non-virtualized Storage Services
Dynamically virtualize external storage and simplify management Dynamically to manage
your growing workloads
Virtualized vs. Non-virtualized
Storage Services
NAS CAS ServersVirtual PhysicalServers ENTERPRISE
NAS CAS
VTL
MIDRANGE CLOUD
Transform your data center with the best storage and
information infrastructure for virtualized environments
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n Automate your most labor-intensive
data management operations
n Deliver capacity and compute resources as quickly as your virtual servers
n Reduce costs while increasing
asset utilization at the pace of your business
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Hitachi Command Suite
Transformation through
Automation
3D management
is enabled by Hitachi Command Suite with
efficient storage management that lowers costs and properly
manages all data types.
n Reduce OPEX costs through simplified management and increase use of
automation
n Enable a scalable management architecture for larger data centers, storage
capacities and virtual servers
n Maintain application’s availability to its critical data and eliminate costly
operational errors Manage UP
Single management framework with the breadth to manage storage, servers, and the IT infrastructure
Deep integration within the Hitachi Command Suite for the highest level of operational efficiency to manage the complexities of today’s data centers Unified management scales
for the largest infrastructure deployments
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Improve performance,
monitoring and reporting too
3D management
is enabled by Hitachi Command Suite with
efficient storage management that lowers costs and properly
manages all data types.
n Faster access to data, simplified management
n Dynamic tiering equals faster data access for business critical data • Automatically moves data to the appropriate media according to
workload and usage to improve performance for mission critical data
• Adjusts performance for low-activity data to give applications optimal performance while storing up to 80% of data on cheaper storage
n Simplified management through use-case oriented operation built
around user experience for up to 50% fewer steps for faster operation performance.
Hitachi Data Systems solutions allow you to adopt or evolve
to cloud computing models or IT-as-a-service at your own
pace with minimal risk
“With these (Hitachi) cloud solutions, we’re taking the
guesswork and risk out of the equation for customers
looking to adopt cloud. We’re really excited to help
customers get there by providing a pragmatic, incremental
path that doesn’t disrupt their existing investments or
operations while delivering real business value.”
n Scale and provision dynamically and cost-effectivelyn Optimize operations by consolidating and aggregating storage,
server, networking and middleware assets
n Enable storage services while maintaining enterprise-class security and privacy
Miki Sandorfi, Chief Strategist, File and Content Services, Hitachi Data Systems
Cloud Virtual Resource Center
Transformation for Cloud
A short list of the characteristics key to cloud enablement
includes:
n The ability to rapidly provision or de-provision a service n A consumption model where users pay for what they use
n The agility to flexibly scale — “flex up” or “flex down” — the service without
extensive pre-planning
n A secure, direct connection to the cloud without having to recode applications n Multitenancy capabilities that segregate and protect the data
If you are considering cloud within your IT
organization, the Hitachi Data Systems portfolio of cloud technologies simplifies the adoption of cloud environments. At your own pace, review these resources to build a cloud environment that best addresses your particular cloud needs.http://vts.hds.com
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Cloud
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Transformation for
Sustainable IT
Sustainable IT refers to efforts that increase the useful
life and reduce environmental impacts of IT systems, and
together offer cost benefits to the business.
n Achieve energy efficiency without compromising reliability, availability or
security of your infrastructure
n Centralize and consolidate data management and data protection to
lower TCO and power consumption
n Deliver sustainability: This is a series of decisions and investments, not
any single product or technology
Achieve up to 40% better power efficiency for more sustainable data centers with Hitachi Data Systems.
For the enterprise seeking to transform the data center with
sustainable IT, here are some key boxes to check:
n Use virtualization to avoid data center hot spots n Centrally manage storage across the data center
n Allocate virtual capacity without dedicating physical storage n Tier storage to reduce the load on electrical and cooling systems n Maximize capacity in the least amount of floor space
n Minimize use of toxic
materials such as batteries
n Utilize services to
help design the right infrastructure
n Select vendors with an
environmentally friendly track record
Hitachi Data Systems Vision:
“Data Drives Our World”
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Sustainability — Increase
Data Center Efficiency
Increase Data Center Efficiency
Relieve your business of expensive power and cooling
costs in the data center while increasing efficiency with
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.
n The highest scale-up industry performance as measured by the
Storage Performance Council, reduced CAPEX and OPEX in virtual server environments due to better server consolidation
n The most flexible tiered storage scale-out capabilities: 10-20% lower
OPEX cost due to management of one platform vs. multiple individual nodes, 15-20% fewer ports and cache resulting in lower CAPEX
n Unique virtualization scaling for externally attached multivendor
storage: at least 20% CAPEX savings due to lower cost Tier 3 and Tier 4 compared to competitive architectures for increased ROA of existing assets
n Creates a more agile storage infrastructure,
increases the productivity of IT operators, reduces storage costs and increases return on storage assets
n Supports efficient and scalable management for growing and complex storage
environments using fewer resources
n Enables the move to a new storage platform
with up to 80% less effort and cost;
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
Summary
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n Storage Economics helps the enterprise quickly zero in on the cost
efficiencies and best ways to optimize data operations, even as new cost dimensions continue to emerge.
n Using Storage Economics, Hitachi Data Systems is able to map its innovations and technologies such as controller-based virtualization and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning to your service level objectives and business goals, leading the way to an agile data center with lowered TCO.
One Platform. One Solution.
One Obvious Choice.
www.hds.com/go/virtualizeIT
Hitachi Data Systems, the world leader in storage virtualization, offers the only storage architecture that flexibly adapts for performance and capacity, and it extends to multivendor storage. With the unique management capabilities of Hitachi Command Suite software, it transforms the data center.
Economic Evolution of Enterprise Storage: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform:
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Resource Center:
www.hds.com/go/
virtualizeIT
Additional Resources
Blogs, Twitter and Contact
Enterprise Virtualization:
One Platform for All Data E-Guide:
Hitachi Command Suite Solution Overview -3D Management:
Strategies for Greater Sustainability in the Data Center:
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