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Super-Efficiency
Evaluator Group
John Webster
April, 2012
tiered file system (TFS) on the File Module which automatically places metadata tables on the fastest storage tier, and user data on a lower tier, for optimum performance. Hitachi will of course continue to sell its AMS2000 and VSP as its midrange and enterprise block storage offerings. Over time, block only configurations of HUS will replace the AMS2000. The Hitachi NAS (BlueArc) product line will continue to be Hitachi’s NAS gateway line, and by the 2nd half of 2012, all of these platforms will be managed by HCS. However, HUS represents Hitachi’s first unified block, file, and object storage platform. As such, it makes a statement about Hitachi’s ability to develop and push forward a super‐efficient storage and data management model that is consistent with the accelerating growth IT administrators are now grappling with. About Evaluator Group
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