Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) and Hitachi NAS Platform(HNAS) have been enhanced with the newly introduced 4060, 4080 and 4100 file sharing models. These new file modules provide significantly more file IOPS and throughput performance. They also offer improved front-end server and faster back-end storage connectivity, as well as expanded scalability through a larger single namespace. Primary data deduplication is the major new feature that helps achieve higher utilization and cost savings through capacity efficiencies. This increase in performance, scalability and capacity efficiency helps IT departments to accelerate insight, improve decision-making and free up resources.
Today,file data is expanding without limit. Some suggest that this data will grow 40X over the next decade, at which time % of all company data will be unstructured. Such unrestrained growth becomes an unmanageable burden in its own right. Further, regulatory compliance and/or E-discovery may necessitate even more rigorous guardianship over an organization’s data.
Nevertheless, the principal advantage of file data is its ease of use. Therein lies the dilemma. How does IT maintain unstructured data’s versatility while at the same time providing better management and control over this data throughout its lifetime wherever it lies in the enterprise?
The answer to this data conundrum must come from a portfolio of file and content solutions, which adds to traditional file storage infrastructure, capabilities for archive, compliance and search, in a tightly integrated set of offerings. The Hitachi Data Systems (HDS file and content solutions product family includes both file and object storage solutions as well as advanced storage services that can be joined together to resolve such contrasting requirements.
Today’s data centers are in the unenviable position of dealing with an explosion of data growth. In fact, many data centers are struggling with 45-60 percent annual storage growth with small, if any, increases in physical and monetary resources. Continuous addition of storage solutions in silo-ed fashion has introduced administrative complexity surging to oftentimes create an operational morass. Adding even further strain is the unceasing demand by users for flawless, continuous IT performance.
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