New drive boosts maximum subsystem capacity to 6TB; contributes to lower cost of operation.
May 10 1999 — Expanding the range of choices available to customers who wish to optimize the capacity and performance of their storage subsystems, Hitachi Data Systems today announced two new disk drive options for its flagship subsystem, the multiplatform Hitachi Data Systems® Freedom Storage 7700E. The company will now offer 36 gigabyte (GB) and 15GB disk drives with the Freedom 7700E storage subsystem.
Doubling the maximum capacity of the Freedom 7700E to 6 terabytes (TB), use of the new 36GB disk drive enables customers to spread the controller cost over a much larger subsystem capacity, providing a substantial reduction in the total cost of operation.
The Freedom 7700E can be configured as a high-performance or high-capacity solution. Using the 36-gigabyte disk drive, 7700E customers will be able to achieve good performance at the lowest cost per byte. For applications that require higher performance, customers can use the new 15GB disk drive — the fastest commercially available drive in the world, spinning at more than 12,000 revolutions per minute — to implement a configuration with up to 2.5TB in a single Freedom 7700E subsystem. The 36GB and 15GB disk drives can be intermixed with the 18GB and 6GB disk drive options currently offered with the Freedom 7700E. The new 36GB and 15GB disk drives are available immediately.
"The new disk drive options introduced today for the Freedom 7700E continue the trend of bringing Hitachi Data Systems' world-leading technology to market at an ever-increasing pace," said Christine Wallis, Vice President, Hitachi Data Systems Enterprise Storage Marketing. "Faced with the problem of managing the constantly increasing volumes of storage under their control, datacenter managers will be able to use these new disk drives to tailor the cost and performance of their systems more precisely than ever before."
The Hitachi Data Systems Freedom Storage family covers the needs of the enterprise from data center to desktop, giving customers the opportunity to locate their storage either inside or outside the data center, wherever it makes the most business sense to do so — and yet manage it all from a central location.
The multiplatform Freedom Storage 7700E attaches to mainframe and open-system servers located within the data center. The Freedom Storage 5800 provides the high levels of performance and availability needed to support clustered servers in Windows NT, UNIX®, and NetWare environments, either inside or outside the "glass house." And the Freedom 5700E is an ideal solution for customers whose business needs require that their data be distributed throughout the enterprise.
Recognized as a leading provider of business solutions for the world's most IT-intensive corporations, Hitachi Data Systems offers a global professional services division, multiplatform storage subsystems, and the industry's broadest line of high-performance servers. The company's extensive range of products and services, coupled with its business alliances with key industry leaders, enable it to translate technology into enterprise-wide solutions for high-end and middle-market customers. Hitachi Data Systems is owned by Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and has its headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Contacts: PR
Bob Neudecker , Hitachi Data Systems (408) 970-4450
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