HiCommand Tiered Storage Manager plus TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform Truly Enables Data Lifecycle Management
Company continues to rollout Services Oriented Storage Solutions solutions that simplify storage infrastructure management
STORAGE NETWORKING WORLD, PHOENIX, AZ - April 12, 2005 - Building on the large-scale virtualization capabilities of the Hitachi TagmaStore™ Universal Storage Platform, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today introduced breakthrough software innovations that enable companies to proactively move data across heterogeneous storage. The new Hitachi HiCommand® Tiered Storage Manager is the first software product to help users define and dynamically migrate data across multi-dimensional tiers of storage without disruption to the application itself.
"Every storage supplier is talking about Information Lifecycle Management and the need to migrate data across tiers of storage, but most present the migration as a linear, uni-directional movement from fast and expensive to slow and cheap," said John McArthur, group vice president and general manager of Information Infrastructure Research, IDC. "In the real world, however, the storage attributes associated with each application and each business use of data vary over multiple dimensions. Price and performance are two, but certain applications also require varying levels of availability, security, privacy, and data authentication. Customers need to manage the migration of data as the access pattern changes. They also need to manage the replication of data, providing information access to applications that may require substantially different data management attributes. This multi-dimensional, tiered, heterogeneous storage environment is key to enabling customers to realize the value of their information assets."
With the need to balance exponential growth in storage demand and stagnant budgets, while trying to meet regulatory requirements, many of today's IT departments are adopting a tiered storage strategy to optimize data placement and minimize cost. Whereas other vendors offer static tiers, HiCommand Tiered Storage Manager is the first software solution that enables a dynamic tiered storage strategy; that moves data to storage media that satisfy the quality of service and cost requirements of the application. It recognizes and addresses the constantly changing requirements of applications allowing data to be frequently migrated between storage tiers to maintain an optimal location. IT managers also use migration to move stale or non-crucial data to lower-cost storage systems; to resolve performance, capacity, and usage bottlenecks; to manage equipment lease expirations and upgrades; and to retire expensive-to-operate systems.
"In contrast to other vendors who are following a limited strategy built on a bunch of disparate point products Hitachi Data Systems is taking a more integrated, pragmatic, but continuously evolving, approach under the Services Oriented Storage Solutions strategy," said Jack Domme, vice president, storage management software, Hitachi Data Systems. "We're combining the powerful virtualization of the Universal Storage Platform and the management capabilities of the HiCommand software suite to make data movement across tiers of heterogeneous storage painless. With this combination, we deliver real benefit to the customer by closely matching the value of data to storage attributes and the needs of the business application, and by re-purposing older storage for archival roles."
Tiered Storage Manager is the latest addition to the HiCommand software suite. This suite is a critical component of Hitachi Services Oriented Storage Solutions™ solutions, launched in May 2004, that enable customers to precisely match business application requirements to storage system attributes - such as cost, performance, and data protection.
"These enhancements to the HiCommand suite will help our Sun StorEdge 9990 system customers get the most out of their investments, and adds another element to Sun's tiered storage portfolio," said James Whitemore, vice president of Marketing, Network Storage, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With their enterprise data centers and massive amounts of stored data, our StorEdge 9990 customers will be especially interested in Tiered Storage Manager, as they face some of the biggest data lifecycle management challenges of any storage user and are looking for ways to better manage the cost of very large, complex databases."
Other additions and enhancements to the HiCommand suite announced today include:
Upgraded products include:
Hitachi Data Systems will demonstrate the new HiCommand Tiered Storage Manager along with the other new software offerings at Storage Network World, April 12-15 in Phoenix.
For additional information on the enhanced Hitachi HiCommand Suite, please visit: http://www.hds.com/products_services/
storage_mgmt_software/storage_area_management/
HHitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and scalability to maximize customers' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the customer's perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers' business needs.
With 2,900 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.hds.com.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004) consolidated sales totaled 8,632.4 billion yen ($81.4 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at www.hitachi.com.
Hitachi Data Systems
Tony Hynes
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