Next-Generation Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform Delivers Over 1 Million IOPs of Maximum Performance with New 4-Node Cluster Configuration
SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 22, 2007— Marking a strategic milestone designed to ignite the high-performance computing (HPC) storage market, Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced significant enhancements to the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform, powered by BlueArc, further extending its lead over competing solutions. Based on performance achieved in real-world customer environments and displaying near linear scalability, the Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform now delivers more than 1 million IOPs (input-output operations per second) in the newly available 4-node cluster configuration.
Today's news further leverages Hitachi Data Systems' worldwide OEM agreement with BlueArc, announced in December last year, to maximize product development efforts around the delivery of sophisticated file-based storage virtualization solutions that are designed to accelerate Hitachi Data Systems' expansion into the global high-performance computing (HPC) storage market
Commenting on today's announcement John Mansfield, vice president, Product Management, for Hitachi Data Systems said, "We have taken NAS to the next level by moving to 4 node clusters and dramatically elevating the level of performance that customers can expect from Hitachi's High-performance NAS Platform. Our unique architecture provides remarkably efficient resource consumption when clustering, relative to our competition. The increase in performance is considerable as it reduces the costs and resources associated with storing, managing and most importantly, accessing data. Our enhanced NAS platform is ideal for both enterprise customers who need large scale consolidation and users in data-intensive, high-performance computing markets, such as life sciences, Internet services and entertainment, who place a higher emphasis on performance and scalability."
"Scalability is essential to high-end storage environments," said Tony Asaro, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "High-end NAS systems are often limited to dual node architectures and relatively small file systems. The Hitachi high-performance NAS solution can scale up to 4 nodes and to a 512 terabyte name space and has the advantage of providing high performance for all data types including transactional and streaming I/O. Hitachi is well positioned to be a dominant player in the high-end NAS market including data center and high performance computing. They are a leading storage vendor that understands what it takes to support mission-critical environments that require leading-edge performance, data protection, reliability and scalability."
Enhanced Data Protection Ideal for High-Performance
Computing Environments
The ability to cluster up to 4 nodes with active/active clustering
and failover not only boosts the performance of Hitachi's
High-performance NAS Platform, but also further enhances its
availability and reliability, making it ideal for large enterprises
focused on consolidation and companies requiring intensive file
processing. The new High-performance NAS Platform reduces
processing cycle times, increases the number of simultaneous users,
thereby expanding information sharing and collaboration, and
enables seamless scaling of workloads and capacity. These enhanced
data protection capabilities make the Hitachi High-performance NAS
Platform tailor-made for protecting the highly valuable data
produced and processed in high-performance computing
environments.
In addition to doubling the performance of its High-performance NAS Platform, Hitachi will now offer a maximum of 32 Virtual Servers per single node or cluster, a new Cluster Read Caching feature and a new FSX Module. The Cluster Read Caching feature enables customers in data-intensive verticals to accelerate performance in NFS environments. The FSX module more than doubles CIFS performance, making it an ideal solution for customers in Microsoft Windows- intensive environments.
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About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi 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 approximately 3,200 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
http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo,
Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately
356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006)
consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 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 website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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