Considering Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)

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HDS has brought to market a variety of cloud options designed to enable organizations to implement data, workforce and cloud mobility solutions based on their specific needs and at their own pace. Fulfilling the vision of its “business-defined IT” strategy, HDS now has solutions that are designed to allow organizations to balance the needs of business agility with security and control of corporate content, while optimizing costs. HDS solutions allow companies to choose between appliances and software-only versions of these solutions as well as one or more implementation options, including private, public, and hybrid clouds.

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is the object store and cloud repository that supports a variety of use cases and includes capabilities such as a metadata management model designed to enable better data access control and more effective data lifecycle management. HCP also features S3 and REST API support for integration with cloud applications without sacrificing SLAs and security; and virtualization capabilities that support multi-tenancy, enabling thousands of unique workloads to exist within a single cluster.

Key features of importance for a mobility strategy include:

  • Adaptive cloud tiering designed to simplify hybrid cloud architectures for mobility between private and public clouds without compromising control
  • Multitenancy for segregation of both data access and system control
  • Robust security, encryption and access controls
  • Deduplication, compression and a wide range of storage options including commodity disk and removable media to keep storage costs down
  • Flexible data protection based on the use of RAID to protect active content and erasure coding for protection of seldom accessed data
  • Intelligent automation through advanced metadata and customizable service plans
  • Global access topology for content synchronization and optimized operations
  • Broad protocol support, OpenStack Swift compatible interfaces, and dual stack IPv6/IPv4 for   seamless transition to cloud, mobility, BYOD and Internet of Things
  • Software-only as well as appliance offerings designed to provide greater flexibility

HCP Anywhere

HCP Anywhere, an application for Hitachi Content Platform that provides a fully integrated, on-premises solution for safe, secure file synchronization and sharing. HCP Anywhere is an application which is enterprise and Internet ready and uses the HCP platform. The HCP platform is a high-density object store used to store, protect, share, sync, secure and manage data in an efficient, scalable and cost effective manner.

Key features of importance for a mobility strategy include:

  • Auditing and manageability enhancements for event log reporting, ICAP support, MDM, single   sign-on, link management, de-register, and more
  • A single management console for centralized management of mobile devices and remote file    servers
  • Mobile access to NAS data as well as cloud file synchronization and sharing
  • Support for large files (up to 2TB), incremental sync and selective sync of files in shared folders
  • Active directory integration allows for HCP Anywhere to support, ingest and present users and groups that are configured in Active Directory
  • Support for multiple languages (English, Canadian French, Japanese, Korean, simplified Chinese)
  • Remote wipe allows for a secure destruction of data, account, user and configuration information in a centralized manner, ensuring if a mobile device is lost or stolen corporate data is not compromised
  • Granular, object and folder level sharing allows for secure access to information by the right      employees, while ensuring more sensitive information remains protected

Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI) Remote Server

The final offering in the HCP portfolio, is the Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI). It serves as a local fast cache for remote and branch office locations and allows files to be pinned to edge locations for quick retrieval all while enabling a centralized data management strategy.

Key Features of HDI include:

  • Elastic scale with the ability to shrink as well as grow remote file systems
  • Open Internet or virtual private network connection options
  • Simplified provisioning and management of remote server, single node and software-only versions to get branch and remote offices up and running in minutes
  • Roaming home directory capability for secure access to data from any company location
  • Simplified transition from traditional NAS to cloud gateway
  • Content pinning to keep important data in the local cache
  • Content distribution to ensure the right data is in the right place at the right time
  • Data encryption and secure data transfers between ROBOs and datacenters

Hitachi Content Mobility Portfolio

With Hitachi’s integrated Content Mobility portfolio, a diverse set of use cases are supported within a single infrastructure design. This single architecture is designed to deliver an agile, secure and cost optimized solution. It allows organizations to deliver the kinds of cloud services the business demands while also ensuring accessibility, security, auditability and meeting control objectives.