Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100
Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100, a simple and reliable solution for SMBs, offers enterprise-class storage features with complete data protection solutions. Simple Modular Storage 100 is ideal for businesses looking for storage systems that are easy to manage, easy to grow, and easy to integrate with applications such as Microsoft® Windows and others common to the SMB marketplace.
The solution can be installed in minutes. No storage expertise is required. The platform enables simple installation and includes configuration wizards, easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) storage management software and powerful—yet simple—snapshot copy software deployment. Optional remote copy software is also available.
With Simple Modular Storage 100, Hitachi Data Systems delivers market leading availability, performance and uncompromised reputation for reliability. Advanced self-healing features, coupled with a RAID-6 (dual parity) configuration, protect your most important information assets. Simple Modular Storage 100 is engineered to run nondisruptively for several years without onsite maintenance.
It is also ideal for workgroup or departmental storage needs. Unlike the competition, this cost effective platform offers enterprise-class features designed for simplicity, ease of management, and storage growth.
Simple Modular Storage 100: High-availability storage has never been so affordable .
Features
- High Availability:
Simple Modular Storage offers storage with no single point of failure using RAID-6 configuration for non-disruptive operation. RAID-6 configuration ensures data will not be lost even in the unlikely event that two drives can fail at the same time. - Simple Maintenance and Recovery:
Should a disk drive fail, Hitachi Simple Modular Storage will continue to operate as if nothing happened. The easy-to-use Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 will notify you that a drive has malfunctioned and direct you to contact the support center, which will send a replacement. - Built-in Data Protection:
Data protection tasks are simplified with a point-and-click, graphical user interface or GUI-based Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot software. This software quickly replicates volume changes via point-in-time snapshots without impacting host server performance. - Hitachi ShadowImage® Replication:
Optional software is available to create multiple copies of any accessible data within a Simple Modular Storage model. Hitachi TrueCopy® Extended Distance software is also available, as an option, for asynchronous remote replication between Simple Modular Storage devices at separate locations. - Simple Upgrades:
Upgrading to higher capacity or performance is straightforward with a simple and secure auto-migration feature. - Unsurpassed Interoperability:
- HP-UX, IBM® AIX®, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Vista, Microsoft XP, Novell Netware, Red Hat Linux, Red Flag Linux, Suse Linux, Sun Solaris, and VMware platforms support.
- 146GB SAS, 300GB SAS, 500GB SATA II, or 750GB SATA II Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
- Green, Eco-friendly:
Cost-efficient, power-efficient, and fully compliant with Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations, which limit the use of hazardous materials in electronic equipment.
Benefits
- Eliminate storage complexity and reduce management costs while avoiding interruption and downtime.
- Deploy enterprise-class storage features that are cost effective, simple to install, and easy to manage, back up, and restore.
- Consolidate data into a single management environment instead of being distributed across multiple servers.
- Customer-installable—in less than one hour using a simple graphical user interface management tool. No training or storage expertise required.
- Integrates easily with the Microsoft environments and technologies you already know.
Press and Analyst Coverage
"Targeting the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises, Hitachi introduced the Simple Modular Storage 100 (SMS 100). This low-cost, entry-level storage system is a solution that is easy to use, manage and simple to install, and provides non-disruptive operations for up to five years or more, with virtually no maintenance or service required. In addition, a unique user-friendly auto-migration capability is available for upgrades, eliminating future data migration service requirements."—Ovum Full Report
"Simple Modular Storage's design fuses enterprise-class data storage software and hardware with the ease-of-use of consumer electronics such as plasma TVs and DVD players. In building Simple Modular Storage, Hitachi draws on its experience in both fields."—Illuminata Full Report
"There are two very important aspects of HDS’ strategy that make this more than just another storage system targeted towards the SMB market. First, they provide transparent data migration from internal and DAS storage to the HDS SMS. Storage vendors want you to implement a storage network, and enabling you to move from a non-networked environment should be a no-brainer consideration. However, very few actually provide you the tools to make this happen simply. Big points to HDS for supporting DAS-to-SAN migration."—Enterprise Strategy Group Full Report
