Hitachi Data Systems emphasizes the necessity for modern data centers to be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready, and sustainable to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Their innovative storage architecture enables organizations to effectively manage data growth, optimize resources, and adapt to changing business requirements while maintaining a focus on energy efficiency and simplifying management processes. The proposed 3D scaling architecture allows for flexible management of performance and capacity across multivendor environments, promising substantial reductions in operational costs and improved agility for enterprises.

1. Transform the Data Center Hitachi Virtual Storage PlatformDateYour NameYour Title

2. Data and Information Grow at Extraordinary RatesThe number of servers in an organization is expected to grow by 50% in 2010Regulations and laws now require more data to be protected longerThe volume of new healthcare data quadruples every two yearsVirtualization is now mainstream with 30% of servers virtualized todayIn 2009, more virtual servers than physical servers were deployedData grows an average of 30% each year

3. IT’s Ability to React Is Severely LimitedOnly 5% of the typical IT budget is available for investment70% maintains the infrastructure

4. 20% maintains software applicationsData centers are running out of space and cooling capacity but funds for expansion are limitedOperational costs are more than 65% of storage costs and still increasingLarge organizations must manage 1,000s of hosts and 10,000s volumes Application workloads often grow faster than capacity growth doesEquipment is aging and requires costly maintenance contracts

5. What IT Needs NextToday’s economy requires organizations and IT to adapt quickly in order to:Support operations and always-on business

6. Leverage existing investments longer

7. Reduce operational costs without added complexity

8. Increase utilization and efficiency of storage assets

9. React to changing business requirements by redeploying services

10. Turn data into business information and unlock new valueOur Vision Addresses Real-world IT ChallengesA successful thought leader in storage technology

11. The world’s only vertically-integrated storage company

12. Focused on delivering a vision that IT must be:

13. Virtualized

14. Automated

15. Cloud-ready

16. SustainableIt is encouraging to see Hitachi thinking big and delivering a high end, highly featured “information architecture.”Enterprise Strategy Group

17. IT Must Be Virtualized Simplify complex storage environments and control data and storage growth with one platform for all data.Manage multivendor environments.

18. Control and reduce escalating IT costs from virtual server sprawl

19. Consolidate management across virtualized storage and server environments with end-to-end virtualization

20. Use more of existing storage to reduce spending by 20 to 50%IT Must Be Automated Automate your most labor-intensive data management operations

21. Deliver capacity and computing resources as quickly as you do virtual servers

22. Reduce costs while increasing asset utilization at the pace of your business

23. Save up to 40% of storage infrastructure OPEXTransform your data center with the best storage and information infrastructure for virtualized environments

24. IT Must Be Cloud ReadyAllow lines of business, customers or partners to scale and provision dynamically and cost-effectivelyConsolidate and aggregate storage, server, networking and middleware assetsEnable pay-per-use, multi-tenancy and SLA-based storage services while maintaining security and privacy Hitachi Data Systems solutions let you adopt or evolve to cloud computing models or IT-as-a-service at your own pace with minimal risk

25. IT Must Be SustainableAchieve energy efficiency without compromising reliability, availability or security of your infrastructure

26. Centralize and consolidate data management and data protection to lower TCO and power consumption

27. Achieve 40% reduction in power, cooling and floor space costsHitachi Data Systems is a leader in building sustainable facilities and products – and we can help your business do the same

28. How to Transform Today’s Data CenterThe only storage architecture that:Flexibly adapts for performance and capacity

29. Extends to multivendor storage

30. Uses a 3D scaling architecture to scale up, scale out, scale deep

31. Transforms the data center with unique management capabilities Compared to other enterprise storage:Realize up to 30% reduction in TCO per terabyte per year

32. Move to a new storage platform with up to 80% less effort and cost

33. Achieve 40% reduction in power, cooling and floor space costsAt the heart is a virtualized platform for all data with the ability to manage multivendor environments.

34. 3D Scaling Architecture: Scale UpBusiness ValueUse the most efficient floor planning with front to rear airflow

35. Gain the highest density storage using 2.5” hard drive

36. Host transparent migration from and to multivendor storage with up to 80% less effort and costScale Up Grow from a small data center footprint – 19” rack

37. Manage one common pool of resources for more efficient utilization

38. Dynamically scale for workload performance, adding capacity, connectivity without disruption3D Scaling Architecture: Scale OutBusiness ValueGet the industry’s highest OLTP performance for open and mainframe environments

39. Lower TCO per TB per year up to 30%

40. Reduce power demands up to 40%

41. Reduce required floor space up to 40% Scale OutCombine multiple units into a single logical system as your needs grow

42. Dynamically support virtual servers by prioritizing common storage resources

43. Ensure safe multitenancy and quality of service through partitioning3D Scaling Architecture: Scale DeepScale DeepAdd external storage to a single pool – and maintain all system functionality

44. Offload data to lower cost external storage

45. Simplify administration of external storage with common tools

46. Reuse legacy assets – more than 200 storage system models and up to 255PBBusiness ValueIncrease the value and useful life of existing assets

47. Reduce OPEX costs 20 to 40% through a common management framework

48. Reduce CAPEX 20 to 50% by using lower cost tiers of external storage Unique 3D ManagementManage up to unify and scale large deployments

49. Manage out with a single tool for all Hitachi and virtualized storage

50. Manage deep with Virtual Storage Platform integration for optimal efficiency

51. Automate tiered storage management

52. Use common GUI, usability, data repositories and task workflowsBUSINESS VALUESimplify with up to 50% fewer management steps

53. Increase utilization up to 50%

54. Reduce IT deployment times and risks significantly, and gain business agilitySingle management platform to efficiently manage all data types for an agile data center

55. Data Center Transformation Enterprises must rely on key technologies that are virtualized, automated, cloud-ready, and sustainable to meet demands. Hitachi Data Systems, the world’s leader in storage virtualization, offers the only storage architecture that flexibly adapts for performance and capacity, and extends to multivendor storage.

56. With unique management capabilities, it transforms the data center.

57. The net result is superior data center efficiency, manageability and cost savings.