CRN Network, February 01, 2010, 1130 hrs
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) announced the storage capacity reclamation guarantee program. The program offers customers the ability to reduce their storage capacity by 50 percent or more by using Hitachi virtualization technologies.
By reducing storage capacity, HDS lowers customers’ operational costs through simpler storage management, more efficient use of resources and space, reduced power and cooling costs and avoided purchase of unnecessary frames and drives.
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software can help customers reclaim storage that is stranded due to traditional thick provisioning processes.
The 50 percent guarantee is for the raw storage capacity for migrating from third party RAID-1 source environments to dynamically provisioned RAID-5 target environments. For any third party RAID-5 environment, Hitachi Data Systems will guarantee a 20 percent storage capacity reduction.
If the guaranteed storage capacity reduction is not achieved, HDS will rebate money to the customer for the difference between the storage reduction guaranteed and the storage used.
According to April Adams, Research Director, Gartner: “End users considering products may find guarantees useful if they are being asked to provide additional justification for storage purchases during tough economic times.”
“While the economic forecast for 2010 is optimistic, we do not expect to see the drive to reduce costs to subside,” said Asim Zaheer, Vice President, Corporate and Product Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “We are more committed than ever to helping our customers consolidate costs, both operational and capital, while still improving data center performance.”
HDS products and services included in the storage capacity reclamation guarantee program include: Universal Storage Platform V or VM, Disk capacity equivalent to the guaranteed amount, Dynamic Provisioning software, and Storage Reclamation Service. |