Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Consolidate storage
  • Decrease backup window
  • Meet disaster recovery objectives through data replication
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for block-based applications (via iSCSI or FC).
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Sharepoint
  • Oracle Applications
• Uses the following protocols:
  • ISCSI
  • CIFS

Benefits

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for its integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 23%
• Increased application performance by between 20% and 30%.

Testimonials

“HNAS streamlined administration with increased throughput”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Consolidate servers
  • Consolidate storage
  • Improve data access performance
  • Simplify data management
  • Decrease backup window

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Sharepoint
  • Oracle Applications

Benefits

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Intelligent Storage Tiering (HSM/ILM)
  • Cluster Namespace (I.e., Single Namespace)
  • Integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
  • Integration with Hitachi Software (E.g., HUR, MetroCluster, HiCommand, etc.)
  • Integration with Hitachi Data Discovery Suite and Hitachi Content Archive Platform
• Increased application performance by between 30% and 50%.

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Consolidate storage
  • Improve data access performance
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Transcoding and other custom video asset management
• Uses the following protocols:
  • Fibre Channel (FC)
  • NFS
  • CIFS

Benefits

• Chose to purchase their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Integration with Hitachi Software (E.g., HUR, MetroCluster, HiCommand, etc.)
• Saved $100K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $100K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 10%
• Increased application performance by between 10% and 20%.

Testimonials

“HNAS increased our productivity and stability”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Consolidate servers
  • Improve data access performance
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • SMB/CIFS file access for Citrix clients
• Uses the following protocols:
  • NFS
  • CIFS

Benefits

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
• Saved $500K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $500K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 30%
• Increased application performance by between 10% and 20%.

Testimonials

“Our HNAS platform provides a way to grow our NAS solution with our user base, without having to select a new platform every time business growth rates change. The clustered hardware ensures that we have peace of mind from a redundancy point of view, should failures occur.”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Consolidate storage
  • Simplify data management
  • Decrease backup window
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is test/dev.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Oracle Applications
• Uses the following protocols:
  • ISCSI
  • NFS
  • CIFS

Benefits

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Cluster Namespace (I.e., Single Namespace)
  • Integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
• Saved $10K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $7K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 30%
• Increased application performance by between 20% and 30%.

Testimonials

“For the most part, it is the performance and scalability which helps us consolidate and simplify management of our NAS infrastructure. "

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Consolidate servers
  • Consolidate storage
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is secondary storage for files and objects (backup/restore, DR, etc.).
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Oracle Applications
  • VMware vSphere
• Uses Fibre Channel (FC) to interface with HNAS

Benefits

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
• Saved $50K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $20K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 25%
• Increased application performance by between 20% and 30%.

Testimonials

“In conjunction with vmware esx we are able to save time and reduce costs for testing new software by building virtual machines in a few hours rather then a few weeks. "

Challenges

• Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to reduce costs

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with zOS
• Uses Fibre Channel (FC) to interface with HNAS

Benefits

• Purchase their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for performance and scalability
• Saved $100K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $100K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 5%
• Increased application performance by 10% or less.

Testimonials

“We cut costs with HNAS”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Improve data access performance
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • VMware vSphere
• Uses the following protocols:
  • Fibre Channel (FC)
  • ISCSI
  • NFS
  • CIFS

Benefits

• Purchase their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Cluster Namespace (I.e., Single Namespace)
• Saved $100K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $60K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 40%
• Increased application performance by between 50% and 100%.

Testimonials

“HNAS has enabled a simplification of administration via virtualization (EVS). It is also able to meet the performance requirement of our business.”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Consolidate servers
  • Consolidate storage
  • Support business growth expectations

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for files and objects.
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • Microsoft SQL Server database
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Sharepoint
  • VMware vSphere
• Uses the following protocols:
  • Fibre Channel (FC)

Benefits

• Chose to purchase their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:
  • Performance and scalability
  • Integration with Hitachi SAN Storage Arrays
• Saved $100K compared to traditional storage alternatives.
• Saved $100K of capital expenditures (CAPEX) by scaling capacity and I/O throughput independently.
• Reduced Operating Expenditures (OPEX) costs by 5%
• Increased application performance by 10% or less.

Testimonials

“Hitachi offered a standardised platform for an organisation that previously had not standardised this tech.”

Challenges

• Cited that the top reasons for purchasing their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform were to:
  • Reduce costs
  • Improve data access performance
  • Simplify data management

Environment

• Main use is primary storage for block-based applications (via iSCSI or FC).
• Deployed in conjunction with the following applications:
  • AGFA IMPAX

Benefits

*Purchased their Hitachi High-performance NAS Platform for the following reasons:

• Performance and scalability
• Intelligent Storage Tiering (HSM/ILM)
• Cluster Namespace (I.e., Single Namespace)

Testimonials

“The provisioning helped to reduce cost and maintenance.”