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Case Study: Medium Enterprise Automotive & Transport Company

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Case Study: Medium Enterprise Automotive & Transport Company

 

Challenges

  • Purchased their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM for the following reasons:
    • Faster performance
    • Better consolidation capability
    • Higher reliability
    • Better sustainability (eco- friendly)
    • Single platform for all data (block, file, content, and cloud)

Environment

  • Deployed their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM in the following configurations:
    • Attached to a Storage Area Network
    • Attached to a Mainframe
  • Use their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM with the following operating systems and applications:
    • Microsoft Windows
    • IBM AIX
    • IBM zOS
    • VMware virtual server
    • Oracle applications

Benefits

  • Saved, or expects to save, between 10% to 25% in administering their Hitachi USP V/USP VM system as compared to their prior installation.
  • Increased performance by between 10% to 25% compared to other enterprise storage systems in their prior environment.
  • Achieved 100% availability.

Testimonials

“We are very pleased with the continued reliability & efficient storage provisioning by Hitachi. The management tools that Hitachi provides make it easy and minimize the risk of transitioning from existing storage to the USP-V. We have also gained the ability to consolidate existing multi device storage unto a single subsystem. We look forward to being able to streamline & provide greatly improved backup & DR capabilities.”

“The USP V/USP VM family has industry leading enterprise-class design features such as virtualization of externally attached heterogeneous storage and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning that make it easier to manage your storage and lower your operational costs. These storage systems provide performance, functionality and reliability not found in any other enterprise storage system.”

Source: TechValidate Survey of a Medium Enterprise Automotive & Transport Company TVID: 01E-FC1-2F0
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