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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM Case Study:

Case Study: Large Enterprise Retail Company

Challenges

Purchased their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM for the following reasons:
- Better data replication
- Better consolidation capability
- Higher reliability

Environment

Deployed their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM in the following configurations:
- Attached to a Storage Area Network
- As a storage virtualization engine
Use their Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V or VM with the following operating systems and applications:
- Microsoft Windows
- SUN Solaris
- Linux
- VMware virtual server
- Oracle applications

Benefits

Saved, or expects to save, between 25% to 50% 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

“Better storage and administrative efficencies due to the ability to virtualize behind the USPV.”

“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 Large Enterprise Retail Company

TVID: D78-1D0-5BD

Case Study Details

Status:	Validated
Validated On:	Jan 20, 2010
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