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HDS intros unified file, block, object storage array

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., launched Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) and single management framework.

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Hitachi claims that the new HUS stores multiple data types with more flexibility and balanced scalability than any other midrange solution. 

HDS also announced that its entire hardware product portfolio, including the new HUS, will be supported by Hitachi Command Suite management software.

Adrian De Luca, chief technology officer, Hitachi Data Systems, ANZ, said: “The roots of current unified storage products on the market today are based on the needs of smaller organisations that did not have the storage volumes, IT resources or budgets to acquire and manage separate platforms for block and file data. The traditional definition for unified management has focused on managing file and block on these general-purpose lower-end storage platforms."

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Hitachi Unified Storage supports object data through a object-based file system that adds metadata for each file and enables automated tiering and migration, file snapshots and clones, replication over WAN, and data searches.

Moreover, Hitachi Unified Storage supports Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) for object store with custom metadata and provides regulatory compliance. Unlike alternative systems, HCP can share HUS capacity with file and block applications from the same storage pool, adds the company.

The company also announced Application Protector, an application-aware, snapshot-based data protection, back-up and recovery software suite for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint environments.

Hitachi Command Suite software is a unified management framework for advanced data and storage management that improves operations, provisioning, performance and resilience for Hitachi block, file and unified storage environments.

HDS unified management includes: Unified management across all storage models: Block ( e.g. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform), file (Hitachi NAS Platform, Hitachi Unified Storage), content (Hitachi Content Platform), and specialised appliances (Hitachi Data Ingestor) Unified management and control across all tiers of storage in the HDS storage portfolio.

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