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Follow UsSANTA CLARA: Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, has announced a new end-to-end server-to-storage virtualization initiative to drive efficiencies across virtualized environments.
It also announced two business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments – Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Hitachi Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (announced April 14), said a press release.
“Hitachi Data Systems helps customers extend the benefits of virtualization beyond the physical server,” said Mark Bowker, Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “With the introduction of Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V and Hitachi Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, Hitachi not only demonstrates this end-to-end capability but also its ability to integrate across virtualization platforms. Hitachi’s advances in business continuity and disaster recovery help customers quickly see the value of virtualization extended throughout the IT infrastructure.”
Separately, server and storage virtualization enable many important benefits such as resource consolidation, improved performance, improved data protection, high availability, and improved utilization.
Together, server-to-storage virtualization can help organizations optimize performance, minimize planned and unplanned downtime and importantly, extend data protection to additional applications and data types, helping them save money.
“Business continuity and disaster recovery are increasingly critical requirements, but in today’s difficult economic climate, preventing business downtime is absolutely essential,” said Asim Zaheer, vice president of Product and Competitive Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems.
He added that by offering both Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V and Hitachi Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, we provide organizations the ability to select business continuity and disaster recovery solutions that best meet their specific needs and requirements over the short and long term.