Hitachi unveils next-gen midrange storage platform

BENGALURU, INDIA: Hitachi Data Systems unveiled its next-generation line-up of midrange storage systems—Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 Series.

"Despite the fact that mid-sized businesses and operations have precisely the same challenges as larger ones, all too often the storage industry has met their needs for reduced scale and increased affordability with a significantly compromised feature set," said Mark Peters, Analyst—Enterprise Strategy Group, Hitachi.

“Hitachi's innovative combination of a SAS backend with an advanced active-active controller is what underpins the systems' extensive capabilities, which users can access via a straightforward GUI,” he added.

The Hitachi AMS Series 2000 delivers up to 4x the performance compared to prior generations, and also offers storage consolidation for iSCSI, NAS, and Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) connections.

The AMS Series 2000 is comprised three models— Hitachi AMS 2100, Hitachi AMS 2300 and Hitachi AMS 2500.

Hitachi Data Systems also announced additional updates to its midrange storage portfolio with security and data protection capabilities enhancements to its Hitachi USP VM storage system for those customers interested in enterprise-class functionality in a smaller configuration.