Continuing to deliver on its TrueNorth roadmap, HDS has unveiled enhanced capacity, connectivity and throughput options for the Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V Series.
According to Fanie van Rensburg, MD of local distributor, Shoden Data Systems, the new enhancements, combined with second-generation Hi-Star crossbar switch-based architecture and virtual storage ports, enable enterprise customers to further lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) through massive consolidation of their storage systems.
John McArthur, Group VP of Storage Research at IDC, further confirms: "Storage consolidation provides real operational benefits and delivers real savings. The latest enhancements to the Lightning 9900 V Series provide the foundation for massive consolidation."
"We believe that with this announcement, Hitachi Data Systems continues to accelerate its technology leadership over the competition," comments Don Young, MD, Technology Equity Research, UBS Warburg. "The doubling of capacity combined with the high bandwidth of Hitachi's crossbar switch architecture and virtual storage ports are key differentiators between Hitachi's products and the competition. These features are very attractive for customers who are looking to consolidate storage and reduce costs."
"As customers have gained experience with the Hi-Star architecture - which delivers high bandwidth for consolidation, virtual private storage for high connectivity, and secure multi-host tenancy - Lightning 9980V installations have increased to an average of 20TB in capacity per system," says Hu Yoshida, VP and chief technology officer, Hitachi Data Systems. "As a result, enterprise customers have consolidated high-capacity storage within a relatively small footprint, thereby reducing environmental, network, software licensing and management costs."
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With offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Shoden Data Systems (Pty) Ltd is the sole distributor for Hitachi Data Systems in SA. In addition, Shoden Data Systems is the sole distributor of INRANGE Technologies Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of Channel Extenders, Fibre Channel and ESCON/FICON directors. Shoden Data Systems is also a Veritas premier partner and provides integrated, managed, best-of-breed storage area network solutions to the marketplace. Based on more than 200 collective years of experience in the service, support and marketing of Hitachi products, Shoden Data Systems uses its intellectual capital and industry leading products to provide customers with total solutions in the storage, enterprise servers and connectivity arenas. The following offerings are available:
1. Storage - the HDS Freedom storage range, including Lightning 9900 and 9200.
2. Connectivity - the Inrange FC/9000 Fibre Channel/ FICON Director, ESCON Directors and Channel Extenders.
Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems is committed to enabling organisations worldwide to exploit the full potential of information. By following and deploying our TrueNorthT strategy, we provide customers with a broad range of storage solutions to simplify, protect and optimise their information infrastructures. Our offerings include enterprise and modular storage systems and software, professional services, fully complemented by best-of-breed products through industry alliances. With 2 700 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct sales and resellers in the public, government and private sectors in over 170 countries on six continents. Its customers include more than 50% of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.eu.hds.com.
Hitachi, Ltd
Hitachi, Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 320 000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2001 (ended 31 March 2002) consolidated sales totalled 7,994 billion yen ($60.1 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://global.hitachi.com.
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