The explosion and diversity of network data is pushing the limits of traditional storage systems and jacking up costs as IT service providers and enterprises fill equipment racks and watch their energy and cooling bills soar. Hybrid cloud solutions alleviate some of this network pressure, but midsized businesses especially struggle with data management and environmental responsibility. Compounding the issue are regulatory demands to improve sustainability.
Research shows that 68% of IT decision makers are concerned with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on their organization's energy use and carbon footprint. In addition, 77% indicated that legacy data architectures negatively impact their sustainability performance.
To meet the needs of midsize businesses and their IT service providers, Hitachi Vantara introduced the Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) One Block storage appliances. Built on the Hitachi Vantara VSP platform, which provides a scalable, centralized way to store, manage and analyze data regardless of location, Hitachi Vantara VSP One Block uses AI to enable customers to rein in energy costs and lessen their environmental impact.
The capabilities of Hitachi Vantara VSP One Block result in a product with a carbon footprint that is 38% lower than competing products. Known for highly sustainable storage solutions, Hitachi Vantara has the only Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP)-certified flash storage systems on the market today.
Decrease Carbon Emissions
Sustainability can be a competitive advantage, and Hitachi Vantara maintains a strong focus on providing forward-looking, environmentally responsible solutions. Businesses can achieve their sustainability goals more effectively when they deploy equipment that integrates eco-friendly practices, such as lowering carbon emissions. Reducing equipment needs saves space and energy, thus lowering costs, but companies won’t sacrifice performance for sustainability.
Hitachi Vantara offers both. VSP One Block improves reliability, security, and simplicity in cloud-connected environments and integrates cutting-edge features to advance sustainability goals. Dynamic Carbon Reduction detects periods of low activity and shifts CPUs into eco-mode to reduce energy consumption. The Adaptive Data Reduction feature uses “always-on compression” to automatically switch the system from inline data reduction to post processing, enabling it to optimize storage efficiency and to lower the carbon footprint by as much as 40%. Thin Image Advanced technology ensures data security and compliance and protects against data threats across the full data plane, including block, file, and object storage.
The VSP One platform can scale from one node up to 65 and seamlessly integrate in public, near private, private, and hybrid cloud environments, allowing businesses to maintain complete control over their data regardless of its location. The VSP One Block underscores Hitachi’s parallel commitments to deliver powerful, secure storage management solutions and to reduce the environmental footprint.
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