A recent study by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) found that 55% of organizations agree that data runs their business – and 75% have also published goals to become carbon neutral.
But at the same time, 68% said complexity has slowed their IT operations and initiatives – and evolving ransomware and other cyberthreats only add to this challenge, slowing down the ability of companies to meet their sustainability goals and grow their businesses.
Today, cyberattacks have become the norm, as 75% report that they have experienced an attack in the last year. When IT systems are complex, expensive, and at risk, it’s easy for the team to feel overwhelmed. Without a reliable, secure, and sustainable approach, the organization risks certain exposure to ransomware and other forms of malware, and distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks – all while falling short on important sustainability and efficiency goals.
“It’s clear we have to keep up with the pace of data growth, but can’t have it sprawl out of control,” says Scott Sinclair, a practice director at ESG. “We also can’t just throw more storage at the problem. We need to know what data we have and how much power we’re using and give a sustainability score to the C-Suite so they can make sense of the progress the IT staff is making.”
Ian Clatworthy, director of data platform for product solutions marketing at Hitachi Vantara, says some recent innovations in Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One Block Storage can help managed service providers (MSPs) work with customers to solve many of these challenges.
Here are some highlights:
- Dynamic Carbon Reduction: A Hitachi Vantara technology capability that automatically switches CPUs into an “eco-mode” during periods of low activity, reducing energy consumption and lowering the overall carbon footprint of their systems. Essentially, it's a way to optimize power usage based on real-time workload demands, contributing to sustainability within data centers.
- Always On Compression: This lets the storage system switch from inline data reduction to post-processing, which reduces energy consumption and contributes to a lower CO2 footprint by as much as 30-40%.
- A 4:1 data reduction guarantee: When Hitachi Vantara promises a “4:1 data reduction,” it means that their storage systems can reduce the amount of raw data needed to store information by a factor of four across various workloads. When MSPs leverage this feature, they can work with IT to store four times the data in the same amount of storage space.
- SVOS efficiencies: Hitachi Vantara’s Storage Virtual OS (SVOS) reduces complexity and adds many sustainability features. For instance, IT teams can still use NetApp to manage files, yet do it through a common API. SVOS also offers zero downtime service levels; promises to optimize flash performance and latency to as low as 70 microseconds; and uses patented AI and machine learning algorithms to simplify operations.
Want to learn more about the issues? Watch the webinar The Green Guide to a Secure Data Center Platform: Protect Your Info, Protect the Planet.
Learn more about Hitachi Vantara VSP One Platform.
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