Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) was a provider of modular mid-range and high-end computer data storage systems, software, and services. Its operations are now a part of Hitachi Vantara.

In 2010, Hitachi Data Systems sold through direct and indirect channels in more than 170 countries and regions, with customers that included over half of the Fortune 100 companies at the time.[1]

It was a subsidiary of Hitachi and part of the Hitachi Information Systems & Telecommunications Division until 2017.[2] In 2017, it merged with Pentaho and Hitachi Insight Group to form Hitachi Vantara.

History

Origin as Itel

Itel was founded in 1967 by Peter Redfield and Gary Friedman as an equipment leasing company and initially focused on leasing IBM

Products and services

Hardware

Virtual Storage Platform. High-end storage platform focused on consolidation for enterprise storage and IBM mainframe needs, including virtualization of internal and external heterogeneous storage into one pool and managing all data types.[43]
Hitachi Unified Storage VM. A unified system with enterprise storage virtualization for small and medium companies that can centrally consolidate and manage file, block, and object data.[44]
Hitachi Unified Storage 100 Family. Modular storage which enables central consolidation of file, block, and object data with up to 3PB capacity.[45]
Hitachi NAS Platform, by BlueArc. The Hitachi NAS Platform provides integrated network attached storage (NAS) for file sharing and file server consolidation with models for large enterprises and medium companies.[46]
Hitachi Content Platform (HCP). A distributed object storage system, available as a preconfigured hardware appliance or as a virtual software appliance, enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to store, protect, preserve, and retrieve unstructured content. The Content Platform is the foundational component of the HDS cloud architecture.[47]

Software

Storage Management. Storage management software allows the configuration, day-to-day operation, performance tuning, and monitoring of Hitachi storage environments. Many management processes can be automated based on policies set by the storage administrator.[48]
Cloud Storage. Hitachi Content Platform is the foundation of the Hitachi Data Systems cloud architecture. It can be deployed in public, private, or hybrid cloud storage models.[49]
Replication. Hitachi software supports in-system as well as remote data replication for data migration or to meet companies’ business continuity and disaster recovery objectives.[50]
Data Protection. Hitachi data protection software is used to manage backups and snapshots.
IT Operations. Hitachi IT operations software monitors the IT infrastructure and simplifies IT administration, including security and asset management, and software distribution.

Hitachi TrueCopy

Hitachi TrueCopy, formerly known as Hitachi Open Remote Copy (HORC) or Hitachi Remote Copy (HRC) or Hitachi Asynchronous Remote Copy (HARC), is a remote mirroring feature from Hitachi Data Systems storage arrays available for both open systems and IBM z/OS. Truecopy is an implementation of IBM's PPRC protocol.

Synchronous TrueCopy causes each write to the primary volume to be performed to the secondary as well, and the I/O is considered complete only when updates to both primary and secondary have been completed. Asynchronous TrueCopy stores time-stamped IO packets in the primary disk array and transfers them to the secondary array subject to link bandwidth. When the primary array's buffer is exhausted, it starts flagging tracks on the primary to be duplicated to the secondary when bandwidth permits.

Services

Assess and Consult. These services evaluate and assess customers’ IT environments for adoption of new technologies and can also prepare an economic justification for investments in new storage infrastructures.[52]
Plan and Design. Based on the customer's requirements and current IT environment, these services design and generate a plan to meet service level objectives.[53]
Install and Implement. These services use proven methodologies and best practices to customize, transition, and operationalize the customer's purchased storage systems and software for rapid, accurate deployment.[54]
Integrate and Transition. These services leverage multiple techniques to transparently migrate data to new Hitachi technologies while applications keep running.[55]
Manage and Optimize. These services use

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type	Subsidiary
industry	Computer data storage systems Data storage software Computer systems Computer hardware Computer software IT consulting IT services
successor	Hitachi Vantara
location city	Santa Clara, California
location country	U.S.
key people	Gajen Kandiah (CEO)
parent	Hitachi
num employees	6,300 employees in more than 100 countries and regions

Hitachi Data Systems

History

Origin as Itel

National Semiconductor takes over Advanced Systems

HDS (1989)

Joint venture of Hitachi and EDS

EDS stake

Storage

Cloud computing

Acquisitions

Corporate affairs

Products and services

Hardware

Software

Hitachi TrueCopy

Services

Partners

External links

References

Hitachi TrueCopy

History

Origin as Itel

National Semiconductor takes over Advanced Systems

HDS (1989)

Joint venture of Hitachi and EDS

EDS stake

Storage

Cloud computing

Acquisitions

Corporate affairs

Corporate culture, social responsibility, and work environment

Products and services

Hardware

Software

Hitachi TrueCopy

Services

Partners

External links

References

Hitachi TrueCopy