Hitachi Vantara has declared the launch of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One, a consolidated platform competent in supporting structured and unstructured data, reachable on cloud storage as well as on-premises storage.
The challenges of managing data growth have been aggravated in the current era defined by analytics, generative AI, and numerous on-prem and cloud-based data silos. Referring to a latest poll from The Data Warehousing Institute, Hitachi mentioned that 71% of IT professionals concurred on the value of data for their organization, however, only 19% acknowledged having a robust data management strategy in place.
Virtual Storage Platform One’s key functionality lies in eliminating data silos. Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, stated that this powerful solution aims at removing barriers between different data sources. Subsequently, an organization can manage all data types ranging from basic files to intricate databases within this unified platform.
Designed on an integrated ecosystem for data, the Virtual Storage Platform One combines file and block storage. Its primary goal is to eradicate data fragmentation and silos by ensuring collection, integration, and accessibility of every single piece of information from any device or location. Unrestricted and streamlined data access, viewing, and usage are the unique selling propositions of this platform.
The One Data Plane enlarges Hitachi’s storage assortment into the public cloud. Currently, it exclusively supports AWS. Virtual Storage Platform One SDS Cloud operates directly on AWS. For automation, VSP One SDS Block and Cloud utilizes Ansible playbooks, which are accessible on Github. The full portfolio, encompassing on-site and cloud storage, is viewable via a singular dashboard for convenience.
You can now get Virtual Storage Platform One from Hitachi Vantara.
