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1. Top 10 Advantages of the Hitachi Unified Storage VM
All Flash System
Achieve New Levels of Storage
Performance, Efficiency, Cost,
Virtualization and Tiering
IDC says it best: “For enterprise customers, flash
storage changes everything.”1
Driven by the need
to provide better storage performance and effi-
ciency at a lower cost, more enterprises are turn-
ing to flash solutions, which now include Hitachi
Unified Storage VM (HUS VM) all flash system.
This unified system integrates Hitachi Accelerated
Flash storage and enterprise storage virtualization
to deliver advantages in performance, efficiency,
cost, virtualization and tiering.
SolutionSummary
1. Blazing Performance.
2. Surprising Economics.
3. Ease of Integration.
4. Unmatched Reliability.
5. Supreme Flexibility.
6. Unified Management.
7. Remarkable Efficiency.
8. Virtualize and Turbocharge.
9. Portfolio Breadth.
10. Here Today, Here Tomorrow.
Top 10 Advantages

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5. Supreme Flexibility
When your needs change, HUS VM can
change with you. You may need an all-flash,
no-compromise performance system today,
but desire the economics and management
advantages of storage virtualization and
dynamic tiering tomorrow. With HUS VM,
you can adapt on the fly with the ability to
change to a hybrid system, virtualize exter-
nal storage, and support advanced Hitachi
functionality.
6. Unified Management
HUS VM all flash system is supported by the
same award-winning Hitachi Command Suite
as the rest of our storage lineup. With Hitachi,
there’s no reason to learn a new set of man-
agement tools to take advantage of all-flash
performance.
7. Remarkable Efficiency
While the cost per I/O makes flash an increas-
ingly logical choice, getting the most out of
your flash purchase is critical for the best
return on investment. With Hitachi Dynamic
Provisioning and Hitachi Thin Image snapshot
software, you can allocate more than you use
in flash and copy without capacity overhead.
Order a unified system with file deduplication
for a multiplier effect of flash efficiency.
8. Virtualize and Turbocharge
As the only all-flash storage system with
external storage virtualization, HUS VM
all flash system can be added into an
overtaxed environment of older HDS or
3rd-party storage. You’ll see immediate
performance, management and utilization
benefits. Support for tiering to external stor-
age means you can ensure the hottest data
sits in your new flash capacity, and the life of
your on-floor assets is extended.
9. Portfolio Breadth
When partnered with Hitachi and consider-
ing HUS VM all flash system, you can rest
assured that you’ll get the solution that best
suits your needs for today and the future.
The broad Hitachi storage portfolio makes it
possible. Our myriad offerings mean that if
we realize a tiered or disk-based system is
what best suits you, not only can HUS VM
be adapted to meet your needs, but we can
also propose another solution that will do so.
10. Here Today, Here
Tomorrow
Fast, flash-based storage systems have
been arriving on the market from vendors of
all shapes and sizes. Acquisitions, mergers
and buyouts seemingly change the vendor
landscape on a quarterly basis. If you want
no-compromise, all-flash performance and
a trusted partnership you know will stand
the test of time, Hitachi and our 100-year
history can provide both.
HUS VM all flash system provides all
the performance expected from all-flash
storage systems, with none of the compro-
mises required by most current offerings.
1. Blazing Performance
HUS VM all flash system doubles the
performance of disk-based systems and
dramatically lowers response times. With
new flash-optimized controller software and
patented Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage
you’ll see 500,000 IOPS, sub-millisecond
response time, and performance consis-
tency that continues even under heavy
continuing writes.
2. Surprising Economics
No longer will you need to overbuy and
overdesign to meet your high-performance
application needs. Say goodbye to underuti-
lized systems and short-stroked disk drives.
HUS VM all flash system delivers 60% better
cost per I/O than similar disk-based systems,
in less space, with less power.
3. Ease of Integration
Massive flash performance boosts are not
nearly as useful if they don’t support and inte-
grate with your key applications, hypervisors
and operating environments. HUS VM offers
application plug-ins, application-aware snap
management (via Hitachi Application Protector)
and deep VMware integration to ensure you
are ready to hit the ground running.
4. Unmatched Reliability
HUS VM all flash system continues the
uncompromising quality, nonstop uptime and
100% data availability that Hitachi systems are
known for. From Hitachi patented flash mod-
ules that offer advanced durability, to online
microcode updates or support for advanced
replication, you are ready for 24/7 computing
and no sleepless nights. Ask us about our
100% data availability guarantee!
1
Jeff Janukowicz and Dan Iacono, IDC, “Delivering
Customer Value with Enterprise Flash Deployments,”
Feb. 2013.
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