Kenji Ishii
Product Planning Dept., Strategic Business Planning, Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Tetsuya Kishimoto
Product Planning Dept., Strategic Business Planning, Disk Array Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, Hitachi, Ltd.
Amid growing concern regarding compliance and business risks associated with in-house corporate IT systems, data holdings of SMB customers are burgeoning and there is growing demand for external disk arrays that can be easily connected to systems. There is also a great need to reduce the work involved in storage management and operations to lessen the workload on IT system managers who have come under increasing pressure. To meet these needs, Hitachi recently brought to market a low-end disk array that is suited for SMB and departmental storage needs. The Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 is an entry-level disk array system that is so simple and user-friendly that the end-users are comfortable installing, operating, and maintaining the system themselves. Setup and configuration are so easy that it takes less than an hour from unpacking to actual recognition of the array by the server using Hitachi's exclusive configuration wizards. Operations and maintenance have also been carefully conceived and implemented to minimize the burden on system managers. The Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 is implemented with RAID-6 and redundant support for all key components, thus ensuring uncompromising reliability and availability for SMB clients.
entry-level disk array, low-end disk array, SMB, Small and Medium Business, simple and user-friendly installation, operation, maintenance
