Storage Virtulization Delivered At Its Best
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have been having multiple storage solutions, however they are old and was not in a position to get supoprt from the vendors as they were too old. We were looking for an option to virtulize our sotrage enviroment so that we can leverage the old storage appliances for DEV / TEST environments. Hitachi SVOS was the solution which provided us with the required feature set.
PS :- Hitachi drives are really reliable not many users know this.
PS :- Hitachi drives are really reliable not many users know this.
Pros
- Intergreation of legancy storage solutions
- Single pane for future storage configurations
- Amazing replication capability for disaster recovery purposes
Cons
- Ease of use can be increased so that SMB segment could leverage without the need of having a storage administrator
- Firmware upgrade for the legancy storage device from HSVOS pane
Most Important Features
- Virtulization of the storage environment
- Increased performance in database servers
- Disaster Recovery replication boost
Return on Investment
- It is quite an expensive solution compared to other vendors so we cant expect a ROI within 3 years time as always.
- 3 years has been a standard ROI review, however storage solution like Hitachi SVOS are meant to lasts for a longer period like 6 years in my consideration.
- However, this solution provides a great benefit to make use of legacy appliances.
Alternatives Considered
Dell EMC Avamar, Dell EMC Data Protection Suite, HP StorageWorks X9000 and Fujitsu Eternus DX400 series
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365, Forcepoint ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication