Hitachi Data Systems is now offering a new series of solutions designed for the software-defined data center, empowering customers to realise the full power of digital transformation, which requires a modern, agile IT environment in order to take advantage of cloud, open-source and emerging technologies to deliver reliable IT services.
The company announced support for VMware NSX network virtualisation platform, which when combined with the trusted family of high-performance converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems from Hitachi Data Systems provides a solid foundation for powering solutions that customers can build upon with confidence. Now, Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) customers will benefit from NSX, which will help automate deployment of applications with complete networking services and advanced network virtualisation capabilities. NSX helps them improve security with microsegmentation and granular security policy enforcement. Hitachi Data Systems has entered into an OEM agreement whereby the company will sell VMware NSX for use with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform.
In addition, the recently announced Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC V240 (UCP HC) hyperconverged system, powered by VMware Virtual SAN, now supports Docker container technology to provide a robust platform for both traditional and cloud-native applications. Organisations can significantly improve application agility and accelerate the transition toward hybrid cloud.
And, with the debut of all-flash versions of UCP 4000, UCP 4000E, UCP 2000 and UCP HC V240F, Hitachi now offers all-flash configurations across its entire portfolio of converged and hyperconverged infrastructure platforms, to deliver powerful performance for enterprise applications and help customers move to an all-flash data center. Hitachi’s hyperconverged solution, UCP HC V240F, powered by VMware Virtual SAN software-defined storage, helps organisations reduce costs and eliminate management complexity, while delivering high performance.
Significant enhancements have also been made to Hitachi’s support for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes to provide high availability, better performance, simplified storage management and control for virtualised environments.
Hitachi Data Systems at VMworld 2016
With a focus on helping attendees realise business efficiency and innovation with data as the foundation of transformation, Hitachi Data Systems experts and customers will be leading three breakout sessions on everything from the software-defined data center (SDDC) to deploying private clouds, including:
Deploy Scalable Private Cloud with VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes [STO8840]
Tuesday, Aug 30, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Presented by:
- Pete Flecha, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, VMware
- Paul Morrissey, Director, Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems
This technical deep-dive examines how using VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes with Hitachi storage systems can solve common challenges in managing virtual machines (VMs), streamlining storage operations with policy-based management and improving efficiency of VM operations. Hitachi introduced the vSphere Virtual Volumes framework in its storage and converged platforms to enable organisations to fully realise the benefits of cloud-economics, user control and automation.
The SDDC: Full Stack on VMware vSphere 6.0 SAP Business Warehouse Powered by HANA, NSX, vRealise Operations, SDS-Virtual Volumes on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform [VIRT8074]
Wednesday, Aug 31, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Presented by:
- Bob Goldsand, Senior Staff Partner Architect, VMware
- Gregory Smith, VP SAP Field Alliance Americas, Hitachi Data Systems
The software-defined data center is no longer a concept: It is a reality. In this session, the presenters will fully virtualise an industry-leading mission critical application and database: SAP Business Warehouse powered By SAP HANA running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications. They will go beyond the use of VMware vSphere 6 to virtualise compute and extend this reference architecture to cover virtual networks and software-defined storage (SDS) and cover the rationale and specific use case behind VMware NSX microsegmentation for mission-critical architectures.
How to Automate Cloud Operations With VMware vRealize and NSX, Featuring Lessons Learned from Deluxe Corp’s Transformation [MGT9997-SPO]
Wednesday, Aug 31, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Presented by:
- Brad Skeel, Cloud Architect, Deluxe Corporation
- Shawn McDonald, Director – Strategic Alliances, Hitachi Data Systems
Join this session to learn how to deploy scalable cloud operations using the VMware vRealize suite, deliver self-service access to infrastructure and applications catalog, and enable policy-based provisioning and management of network functions using VMware NSX. This is also an opportunity to hear about the lessons learned by Deluxe Corp., as the company continues its digital transformation to increase the automation and orchestration in its cloud.
Supporting Quotes
“As our customers embrace digital transformation, the need to move to a modern and agile IT environment built around converged and software-defined infrastructure with modern flash storage becomes a new imperative,” said Bob Madaio, Vice President, Infrastructure Solutions Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems. “At Hitachi Data Systems, we are excited to collaborate with our strategic partner VMware to accelerate our joint customers’ journey to infrastructure as a service.”
“VMware Virtual SAN and VMware NSX are helping customers accelerate the pace of innovation through a software-defined data center architecture, while simplifying infrastructure management,” said Tom Herrmann, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware. “The Hitachi hyperconverged solution, powered by Virtual SAN, provides a low-cost, reliable infrastructure platform for traditional and cloud-native applications. VMware and HDS have worked together for years, and further integration between our solutions is a testament to our commitment to help our mutual customers accelerate time to value, while reducing operational expenses.”
