Hitachi unveils next-gen midrange storage platform 

Bengaluru : Hitachi
Data Systems unveiled its next-generation line-up of midrange storage
systems-Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 Series.

"Despite the fact that
mid-sized businesses and operations have precisely the same challenges as larger
ones, all too often the storage industry has met their needs for reduced scale
and increased affordability with a significantly compromised feature set," said
Mark Peters, Analyst-Enterprise Strategy Group, Hitachi. "Hitachi's innovative
combination of a SAS backend with an advanced active-active controller is what
underpins the systems' extensive capabilities, which users can access via a
straightforward GUI," he added.

The Hitachi AMS Series 2000
delivers up to 4x the performance compared to prior generations, and also offers
storage consolidation for iSCSI, NAS, and Fibre Channel storage area network
(SAN) connections. The AMS Series 2000 is comprised three models- Hitachi AMS
2100, Hitachi AMS 2300 and Hitachi AMS 2500.

Hitachi Data Systems also
announced additional updates to its midrange storage portfolio with security and
data protection capabilities enhancements to its Hitachi USP VM storage system
for those customers interested in enterprise-class functionality in a smaller
configuration.