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HDS storage controller gets failover clustering
News The new High Availability Manager adds local and remote clustering capabilities, which allow users to move virtualised storage pools between different storage systems without any downtime for applications or servers, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) said.
[May 28, 2009, 17:14]
HDS delivers 2PB in mid-range network storage
News HDS signed a five-year OEM agreement with BlueArc in December 2006 and has invested an unspecified amount in the company. For the hardware, HDS provides features such as management software, storage cooling, quick snapshot and restore, and file...
[September 8, 2009, 13:00]
HDS puts Windows functions on NC
News Like an orthodox NC, the HDS runs Windows apps from a server but has the bonus of Windows printing, floppy access and multimedia. HDS can be contacted by telephone on 01344-382164. The UK firm says the features allow the system to be used as a low...
[May 23, 1997, 11:14]
HomeDataSafe (HDS)
Downloads HDS stores physical, collection, and knowledge asset data in MS SQL Server 2GB Desktop databases. After backup, remove original files from the hard drive, saving up to 20% of each file size and restricting access to only through the HDS login.
[August 30, 2004, 8:16]
HDS targets SMEs with storage system
News Speaking at the launch in Singapore, Ravi Rajendran, general manager for ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) at Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), said the product is a "low-cost, entry-level" storage system with features typically found...
[October 22, 2007, 12:08]
HDS unveils virtual storage with thin provisioning
News HDS introduced a rack-mounted storage services platform with heterogeneous storage services, including Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning software, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager (with support for up to 96 petabytes of virtualised storage), large...
[September 10, 2007, 17:17]
HDS upgrades mid-range with SAS option
News The HDS Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 series, unveiled on Monday, comes in three versions with features that "you find in high-end systems but do not usually find in mid-range systems," according to Bob Plumridge, the HDS software product...
[October 13, 2008, 14:58]
HDS comes down in scale to compete
News HDS's technical solutions director, Dave Haslam, explains how the new system differs substantially from previous offerings. Hitachi Data Systems had its new server, launched on Monday, ready to parade before the public at Storage Expo 2008 on...
[October 16, 2008, 15:55]
First Navio NC steps into limelight
News HDS said it has signed an agreement to license the Navio browser, which is designed to run on thin clients but retain all the functions of the full Netscape Navigator browser. HDS will integrate it into its proprietary netOS NC operating system for...
[December 10, 1996, 12:22]
Hitachi Data Systems Optimizes Storage Management Through ITIL-Based Consulting Services
White Papers HDS, one of the world's leading storage suppliers, has recently addressed customer issues regarding services management processes with a new set of storage management consulting services. This white paper discusses storage market trends; examine...
[September 29, 2005, 3:00]
Hitachi's storage launch undeterred by HP
News Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) on Wednesday launched the Lightning 9900 V, an enterprise storage system with hooks for virtualisation. He also stressed the importance of HDS' software announcement. HDS is addressing a major cost factor.
[May 9, 2002, 10:03]
Hitachi Data Systems beefs up software business
News Storage hardware vendor Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has announced two partnership agreements with software companies barely a week after rival EMC acquired content management company Documentum. The first of the announcements on Monday will see HDS...
[October 28, 2003, 11:05]
Hitachi claims virtualised storage performance boost
News Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is claiming a 25 percent performance boost to its high-end TagmaStore universal storage platform and says it is now capable of delivering up to 2.5 million input/output operations per second (IOPS).
[May 22, 2006, 15:45]
Hitachi makes move away from tape
News On Monday, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) launched a virtual tape library (VTL) aimed at high-end open systems and mainframe users. According to HDS, the system lets users move their tape libraries to a virtual solution without needing to make changes...
[July 10, 2006, 12:30]
EMC, Hitachi squabble over big customer
News In a squabble showing just how painful the storage market has become, EMC claims to have stolen away a prominent customer from rival Hitachi Data Systems, but HDS disputes the claim. As part of a campaign to undermine HDS, EMC's public relations...
[November 9, 2001, 10:17]
Worried CIOs - lose sleep over storage and redundancy
News Those are two of the headline findings from storage giant HDS, which polled 570 chief information officers in 12 countries across the continent as part of its HDS European Storage Index. But good as this trend is for data storage vendors, looming...
[February 28, 2003, 18:17]
Sun aims to improve storage efficiency
News The 9990 V, launched on Tuesday, is based on recently released storage technology from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), which uses the concept of "dynamic provisioning". Sun is not the only HDS partner to make use of dynamic provisioning.
[May 22, 2007, 13:32]
EMC and Hitachi agree to cross-license patents
News The five-year agreement calls for cross-licensing of their intellectual property and for mutual releases between EMC and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and Hitachi Computer Products, subsidiaries of the Japanese manufacturing giant.
[March 4, 2003, 14:54]
Hitachi releases high-end storage device
News Bob Plumridge, HDS' European software director, said that the ability to do data replication is a vital addition to USP. Another change in USP is what HDS terms virtualisation -- being able to manage subsystems under one interface.
[September 7, 2004, 17:25]
Acer and Hitachi unite to chase small firms
News Earlier this month, HDS — which one of the biggest suppliers of storage for mainframes after EMC and IBM — announced the AMS1000 array, a product aimed squarely at the SME space. Now, with Acer, HDS has a partner that it hopes will help it compete...
[April 20, 2006, 15:35]
