Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage data platform receives top spot for exceptional energy efficiency and performance, setting an unmatched industry standard.
Hitachi Vantara’s new Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance has earned the ENERGY STAR certification and was awarded the best storage solutions for performance and energy efficiency in the ENERGY STAR NVSS Disk Online 4 category.
Overall, the company holds the top three ranked storage solutions in this category. This recognition not only reinforces Hitachi Vantara’s leadership in energy-efficient technology but also underscores the company’s ongoing efforts to align its products with the global push toward sustainability.
The rigorous ENERGY STAR certification process evaluates storage solutions based on their IOPS (input/output operations per second) per Watt, a key metric for measuring the efficiency of input/output operations relative to energy consumption. The Virtual Storage Platform One Block 28 model ranked highest with 538 IOPS per watt, followed by the Virtual Storage Platform One Block 26 at 409 IOPS per watt, and the Virtual Storage Platform E1090 at 368 IOPS per watt.
This ranking comes at a critical time as businesses grapple with the push to improve the sustainability of their operations without sacrificing performance or reliability.
A recent survey found 68% of IT decision makers indicated they were concerned with the impact AI/ML had on their organisation’s energy use and carbon footprint and 77% of respondents said that legacy data architectures negatively impacted their sustainability performance.
“At Hitachi Vantara, we understand the growing importance of energy efficiency in today’s data-driven world, and we are committed to helping our customers meet their performance needs while also reducing their environmental impact,” said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara.
“Our Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance exemplifies our vision for the future, delivering powerful, reliable and eco-friendly solutions that drive value for our customers and help significantly reduce carbon emissions.”
Virtual Storage Platform One is designed to deliver key benefits that make it a standout choice in the storage market. The platform improves performance, enabling organisations to consolidate more workloads onto fewer systems. This consolidation not only enhances operational efficiency but also helps businesses achieve their green data centre goals by minimizing their environmental footprint.
Additionally, Virtual Storage Platform One Block features Dynamic Carbon Reduction technology, reducing energy consumption by switching CPUs into eco-mode during periods of low activity.
“Always on compression” allows the system to switch from inline data reduction to post processing which further reduces energy consumption and contributes to a lower CO2 footprint by as much as 30-40%.
Key market differentiators highlighting Hitachi Vantara’s dedication to delivering innovative, customer-centric and sustainable solutions, include:
- CO2 impact measurement
- ENERGY STAR Certification
- Sustainability Leadership
- Long-standing commitment to lowering carbon footprint
For more than a decade, Hitachi Vantara storage arrays have been committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continually throughout the entire system lifecycle from procurement of materials to production, logistics, use, disposal and recycling.
