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White Papers
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Applying Tiered Storage in a Mainframe Environment with TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform
This solution “cookbook” -- one of a series of “best practices” guides for Hitachi Data Systems staff and Hitachi TrueNorth Channel partners -- focuses on implementing tiered storage resources as integrated
elements in a mainframe IBM DFSMS (System Managed Storage) environment.
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Best Practices for Hitachi Storage Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003: A Configuration Guide
This paper describes best practices for configuring TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform, Lightning 9900 V Series and Thunder 9500 V Series Hitachi storage systems for Microsoft Exchange Server.
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Data Governance: Regulatory Compliance and Business Continuity
This paper examines the challenges associated with data assets, identifies and defines a few key regulations that are affecting organizations, and examines how a business focused approach and a flexible storage infrastructure can help organizations resolve data governance issues.
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Designing Storage Tiers—Application Optimized Storage Solutions from Hitachi Data Systems
This paper describes a process for matching applications to designated tiers of storage.
Each storage tier identified maps to a desired level of service quality required by the enterprise. Using this process, the storage manager can plan an optimal arrangement of storage platforms to meet the availability, performance, and scalability service-level requirements of business applications.
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Ensuring Data Integrity with Asynchronous Replication
This white paper outlines the key considerations for preserving data consistency and integrity during a worst-case disaster recovery scenario, and the essential capabilities that the data storage infrastructure must provide to ensure successful recovery with full data integrity.
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Case Studies
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Aspen Healthcare Enhances Control of Its IT Environment with Hitachi Software
A stay in hospital can be a daunting experience for many people, but Aspen Healthcare is committed to making it as easy as possible by delivering excellent care. In order to do this, it needs to get the best performance from its IT infrastructure and minimize downtime. It chose to implement Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software to automatically monitor its environment and flag any potential issues. This enables Aspen to allocate resources more efficiently so staff and physicians have access to the information they need, when they need it, to continue delivering excellent care to patients.
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Citizen Machinery Achieves Real Time Asset Management Accuracy with Hitachi IT Operations Director
With high tech skills honed in its original business of watch making, Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd., is a manufacturer of highly functional, ultra small, high precision tools. The company was challenged with improving efficiency in its IT asset management and Hitachi helped to address the issue with Hitachi IT Operations Director, which has contributed to the strengthening of both IT controls and security measures. The following case study chronicles Citizen Machinery’s journey of incorporating Hitachi IT Operations Director in their daily operations.
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The Business Case for Three Data Centers IT Centrix
This study examines the consequences of permanent data loss, compares different alternatives for loss mitigation and explores the effectiveness of three-node disaster recovery topologies. Two case studies examine the detailed benefits of a three-node disaster recovery topology.
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Trial Downloads
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Technology Briefs
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Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: One Tool for Everything Medium Businesses Need to Monitor IT Devices
For efficient, cost-effective IT environment performance and availability monitoring, Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer provides essential capabilities to monitor and view heterogeneous server, network and storage assets on a single screen. It includes automated root cause analysis and logical path infrastructure views, agentless architecture, an open platform and a unified, award winning, web-based interface. Read this brief to learn how to streamline IT operations, improve customer service levels, reduce TCO, and boost efficiencies.
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Manage the Entire IT Environment with Hitachi IT Operations Director
For businesses seeking greater control over their IT environments, Hitachi IT Operations Director provides an integrated IT lifecycle management software solution. Read the following brief and learn how Director is an all-in-one solution that simply and cost-effectively administers asset management, security management and software distribution.
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Product Demos
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IT Operations Analyzer Demonstration
Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer delivers cost-efficient performance and availability monitoring for up to 750 heterogeneous server, network and storage devices for medium businesses. Download this product demonstration to gain a complete view of the IT environment with one product.
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IT Operations Analyzer Demonstration Overview
What is Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer? It’s a performance and availability monitoring tool that is simple to install, simple to configure and simple to use. Download this overview to learn how the Unified Dashboard can save small to medium-sized businesses time and money.
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