Accelerate Your Business-Critical Workloads to Cloud

Relentless trends of increasing data center complexity and massive data growth have companies seeking new, reliable ways to deliver IT services in an on-demand, rapid, flexible and scalable fashion. Many data centers now face growing demands for faster delivery of business services, serious resource contentions and trade-offs between IT agility and vendor lock-in. They also have mounting complications and rising costs in managing disparate islands of technology resources.

To address these issues, organizations have rapidly adopted and deployed virtualization. They are looking to service models, such as private cloud, that increase efficiency, improve flexibility and reduce the cost of delivering IT services.

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Private cloud deployments are quickly becoming a way for enterprises to improve flexibility and effi-ciency, and virtualization is becoming ubiquitous. However, organizations also require predictable platform reliability to move even business-critical workloads to private cloud without having to rip up and replace their current infrastructure. Evolving beyond current solutions, Hitachi Data Systems offers a flexible and robust platform for quickly capitalizing on cloud benefits. At the same time, the platform also ensures the consistency and level of control required for business-critical workload environments.

OverviewHitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere solution (UCP Pro for VMware vSphere) cen-tralizes and automates the management of servers, storage and networking components as business resource pools. Its comprehensive and simplified management significantly reduces time to value and operational costs for even the most demanding applications. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere solution’s deep integration into vSphere and VMware vCenter enables faster deployment of cloud infrastructure and efficient resource allocation. It also supports simple automation and orchestration for streamlined infra-structure management.

SOLUTION PROFILE

An exceptionally flexible, converged solution, UCP Pro for VMware vSphere simplifies deployment and management of data centers and private cloud deployments. Improved agility and predictability make possible dynamic and cost-effective data centers that can quickly respond to business needs. It is a solution composed of storage, servers, networking tools and software with comprehensive management.

UCP Pro for VMware vSphere is designed for maximum performance and utilization, and leverages Hitachi best-in-class hardware and software technology. The solution is pretested and preconfigured to each organi-zation’s requirements, dramatically reducing deployment time. Unlike other offerings, UCP Pro for VMware vSphere is an open plat-form that supports multiple storage systems through industry-leading Hitachi virtualization technology. It also provides a roadmap for multihypervisor support. Organizations can select from different Hitachi server CPU and memory configurations to best meet their workload needs, or to offer multiple tiers of compute resources.

This solution enables organizations to:

■■ Improve organizational agility by quickly deploying new applications and services to respond to changes in business needs and integrate into current environments.■■ Have certainty with the predictable reli-ability of a robust private cloud platform aligned to business service levels.■■ Reduce management cost and com-plexity with coordinated comprehensive provisioning and administration of virtual-ized private cloud environments.■■ Simplify the ordering and procurement process as well as the onboarding and management of physical and virtual resources.

Hitachi storage solutions help your business improve organizational agility and lower costs by providing a virtualized data center infrastructure that is robust, automated and flexible.

■■ Increase operational efficiency and resource utilization by aligning business processes to IT execution.■■ Improve service availability and business continuity for critical applications.

CapabilitiesYou can transition your business-critical workloads to cloud with confidence: Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere integrates infrastructure components with comprehensive management through familiar VMware management interfaces. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere provides predictable reliability in a robust, enterprise cloud platform, based on business needs. Key capabilities include the ability to:

■■ Start small and grow your infrastructure quickly and easily as more workloads are transitioned to private cloud.■■ Simplify management of physical and virtual resources with tight integration into VMware.■■ Match the appropriate tiers of resources for each workload your cloud infrastruc-ture supports.■■ Improve troubleshooting with physical and virtual infrastructure monitoring and alerting within VMware.■■ Provide business units with the right tier of resources to match application and business requirements; the solution can contain multiple tiers of storage and com-pute resources, enabling workloads to be deployed with the appropriate type of resources.

■■ Provide business unit administration views that allow for consumption and deployment of subscriptions.■■ Build confidently upon the extreme reli-ability and availability of Hitachi servers and storage.

Accelerate Cloud Value

Your business can capitalize on quick cloud value using the UCP Pro for VMware vSphere solution. You’ll achieve faster deployment of cloud infrastructure and resource allocation as well as simplified infrastructure deployment and management within a VMware environment. Key capabili-ties include the ability to:

■■ Simplify ordering, planning and imple-mentation with a single source for infrastructure as well as coordinated pro-fessional services. ■■ Bring infrastructure on board quickly with faster deployment and preconfigured elements with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director (UCP Director) software.■■ Automate and orchestrate the man-agement of essential infrastructure components as unified pools of business resources from directly within the vCenter management console.■■ Deploy virtual machines with validation of underlying components.■■ Perform bare metal installations of Hitachi servers with simplified management of all compute resources.

Your Cloud, Your Way

The exceptional flexibility of UCP Pro for VMware vSphere allows you to integrate and protect your current storage invest-ment. You can also grow the level of automation, at your pace and scale. Key capabilities include the ability to:

■■ Dynamically scale infrastructure as needed with the ability to add and manage servers in configured clusters.■■ Bring newly available servers and storage on board quickly, as needed, and ensure each workload is matched to the appro-priate tier of resources. ■■ Build on the Hitachi Data Systems port-folio with various cloud entry points, including a roadmap for UCP Director to tie together various solutions over time.■■ Respect and integrate with current and future storage infrastructure.

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Hitachi Storage Options for UCP Pro for VMware vSphereUCP Pro for VMware vSphere offers organizations the ability to choose from 3 different, but equally capable storage systems to best match their needs (see Figure 1). Each offers legendary Hitachi Data Systems reliability and is backed by service and support with 24/7 availability. Hitachi storage solutions help your business improve organizational agility and lower costs by providing a virtualized data center infrastructure that is robust, automated and flexible. Choose from Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Unified Storage 150 (HUS 150), or Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM).

Support Transition of Business-Critical Workloads to Cloud

Hitachi UCP Pro for VMware vSphere With Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is the only 3-D scaling storage platform designed for all data types. It is the only storage archi-tecture that flexibly scales for performance, capacity and utilization of multivendor stor-age assets. Its highly efficient data center design delivers the highest performance

and capacity combined with the lowest power consumption and lower cooling requirements. Key capabilities include the ability to:

■■ Scale up to meet increasing demands by dynamically adding processors, connec-tivity and capacity in a single unit. This gives you optimal performance for open systems and mainframe environments.■■ Scale out to meet business demands by dynamically combining multiple units into a single logical system with shared resources. ■■ Scale deep to extend the advanced functions of Hitachi VSP to multivendor storage through virtualization. Offload less-critical data to external tiers in order to optimize the availability of the Tier 1 resources.■■ Support increased needs in virtualized server environments and ensure safe multitenancy and quality of service through partitioning of cache and ports.■■ Enable rapid transfer of data to new storage with host-transparent migration. Reduce operational risks with advanced data replication topologies.

■■ Employ unmatched efficiency features that yield the highest capacity available in the least space.■■ Work with Hitachi Dynamic Tiering software, which automates data placement for higher performance and lower cost. It manages internal and external data, including mul-tivendor and mainframe data.■■ Rely on sustainable design, which is highlighted by certification as a Super Eco-Product.

Midrange Storage Without Compromise

Hitachi UCP Pro for VMware vSphere and Hitachi Unified Storage 150

UCP Pro for VMware vSphere is also avail-able with HUS 150, a midrange storage platform with best-in-class scalability, per-formance and availability. HUS 150 enables support for critical applications while pro-viding performance that can scale linearly to industry-leading heights. You’ll achieve faster deployment of cloud infrastructure and resource allocation as well as simplified infrastructure deployment and management within a VMware environment. Key capabili-ties include the ability to:

■■ Balance scalability and capacity to nearly 3PB with up to 960 disks without affecting application or virtual machine performance. ■■ Ensure the highest data availability for critical applications built upon legendary Hitachi reliability.■■ Rely on application-consistent data protection through Hitachi Application Protector. You can simplify backup, recovery and failover while enabling application-consistent snapshots for Microsoft® Exchange server, SQL Server® and SharePoint® servers.

Figure 1. Hitachi Storage System Portfolio Comparison

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SOLUTION PROFILE

■■ Employ thin provisioning and automatic tiering to reduce the total cost struc-ture and help to lower administrative overhead.

Enterprise Storage Virtualization in a Modular Package

Hitachi UCP Pro for VMware vSphere With Hitachi Unified Storage VM

Organizations must address the con-flicted goals of managing data growth, controlling increasing costs and com-plexities, and making efficient use of both existing and new resources. For these environments, Hitachi UCP Pro for VMware vSphere with HUS VM offers industry- leading storage virtualization, centralizes storage for critical applications, and pro-vides shared services for all your storage systems through a central management interface. With the ability to virtualize up to 64PB of external storage from different manufacturers, HUS VM offers massive consolidation capabilities. And it provides a 100% data availability guarantee and the ability to repurpose existing storage assets for unprecedented savings. Key capabilities include the ability to:

■■ Reduce storage costs up to 50% by consolidating your existing storage into a centrally managed pool of shared capacity.■■ Reclaim up to 65% of unused capacity in your existing storage and delay pur-chases of new equipment.■■ Refresh your storage technology from old to new systems for reasons of per-formance or cost optimization with up to 80% less effort than alternatives.■■ Reduce your carbon footprint while main-taining higher performance, with 40% lower power and cooling costs.

Confidence for Your CloudWhether your organization is getting started with private cloud or building upon an exist-ing infrastructure, Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere is an ideal foundation. You can bring the most critical workloads to a cloud environment with UCP Pro for VMware vSphere. It provides pre-dictable reliability, quick time-to-value and the ability to rapidly expand your private cloud environment as requirements evolve. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere improves the utilization of IT resources while streamlining management within VMware environments,

simplifying physical to virtual resource provi-sioning and accelerating troubleshooting.

UCP Pro for VMware vSphere eliminates the guesswork and troubleshooting organizations normally experience when rolling out a new infrastructure. Easily scalable, the comprehen-sive and simplified management with deep component integration allows extremely fast provisioning and “worry free” scaling to many physical hosts and virtual machines.

This integrated and pretested solution removes implementation burdens and reduces the complexity and cost of deploying and managing a private cloud. Your organization benefits from best- in-class technologies with extreme reliability and maximum performance as well as simplified procurement, imple-mentation and management of cloud infrastructure.

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director enables management of UCP Pro for VMware vSphere, providing a unified view of resources from directly within vCenter. This allows you to align IT with business processes, using familiar tools. UCP Director monitors all the elements of the UCP Pro for VMware vSphere solution under a single view and provides an overall health status of all solution elements. Via early indication of any impending device failures, this solution minimizes system down-time by directing proactive maintenance. This monitoring further reduces the complexity and maintenance challenges associated with disjointed and inefficient management of underlying cloud infrastructures, saving time and money.

Key cloud enabling features include:

■■ Comprehensive management via integra-tion with vCenter and vSphere through the UCP Director software.■■ Simplified configuration and integration of all solution components.■■ Appropriate tiers of resources that meet varying workload requirements.■■ Elastic scaling when and where needed, with on-demand storage allocation and processing.

The UCP Pro for VMware vSphere solution architecture is modular and flexible to let you move into the cloud at your own pace, without disrupting your existing environment.

Figure 2. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere: Solution Overview

ComponentsHitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere solution automates and integrates server, storage, networking and management components. The innovative Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director software coordinates the administration and task workflow for servers, storage, network-ing elements and operating software.

Server

UCP Pro for VMware vSphere is based on a blade server platform from Hitachi using the latest Intel processor technology within a highly reliable architecture. Its unique fea-tures ensure the highest levels of efficiency, application availability and uptime. Hitachi Compute Blade 500 offers enterprise-class performance, high-density computing and massive throughput. Multiple RAM and CPU configurations are supported with Hitachi Compute Blade 500 within a predefined architecture, which is key to providing a flexible platform for changing business needs.

Networking

Essential to a complete platform, standard network components are supported to pro-vide efficient and reliable networking. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere utilizes Ethernet and SAN components from Brocade that are fully prewired and automatically con-figured for simplified and automated virtual LAN and SAN provisioning.

Storage

UCP Pro for VMware vSphere is available with 3 industry-leading storage options to best meet your needs and match your application and infrastructure requirements. Each provides a unique set of features that allow you to best tailor your deploy-ment of UCP Pro for VMware vSphere. Other common and 3rd-party storage can be integrated into the UCP management framework by virtualizing it through VSP or HUS VM. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere uses unique Hitachi storage technologies and virtualization capabilities that are inte-grated with comprehensive management.

Management

UCP Director software is integrated directly into vCenter and provides a unified and comprehensive Web-based management interface with process orchestration for a collective group of assets as business resource pools. UCP Director simplifies the integration and ongoing management of large dynamic environments. It greatly reduces the barrier to deployment, speeds time to value, and streamlines operational management. These capabilities enable UCP Director to help you reduce capital expenditure (capex) and operating expendi-ture (opex), even while the scope and scale of these environments continue to grow.

This uniquely unified platform gives data centers the enterprise scale, efficiency and agility not found in other offerings. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere has unmatched abil-ity to reduce operational costs as well as management complexities within the most demanding data center environments and private cloud deployments.

Best-in-class technologies and deep technology integration make UCP Pro for VMware vSphere ideal for consolidating and virtualizing business-critical and enterprise applications.

A Unique PlatformHitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere simplifies and accelerates the build out of robust private cloud infra-structures. It provides the assurance that all the underlying server, storage and network-ing resources are in place and aligned to the appropriate business service levels. The innovative Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director software efficiently and reliably coordinates the management of servers, storage, networking components and oper-ating software as collective resources.

The extreme flexibility of the UCP Pro for VMware vSphere solution offers what may be one of the most important benefits: IT investment protection. UCP Pro for VMware vSphere allows your business to transition

to private cloud while leveraging your current storage infrastructure. It also allows you to add the resources and configurations that best suit your needs in a modular manner, as you need them. You gain the freedom to choose only the resources and management needed today with the ability to extend auto-mation and resources in the future.

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere supports best-in-class reliability, performance, scalability and com-prehensive management of enterprise data centers and cloud deployments.

SummaryHitachi Data Systems helps businesses improve IT agility, lower infrastructure costs and move to cloud with certainty with pre-dictable reliability, quick cloud value and exceptional flexibility. We achieve these results by streamlining, integrating and auto-mating a robust platform for enterprise data centers and cloud deployments. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere is a unified, predefined solution. It supports your business needs today and lets you establish a flexible foundation for the data center of the future.

For More InformationFor more information regarding the capabili-ties of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere and how it can sup-port your data center, please contact your Hitachi Data Systems representative or visit www.HDS.com.

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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere: Supported Infrastructure

Compute ■■ Hitachi Compute Blade 500

■■ Flexibility with 2-8 blades per chassis

■■ Hitachi 1U rackmount server

■■ Runs Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director and other management software

Storage ■■ Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)

■■ Hitachi Unified Storage 150 (HUS 150)

■■ Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM)

■■ Other vendor storage virtualized through VSP

Software (partial list) ■■ Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director software

■■ Hitachi Compute Storage Manager and Hitachi Device Manager (Hitachi manage-ment suite)

■■ VMware vCenter

■■ VMware vSphere 5.1

■■ Microsoft SQL Server 2012

■■ Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2

Network ■■ Brocade Ethernet and Fibre Channel networking components

AT A GLANCE: COMPONENTS AND SUPPORT

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Pro for VMware vSphere: Support for Your Data Center

■■ Employ unifying management. ■■ Integrate with current storage infrastructure.

■■ Unify orchestration and automation. ■■ Reduce management cost and complexity.

■■ Simplify ordering and administration. ■■ Unify monitoring and troubleshooting.

■■ Create and automate repeatable processes.

AT A GLANCE: BENEFITS AND CAPABILITIES