HDS Support for System Center 2012

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced new versions of Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track.

These new solutions add support for System Center 2012, including System Center 2012 monitoring packs and PowerShell cmdlets (pronounced "command-lets").

This support provides integration with the Virtual Machine Manager component of System Center 2012 and transparent live migration of virtual machines on the same site and across multi-site deployments up to distances of 200 kilometers, or 125 miles. The new Hitachi solutions also support provisioning of compute and storage resources, allowing customers to provision virtual machines with support for the Orchestrator component of System Center 2012.

Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track combine Hitachi compute and storage with industry-standard network infrastructure and Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center 2012 software.

Businesses need building blocks for private cloud infrastructures that are reliable, available, scalable, multitenant and multitiered. HDS addresses these customer challenges by looking at the data center from a business perspective, tuning solutions to different business needs. The new Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track help businesses deploy private cloud infrastructures with predictable results and create an avenue for further automation and orchestration.

"The new Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track provide our customers with a consistent and scalable infrastructure as a service that can be quickly deployed to host Microsoft applications," said Brian Householder, SVP, WW Marketing, Business Development and Partners, HDS. "For private cloud deployments, we provide a foundation on which Microsoft software, guidance and validated configurations are combined with Hitachi compute, storage and software technologies. Our joint customers can quickly build a private cloud infrastructure that has flexible, just-in-time provisioning and dedicated resources with efficient operations that are optimized to control shared capabilities, data and costs."

"The new Hitachi solutions built on Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track bring together mission-critical expertise from Hitachi and Microsoft with the proven value of System Center 2012, Windows Server and Windows Server Hyper-V in a validated private cloud architecture," said Brad Anderson, VP, Management and Security, at Microsoft. "The goal is to help customers quickly and reliably deploy a private cloud based on the expertise and experience of both Hitachi and Microsoft."

Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Data Systems and Microsoft have a long-standing relationship that has delivered mission-critical solutions to customers around the world. Hitachi solutions that support Microsoft applications include Hitachi Compute Blade, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, a storage virtualization platform for enterprise data centers, Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage systems, and Hitachi Storage Cluster for Microsoft Hyper-V, an end-to-end server-to-storage virtualization solution.