Hitachi and Seagate

Hitachi’s Japanese public research institute customer wanted to install a data storage solution that could integrate with their existing systems as well as scale for the future.

The research institute contracted with Hitachi and its technology partner, Seagate, to launch its storage solutions project. The volume of data used in research fields is ever-increasing. The organisation knew it had to find a low-cost, reliable storage solution for their valuable research data that could also ensure future scalability. In order to meet its customer’s multiple requirements, Hitachi knew it could count on its technology partner, Seagate, and more specifically, Seagate’s Exos® AP 2U12 storage server and Exos E 2U12 rackmount enclosure. As an OEM customer of Seagate storage solutions themselves, Hitachi was familiar with Seagate, as well as the Exos AP unit’s predecessor, and could vouch for both the company and its products. 

Hitachi’s customer was pleased with Seagate’s ability to provide a compact yet high-capacity solution (due to the Exos system’s hard disk drive [HDD] vertical integration). Also appreciated were the open-source configuration (thus no vendor lock-in), optimal CPU/memory configuration, future scalability (made possible with JBOD expansion), competitive pricing, domestic sales/technical support, and the collaboration between Hitachi and Seagate. They were especially happy that both companies could meet their short lead time.