Hitachi Vantara Collaborates with Red Hat to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Transformation and Modernize ..
Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud
management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. announced a new solution that combines
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara Virtual Storage Platform
One (VSP One). The new offering enables organizations to reduce their reliance
on costly, proprietary hypervisors and adopt a unified, hybrid cloud platform
to help modernize aging virtualization environments while delivering enterprise
resilience and performance.
The
new offering comes as enterprises face rising virtualization licensing costs,
limited flexibility and increasing pressure to modernize. According to a recent survey, the
increasing complexity of vendor licensing and rising prices have turned routine
upkeep into a costly exercise, with nearly three-quarters (73%) of enterprises
having been audited and more than a third acknowledging that compliance,
including managing excessive licensing, is the top issue facing their
organization.
To
address these challenges, the new Hitachi Vantara solution integrates Red Hat
OpenShift, which includes the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization feature, a
pre-validated reference architecture and a powerful VM migration tool that
simplifies and accelerates the transition from legacy platforms. VSP One
delivers multi-site resilience and seamless failover features that can support
continuous operations during outages. The solution allows organizations to run
virtual machines (VMs) and containers side by side on the same platform,
reducing the need for separate virtualization infrastructure and avoiding
duplicate environments, which lowers hardware, software licensing, and
operational costs. Additionally, VSP One provides a unified data storage
platform for block, file and object storage across on-premises systems and the
cloud, improving data visibility and providing a consistent experience wherever
data resides.
"Organizations
across industries are looking to modernize IT infrastructure while avoiding
vendor lock-in and controlling costs," said Dan
McConnell, senior vice president, product management and enterprise
infrastructure, Hitachi Vantara. "By combining Red Hat OpenShift
Virtualization with Hitachi Vantara's high-performance VSP One infrastructure,
we're enabling customers to simplify migration, reduce complexity and
accelerate application delivery on a modern hybrid cloud
foundation. Customers want choice without complexity or cost or vendor
lock-in, and we're delivering."
The
solution employs a new jointly developed reference architecture built for high
availability on stretched Red Hat OpenShift clusters. Leveraging Hitachi VSP
One Block, Global Active Device (GAD) technology, which enables active-active
data access across multiple sites and enhanced CSI drivers, the
architecture supports disaster avoidance, continuous operations and seamless
workload mobility across geographically distributed sites. An optional
third-site quorum with Red Hat OpenShift master node support in public cloud or
isolated sites enables maximum availability zone resiliency.
Customers
such as Alior Bank, a leading European financial institution, are already
realizing the benefits of the new solution. Faced with rising licensing fees
and limited flexibility in its legacy environment, the bank transitioned to Red
Hat OpenShift Virtualization on VSP One.
"Our
goal was to build a future-ready IT platform that supports growth while
ensuring resilience and performance, which was paramount," said Piotr Krzak, chief technology officer, Alior
Bank. "By working closely with Red Hat and Hitachi Vantara, we've
built a unified and highly-available environment that accelerates innovation,
enhances scalability and allows us to better serve our customers."
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