Data storage market requires rethink

Viet Nam’s data storage market needs to take advantage of the latest technology trends, says Hubert Yoshida, Hitachi Data Systems’ Chief Technology Officer.

Yoshida said yesterday at a seminar on the top 10 storage trends of 2011 that there were three trends of the top 10 that were important for Viet Nam, including storage virtualisation and dynamic provisioning acceptance, closer integration of server and storage virtualisation and small form factor drives (SFF).

Storage virtualisation, the virtualisation of external storage arrays, would provide the ability to non-disruptively migrate from one systematic arrangement to another and eliminate the costly down time required to refresh storage systems, said Yoshida.

Meanwhile, the SSF would become prevalent for their power and cooling efficiencies. SFFs are 2.5 inch drives which consume about 6-8 watts of power as compared to Large Form Factor (LFF) 3.5 inch drives which consume 12-15 watts, he said.

Terrance Maximus Tangit, Hitachi Data System Pte Ltd, Singapore’s managing director on ASEAN Emerging markets and Indonesia, said Viet Nam had great development in technology industry since 2003 when he started managing Viet Nam.

In coming time, solutions on date centre transformation would help Viet Nam’s organisations to turn their data centres into flexible and efficient “information centres” that can quickly adapt to changing business needs, said Tangit.

The seminar was held by the Hitachi Data Systems and attracted 100 participants from Government offices, ministries, banks, insurance companies and telecom service providers in Ha Noi.

Data storage solutions of popular technology firms in the world have been familiar to businesses in Viet Nam. Five large banks, large telecom service providers and some State offices used the information technology solutions of Hitachi, including the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam, Vinaphone and MobiFone. Some other businesses used the solutions provided by Oracle, Veritas and others. — VNS

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