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Hitachi Dynamic Tiering

Hitachi Dynamic Tiering software simplifies storage administration, improves performance and reduces costs in a tiered storage environment. Through automation, Dynamic Tiering eliminates the complexity of managing multiple tiers and moving data around to align storage tiers with business needs.

• Use your tiered storage infrastructure efficiently.
• Gain top tier performance with information stored largely on less expensive tiers.
• Automatically move fine-grained pages, positioning data according to workload. This maximizes service levels and minimizes total storage costs.

Improved Performance at Lower Cost

Typically, over 80% of data access activities involve less than 20% of your storage. Hitachi Dynamic Tiering leverages this pattern to deliver improved performance at reduced storage costs. Dynamic Tiering also uses Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning technology, thus inheriting its advantages:

• Simplified provisioning
• Capital savings
• Self-optimizing performance

Highest Return on Solid State Drive Storage

Take the guesswork out of deploying expensive solid state drives and associated data classification as a Tier 0 data accelerator. Hitachi Dynamic Tiering moves only the most active data to the highest tier, automatically optimizing SSD usage. Even a small percentage of SSDs can dramatically improve overall performance. This technology also requires less power than disks. When combined with a higher percentage of energy-efficient SATA drives, SSDs can reduce drive count and improve overall system power consumption.