Today's business environment continues to be a difficult one. Cost reductions are still in force, and IT continues to be a target for reducing costs while still required to deliver critical services. Some good news does exist though, in that there are cost-reduction activities that can yield real operating expense (OPEX) savings specific to the enterprise storage infrastructure. Due in part to several years of distributed systems growth, inefficiencies in storage/data deployment have created a conglomeration of distributed infrastructure that demands support from precious resources. Diseggregation of storage and data management must be addressed in order to reduce storage-related IT operating expenses.

Purchasing low-cost storage solutions does not equate to lowering operating expenses or reducing the total cost of storage ownership. Hitachi Data Systems consultants and IT analysts see trends where purchasing cheaper disk solutions to reduce short-term capital expense (CAPEX) can produce a negative long-term impact on OPEX. Price does not equal cost. Price per megabyte is a poor metric to use alone when making storage economic decisions. Centralized, networked storage that is managed in a consistent, structured manner is 30 percent less expensive to own when compared to direct attached storage (often dispersed throughout the enterprise) and distributed data management. Enterprise, modular, and locally attached disk will all continue to experience price erosion, but OPEX-sensitive architects and managers are looking with more interest at total solutions that can reduce ownership costs, while enabling the deployment of new solutions and strategies to support business requirements.

If you face any of these challenges, but you don't know where to start, talk with our Hitachi Data Systems Global Solution Services representatives. We understand the intricacies of controlling storage expenses and can provide a wide variety of appropriate storage solutions.

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