A new all-flash NVMe storage platform has been introduced to meet the rising demands of AI-heavy, real-time, and enterprise workloads—offering extreme performance, built-in cyber resilience, and unified data management for modern hybrid-cloud operations.
Hitachi Vantara has launched the VSP One Block High End, a next-generation all-flash NVMe block storage platform engineered to support AI-intensive, real-time, and mission-critical workloads. Positioned as the capstone of the company’s VSP One data platform strategy, the system targets enterprises modernizing legacy infrastructure strained by rapid AI adoption, massive data growth, and increasingly complex hybrid-cloud environments.
Organizations are reporting significant readiness gaps: more than 70% of IT leaders say their current infrastructure cannot meet emerging ML and AI workload needs, while 57% are operating fragmented data estates across on-prem, private, hybrid, sovereign, and public clouds. The new VSP One platform aims to serve as a stabilizing foundation—offering predictable performance, cyber-resilient architecture, and consolidated management for both open systems and mainframe environments.
The key features are:
- 50M IOPS all-flash NVMe performance
- FIPS 140-3 L2 security with 8×9 availability
- Cyber-resilience: immutable snaps + rapid clean recovery
- Scales to 12 controllers, 288×60TB SSDs
- 100G NVMe-TCP and 64G FC connectivity
At its core, the VSP One Block High End delivers up to 50 million IOPS via its all-flash NVMe design, supported by hardware-accelerated compression and a density of up to 346 TB per rack unit. The system also brings in eight-nines availability and FIPS 140-3 Level 2 certified security, aligning with modern NIST-validated standards. Hitachi’s Cyber Resilience Guarantee anchors cyber-protection features—including immutable snapshots, automated anomaly detection, and rapid clean-data recovery during ransomware events.
A key differentiator is VSP 360, the unified management layer designed to simplify everything from installation to fleet-wide operations. Guided workflows, AIOps-driven analytics, and mobile observability streamline administration, while cloud integration extends support to Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.
The platform’s scalability positions it for data-heavy industrial, enterprise, and public-sector environments. It supports consolidation of block, file, object, and mainframe workloads and scales up to 12 controllers with 288 × 60TB SSDs. Connectivity options include 100G NVMe-over-TCP and 64G Fibre Channel, enabling low-latency performance for real-time applications.
Designed for long-term efficiency, the platform offers a 4:1 data reduction guarantee and an eco-mode that automatically adjusts CPU power to cut energy consumption—addressing both cost and sustainability demands.
