Overview:

When Taiwanese cable provider Videoland TV Network realized they were spending more time and resources on outdated data storage mediums than they could afford, they sought out a more efficient solution— Seagate Exos® CORVAULT™. Between its capacity, speed, and advanced data protection features (all wrapped up in a small footprint), it’s become a key player in their current and long-term storage strategy.

Benefits:

• Massive capacity of up to 1PB in a 5U chassis.
• Self-healing drive technology.
• Small footprint that makes scaling easier.
• Seamless integration for quick tape migration.

Easing the Transition from Tape to Drives

Videoland originally used three tape cabinets for storage, each able to hold a thousand tapes. But, due to their need for backup storage, the actual available capacity was only five hundred. After switching to Exos CORVAULT, they not only gained enormous capacity in a small footprint, but additional issues, such as damp or damaged tapes and offline storage problems, are no more.

Videoland first implemented Exos CORVAULT in their main control department, responsible for broadcast operations. Although the main control only stores the officially broadcasted content, the programs broadcasted since the inception of the station have been continuously accumulated and never deleted. The overall data volume has reached 1.7 PB, divided into the first-level storage for official broadcast and as a resource pool. Exos CORVAULT mainly supports separate secondary storage.

Overview:

A Japanese public research institution required a scalable data storage solution within a limited fiscal timeline and began an open bid process. The project was awarded to Hitachi, who brought their own technology partner, Seagate®, onboard. Both companies worked swiftly to deliver the right solution, meeting the customer’s requirements for a file server right on time.

Benefits:

• Able to Meet Short Project Deadline
• NFS/SAS/Linux Compatibility
• Assured Scalability Via JBOD Expansion
• Exceptional Sales and Technical Support

Hitachi Chooses Seagate for Customer Storage Project

In order to meet its customer’s multiple requirements, Hitachi knew it could count on its technology partner, Seagate, and more specifically, Seagate’s Exos® AP 2U12 storage server and Exos E 2U12 rackmount enclosure. As an OEM customer of Seagate storage solutions themselves, Hitachi was familiar with Seagate, as well as the Exos AP unit’s predecessor, and could vouch for both the company and its products.

As part of the project collaboration, Seagate worked with Hitachi to pre-verify Hitachi’s Linux integration with the Exos AP 2U12. Hitachi now provides on-site support when necessary, while Seagate supports Hitachi remotely. Today, the Seagate-Hitachi collaborative solution provides the Japanese public research institution with 384TB of data storage delivering performance of 3GB/s. Product selection through installation and verification took less than two months, meeting the customer’s requirement without any business disruption.