Hitachi Vantara has announced that its latest Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance has achieved ENERGY STAR certification. This model has been honored as the top performer in the ENERGY STAR NVSS Disk Online 4 category, recognized for its superior performance and energy efficiency. Notably, Hitachi Vantara now holds the top three positions in this category, underscoring the company’s commitment to sustainable technology solutions.

The ENERGY STAR certification process rigorously assesses storage solutions based on their input/output operations per second (IOPS) per Watt, a crucial metric for efficiency. The Virtual Storage Platform One Block 28 model led with 538 IOPS per watt, followed by the Virtual Storage Platform One Block 26 at 409 IOPS per watt, and the Virtual Storage Platform E1090 at 368 IOPS per watt.

This accolade is timely as businesses face increasing pressure to enhance sustainability without compromising on performance or reliability. A recent survey revealed that 68% of IT decision-makers are concerned about the impact of AI/ML on their organization’s energy use and carbon footprint, while 77% believe that outdated data architectures hinder sustainability efforts.

Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, emphasized the company’s commitment to integrating energy efficiency into their products. “We recognize the importance of energy efficiency in today’s data-centric world and are dedicated to helping our customers balance performance with reduced environmental impact,” said Tanase. “Our Virtual Storage Platform One Block exemplifies our forward-thinking approach, offering powerful, reliable, and eco-friendly solutions that significantly cut carbon emissions.”

The Virtual Storage Platform One is designed to excel in performance while supporting consolidation of multiple workloads onto fewer systems. This not only boosts operational efficiency but also helps businesses meet their green data center objectives by lowering their environmental footprint. Additionally, the platform features Dynamic Carbon Reduction technology, which reduces energy use by placing CPUs in eco-mode during low activity periods. “Always on compression” allows for energy savings by shifting from inline data reduction to post-processing, contributing to a reduced CO2 footprint by as much as 30-40%.