Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced that its new Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance has earned the ENERGY STAR® certification and was recognized as the best storage solutions for performance and energy efficiency in the ENERGY STAR NVSS Disk Online 4 category.

“Our Virtual Storage Platform One Block storage appliance exemplifies our vision for the future, delivering powerful, reliable, and eco-friendly solutions that drive value for our customers and help significantly reduce carbon emissions”, said Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara.

Overall, the company holds the top three ranked storage solutions in this category.

This recognition not only indicates that it reinforces Hitachi Vantara’s leadership in energy-efficient technology but also underscores the company’s ongoing efforts to align its products with the global push toward sustainability.

This ranking comes at a critical time as businesses grapple with the push to improve the sustainability of their operations without sacrificing performance or reliability.

The Virtual Storage Platform One Block 28 model ranked highest 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.

It’s claimed that the ENERGY STAR certification process evaluates storage solutions based on their IOPS (input/output operations per second) per Watt, a key metric for measuring the efficiency of input/output operations relative to energy consumption.

Virtual Storage Platform One is said to be designed to deliver key benefits that make it a standout choice in the storage market.

The platform improves performance, enabling organizations to consolidate more workloads onto fewer systems.

This consolidation not only enhances operational efficiency but also helps businesses achieve their green data center goals by minimizing their environmental footprint.

Additionally, Virtual Storage Platform One Block features Dynamic Carbon Reduction technology, reducing energy consumption by switching CPUs into eco-mode during periods of low activity.

“Always on compression” allows the system to switch from inline data reduction to post processing which further reduces energy consumption and contributes to a lower CO2 footprint by as much as 30-40 percent.