Hitachi VSP One
One platform. Block, file & object.

VSP One is Hitachi Vantara’s current unified storage platform. Rather than separate products for each data type, it delivers block (VSP One Block, all-NVMe), file (VSP One File, SMB/NFS), object (VSP One Object, S3-compatible) and a software-defined block option (VSP One SDS Block) under one operating model and one management plane, VSP 360. It’s aimed at organisations consolidating mission-critical and unstructured workloads onto a single, cyber-resilient platform.

Choose VSP One Block for databases, ERP and virtualisation that need consistent low latency; VSP One File for shared unstructured data (home directories, departmental shares); VSP One Object for S3 data lakes, cloud-native apps and long-term retention; and VSP One SDS Block when you want the same block data services as software on commodity x86 to reduce lock-in and capital cost. Many estates combine block and file. Tell us the workload and we’ll map it — or use the Storage Solution Finder.

GAD presents the same volume actively from two sites at once, so reads and writes continue at both. If a site fails there is no data loss (zero RPO) and effectively no failover wait — the application keeps running on the surviving site. It’s Hitachi’s answer for tier-1 availability and metro-distance business continuity, and a key reason VSP is chosen for the most critical databases.

VSP One combines immutable Thin Image snapshots (which cannot be altered or deleted within their retention window), data-at-rest encryption certified to FIPS 140-3, and integrations with Veeam, Commvault and Veritas. Together these give you a recovery point ransomware cannot reach plus a tested route back — the cyber-resilience posture, not just a backup copy.

VSP One’s differentiators are the unified block/file/object model, GAD active-active replication and Hitachi’s availability heritage. NetApp ONTAP and Dell PowerStore are strong unified rivals; Pure FlashArray competes on simplicity. The right choice depends on your workload, availability requirement and existing estate. Because Servnet supplies all of them, our comparison is impartial — see our business-critical storage guide or size it with the Storage Solution Finder.

Yes — we size VSP One to your capacity, performance and availability needs, supply it in the UK and support it post-sales, alongside the rest of your storage and server estate. Contact our team for impartial advice and a quote.