Released on = January 23, 2007, 1:39 am

Press Release Author = Hitachi Data Systems

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Press Release Summary = Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced significant performance enhancements to its
already ground-breaking advanced midrange storage system, the Hitachi Adaptable
Modular Storage, model AMS1000. By virtue of introducing new multi-processing
technologies to the AMS1000, the system provides a new price-to-performance ratio in
midrange storage systems setting a new industry standard.


Press Release Body = Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi,
Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced significant performance enhancements to its
already ground-breaking advanced midrange storage system, the Hitachi Adaptable
Modular Storage, model AMS1000. By virtue of introducing new multi-processing
technologies to the AMS1000, the system provides a new price-to-performance ratio in
midrange storage systems setting a new industry standard.



The 20 percent performance boost to the AMS1000 adds to the storage systems' unique
business enabling capabilities first unveiled in April, 2006 such as 32 logical
cache partitions, non-disruptive "on-the-fly" data movement across multiple tiers of
storage, enterprise-class RAID-6 data protection, and a key industry-first:
sophisticated multi-protocol support for iSCSI, NAS, and Fibre Channel SAN, embedded
in a single system. The AMS1000 also offers 4 Gigabit per Second Fibre Channel SAN
Connectivity, enhancing the performance of applications such as video-on-demand and
medical imaging. No other storage vendor can provide such an integrated solution
within a midrange storage system without the aid of external appliances and/or host
software. Simply put, the AMS1000 is the most flexible midrange storage systems on
the market today.


\"Performance is one of the fundamental core aspects of a storage system,\" said Tony
Asaro, senior analyst Enterprise Strategy Group. \"The processing power of a storage
system is one of the key elements that impact performance. Customers should plan
for performance requirements today and for the future and they need a storage system
that can meet their requirements as they grow.\"



Built from the ground-up to deliver extreme flexibility to clients, the AMS1000
enables clients to mix and match multiple tiers of storage in a single rack
(including 73GB, 146GB and 300GB Fibre Channel and 500GB SATA drives), consolidate
Fibre Channel SAN, NAS or iSCSI attached storage within a single rack-with the
ability to isolate resources for consistent quality-of-service, secure multi-level
access and deliver non-disruptive volume migration. As an example, data volumes can
be migrated from economical SATA drives to Fibre Channel from RAID 5 to RAID 6 or
from one RAID profile to another-dynamically empowering clients to adjust their
storage infrastructure to their changing business needs or data requirements.



"Driven by escalating costs, not only in terms of yearly outlays for storage, but
also in energy and support costs, users are looking to consolidate and maximize the
efficiency of storage assets," said John Webster, Principal IT Advisor of
Illuminata, Inc. "By giving customers the ability to dynamically move application
data between different classes of storage within the system, now coupled with a
performance enhancement and multi-protocol interfaces, the AMS1000 is worthy of
consideration as a flexible, long-term data consolidation platform."



The AMS1000 is the cornerstone of Hitachi's highly versatile and highly scalable
channel-optimized advanced midrange storage systems-the Hitachi Adaptable Modular
Storage and Workgroup Modular Storage lines. Hitachi's lineup of advanced midrange
storage systems are powered by attractively priced dual controller high-speed bus
technology and offer the benefits of Logical Cache Partitioning, Virtual Ports, and
Host Storage Domains within a single system, or complement the Network Storage
Controller or Universal Storage Platform as tiered or archive storage, especially
when configured with SATA drives for lower costs. Hitachi also announced today that
it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Leaders" quadrant in the, ""Magic
Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise Disk Arrays, 2H06" (1) report. (See press release
announced today: "Hitachi Positioned in "Leaders" Quadrant for Midrange Enterprise
Disk Arrays.)



About Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems leverages global R&D resources to develop storage solutions
built on industry-leading technology with the performance, availability and
scalability to maximize customers\' ROI and minimize their risk. By focusing on the
customer\'s perspective as we apply the best hardware, software, and services from
Hitachi and our partners, we uniquely satisfy our customers\' business needs. With
approximately 3,200 employees, Hitachi Data Systems conducts business through direct
and indirect channels in the public, government and private sectors in over 170
countries and regions. Its customers include more than 50 percent of Fortune 100
companies. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.hds.com.



About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading
global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal
2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9
billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in
market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and
industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more
information on Hitachi, please visit the company\'s website at
http://www.hitachi.com.

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