VSP One delivers 285% ROI & USD $1.1 million NPV in study

Organisations using Hitachi Vantara's Virtual Storage Platform One (VSP One) have achieved a 285% return on investment, a net present value of USD $1.1 million, and payback within seven months according to a recent study by Forrester Consulting.

Study scope

The Total Economic Impact (TEI) study was commissioned by Hitachi Vantara and evaluated the outcomes of VSP One for a range of organisations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Forrester Consulting based its analysis on interviews with six decision-makers responsible for technology infrastructure. The study included both qualitative and quantitative feedback, with Forrester developing a composite model of a midsize global enterprise to estimate typical results.

Forrester observed that, "Organisations across industries are facing increasing demands for performance, scalability and simplicity in their data infrastructure, especially as modern workloads grow more complex and data volumes surge. Many are seeking solutions that not only meet current operational needs but also provide headroom for future growth, improved efficiency and seamless integration with evolving IT environments."

The study reported that VSP One addresses these needs by increasing storage efficiency, claiming improvements of up to a 6:1 data reduction ratio. This allows customers to store as much as six times more data within the same physical footprint, helping organisations keep costs manageable as storage requirements increase.

ROI and efficiency gains

According to Forrester's composite model, organisations using VSP One realised benefits of USD $1.5 million over three years. Customers reported that the return on investment was achieved in less than a year, with specific mentions of streamlined provisioning, easier scaling, and reduced administrative workloads. The study attributed these efficiencies to deduplication, compression features, and performance improvements enabled by NVMe technology.

The study outlined key data points, including:

• USD $915,000 in operational efficiencies from storage modernisation, stemming from a 35% reduction in complexity and a 40% decrease in time spent troubleshooting
• USD $373,000 in savings through increased storage efficiency with compression and deduplication, reducing both capital expenses and delaying expansion
• USD $241,000 in time savings due to optimised workloads and faster provisioning using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities

Customer feedback

"We measured roughly about 30% to 35% reduction in operational complexity," said a chief technology officer in information services. "That translates into a headcount at US $200,000 to US $250,000 a pop."

A senior infrastructure architect in legal services highlighted improvements in scalability by stating, "The new array technology allows you to literally add one drive at a time. That's a huge quantitative improvement, at least in terms of pricing and economics in this platform."

The head of IT infrastructure at an education organisation described a reduction in their team's workload: "My team used to spend one to two hours troubleshooting storage issues weekly. Now, they just log in, check the health, and move on."

Vendor view

Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer at Hitachi Vantara, stated, "Delivering more than just cost savings, VSP One is helping customers eliminate silos, simplify operations and support hybrid environments without the constraints of proprietary systems. We believe these results support our approach of delivering a unified data platform that performs wherever our customers' data resides – on premises or in the cloud – and demonstrates that modernising with VSP One has the potential to achieve rapid ROI, cut complexity and give organisations the agility to scale and innovate."

Partner and methodology insights

The TEI study also discussed the implications for Hitachi Vantara's partner ecosystem. The unified platform approach supports partners in offering services including faster deployment, ongoing streamlined management, and expanded support for migration and hybrid cloud.

Forrester Consulting conducted interviews with customers from various industries and aggregated the findings to establish the composite organisation. This financial modelling enabled calculations on benefits, costs, flexibility, and risk beyond the experiences of individual customers.