Case Study: Hebei Telecom achieves 100% system availability and a scalable, high-performance MMS gateway with Hitachi Vantara (Hitachi NAS Platform)

Hitachi NAS Platform Helps Drive the Multimedia Messaging Service Gateway of Hebei Telecom

Hebei Telecom, a China Telecom Group state-owned operator, needed a highly available, high-performance and scalable storage platform for its multimedia messaging service (MMS) gateway to support real‑time processing (targeting 810 messages/sec at ~50 KB/message), 24/7 operations, active‑active clustering and RAID‑1+0 protection. Hitachi Vantara answered with the Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS) 3080 dual‑node cluster (supported by Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2100) to meet those strict telecom production requirements.

Hitachi Vantara implemented a dual‑node HNAS 3080 active‑active cluster delivering a unified namespace, nondisruptive file access, online tiering/migration and secure Ethernet/Fibre Channel connectivity. The deployment delivered measurable results for Hebei Telecom — up to 100% system availability (MTBF ≥20,000 hours), single‑node performance of ~73,000 IOPS and >1,100 MB/s throughput, support for processing targets and scalability to 4 PB (single directory up to 16 million files) — simplifying file sharing, reducing duplicate storage and ensuring reliable 24/7 MMS operations.