In this paper, a hydraulic damper was developed to protect the storage racks from earthquakes and the seismic performance of the storage racks was improved by applying the developed damper. In order to achieve these goals, the control capacity for the safety of the storage racks was determined, and a hydraulic damper satisfying the control capacity was designed and manufactured. In addition, the location of the hydraulic damper was determined through simulation. Finally, the shaking table test was carried out. As a result, the seismic performance improvement of the storage racks using the hydraulic damper was confirmed.