We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Hitachi Content Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's my understanding that the initial setup is straightforward."
"What I like best about Dell ECS is its stability. I also like that you can use it for large-scale data purposes. The solution works fine for me, and I haven't encountered any issues with it."
"The most valuable feature for me is off-site storage."
"Dell's technical support team is good."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"It is 100% stable. It is also scalable."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The Hitachi Content Platform is a stable and reliable solution."
"As an architect, I like the management features that come with Hitachi Content Platform because it makes things easy."
"Hitachi is a big company, so it's a very strong product."
"One of the most hidden valuable features is ensuring that you don't have bit rot, so it will go and check every single object that's stored on the system, then ensure that if there's a problem, it'll be repaired from either a local copy or remote copy, depending upon your configuration."
"The features that I have found most valuable are their retention logs. The other thing I have found most valuable is the way they handle the BHEA. Basically the DNS and everything is managed by itself. It is seamless to the users."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the versioning and the ransomware protection."
"The way that they handle the DR is very good because when there is a failover, it is seamless to the users."
"Companies can scale the solution."
"In Taiwan, they don't have professional technical support."
"The setup is very complex."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service."
"The troubleshooting feature of this solution needs to be improved, to allow organizations to fix issues without having to contact the support team."
"They do not have complete documentation, which is very weak and could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"Dell ECS could improve the price of the solution. It is expensive."
"Hitachi Content Platform is a complicated solution. You need to put several pieces of the hardware together in order to achieve the capacity or the performance needed."
"At present, it is complicated to use the CLI command."
"They should improve the user interface. It's a little bit complex. It does not have a self-learning method. You need to know how to use it before you touch the system. The user interface is not self-explanatory."
"The only thing is that it should be more cost effective."
"In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country."
"What is lacking in this solution is a simple process to migrate from existing systems."
"Two things that can be improved are pricing and configuration. Mostly the pricing is an issue. And if I were to add anything, I would say more integration with backup solutions such as Veeam Backup."
"There is room for improvement in the capacity for integration with other platforms."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 25 reviews while Hitachi Content Platform is ranked 16th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Hitachi Content Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Content Platform writes " Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Cloudian HyperStore, whereas Hitachi Content Platform is most compared with MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Cloudian HyperStore. See our Dell ECS vs. Hitachi Content Platform report.
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