We performed a comparison between Hitachi NAS Platform and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle a high number of users while maintaining both stability and performance."
"The product’s technical support services are good."
"The product has valuable features for data migration."
"The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well."
"Simple and extremely reliable."
"Hitachi is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."
"Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface."
"The monitoring tool is not well developed."
"Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors."
"I would like to see the inclusion of support for cloud-connectivity to providers like AWS."
"I encounter challenges while installing the upgrades for the product."
"I do not like Hitachi NAS because it's an old-school NAS solution, compared to the other, newer-type solutions such as Isilon from Dell or Qumulo."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"Needs more SAN support."
Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 reviews. Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi NAS Platform writes "Good pricing and works well, but it is old-fashioned and should be replaced with something new". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Qumulo. See our Hitachi NAS Platform vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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