We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Hitachi NAS Platform 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."This is the best platform that we could have for storage utilization. It is affordable and scalable. At the end of the day, it's something that we find very easy to use."
"PowerScale has made it extremely easy to scale file data across our organization. We have two implementations of Isilon. One is a replica of the other. When scaling, we add nodes to each location and expand the cluster. The process is straightforward."
"The solution has simplified management by consolidating our workloads. Rather than managing all the different workloads on different storage arrays, Windows Servers, etc., we just have one place per data centre where we manage all their unstructured data, saving us time."
"The guaranteed performance, combined with the scalability through its scale-out capability, makes it an excellent choice."
"The solution's most valuable features are scalability and flexibility."
"The solution is extremely easy to manage. This is its most valuable feature."
"Isilon is flexible in supporting various data workloads while keeping them protected. Dell continues to release updates and patches which enhance the use of this solution. This includes offering ransomware protection."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) integration with other solutions because of the standard file system protocol."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle a high number of users while maintaining both stability and performance."
"The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable."
"The product’s technical support services are good."
"Hitachi is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."
"The product has valuable features for data migration."
"Simple and extremely reliable."
"The solution isn't suitable for small environments or small customers."
"The legacy file system for Epsilon didn't scale into the cloud and didn't have a separate OS. It would be key if this was made possible."
"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) could improve the load distribution capability. For example, in some cases, the system load is not distributed automatically on all the nodes but is concentrated only on one. You have a peak request on only one node and the others don't do anything."
"The replication could lend itself to some improvement around encryption in transit and managing the racing of large volumes of data. The process of file over and file back can be tedious. Hopefully, you never end up going into a DR. If you do go into a DR, you know the data is there on the remote site. However, in terms of the process of setting up the replicates and filing them back, that is just very tedious and could definitely do with some improvement."
"The product’s expansion capacity, pricing clarity, and ease of use need improvement."
"That said, for the other security features, it would be helpful if Tenable - and I know it's outside the scope of this question itself - had Isilon-specific plugins."
"We used to have a chat feature available on the support site. It's not available to us anymore."
"The only thing that I think PowerScale could do better is improving the HTTP data access protocol. At the present, you cannot protect access to data via HTTP or HTTPS the same way that you can secure data access through other protocols like NFS or SMB[...]the Unified Permission Model that would allow a user to authenticate before being able to access a private file, does not apply."
"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 monitoring tool is not well developed."
"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."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."
"Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface."
"Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors."
Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 1st in NAS with 40 reviews while Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) writes "We can easily deploy, manage, and maintain systems without needing a huge amount of expertise to facilitate them". On the other hand, 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". Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and IBM FlashSystem, whereas Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo. See our Dell PowerScale (Isilon) vs. Hitachi NAS Platform report.
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