We performed a comparison between Hitachi NAS Platform and IBM FlashSystem 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."The product has valuable features for data migration."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle a high number of users while maintaining both stability and performance."
"Simple and extremely reliable."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable."
"The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well."
"Hitachi is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."
"The product’s technical support services are good."
"Data deduplication is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is SCM (Storage Class Memory), which has the lowest latency value in the storage industry."
"Ability to manage third-party arrays and virtualise them: One screen to control multiple arrays. Simplified administration."
"The speed, performance, and stability are the best features of IBM FlashSystem."
"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."
"The performance monitoring feature is useful as it can report in 15 minute intervals by hour, day, week, month, or by a custom date range."
"The most valuable features are, of course, the virtualization of the storage, the performance, and the compression."
"We are a 100% satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"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."
"I encounter challenges while installing the upgrades for the product."
"Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors."
"The monitoring tool is not well developed."
"Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."
"I would like to see the inclusion of support for cloud-connectivity to providers like AWS."
"The interface could improve in IBM FlashSystem."
"The solution has a low number of NVME host attachments at 16 per IO group over the fiber channel."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"They don't offer subscription-based payments."
"The security features can be improved such that the encryption does not affect performance in any way."
"This solution needs a management console where we are alerted to issues and can report them, or escalate them through email or another method."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"There could be some extra features added."
Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 5th in NAS with 106 reviews. Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. 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 IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Qumulo, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF. See our Hitachi NAS Platform vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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