We performed a comparison between Hitachi Content Platform and MinIO 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."The Hitachi Content Platform is a stable and reliable solution."
"The way that they handle the DR is very good because when there is a failover, it is seamless to the users."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the versioning and the ransomware protection."
"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."
"Integrating Hitachi Content Platform with existing systems is not challenging."
"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."
"We are using Content Platform for data migration, and it integrates with our HNS platform. This is good because we can integrate it with our existing HNS and SAP solutions. The GUI is also user-friendly. It doesn't take much time to do anything. If we know the architecture and the steps, we can do what we need with a few clicks."
"The initial setup was very easy - one click, and it was installed."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of management and administration."
"The container installation features are good. The S3 feature provisions the storage buckets making it easy. It allows me to spin up the public buckets with open-source technology."
"Good interface and a good approach to development and testing environments."
"Saves a lot of time in generating and managing documents."
"The initial setup was straightforward as MinIO provided good support documentation and took a couple of days to complete."
"The most valuable features are that MinIO is open, it works on-premise, and is compatible with the Amazon industry which is great for finding compatible libraries in many languages which is very good for developers."
"The tool’s integration is very easy. This feature has helped us reduce development time. The solution also has many out-of-the-box features like versioning support and management of roles and permissions. The product also supports clustered deployment."
"The only thing is that it should be more cost effective."
"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."
"In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in the capacity for integration with other platforms."
"The user interface isn't as user-friendly, and the management platform UI isn't as intuitive as others. So it can be more user-friendly."
"The solution could use more integration with clouds."
"At present, it is complicated to use the CLI command."
"The scalability is one of the limitations we have found. We are looking for another solution but they must provide the same characteristics, such as an affordable price and continuity."
"Documentation could be improved."
"MinIO could use a time patch on it. It could also use better documentation for some languages like Python."
"With problems, visibility is hard because everything is in containers. Difficult to get to the logs in order to figure out what the problem was."
"The only downside I see is that you do not have a complete picture of an object."
"The solution should have high availability. Also, support should be quick."
"Limited storage provided in the free version."
"The Distributed User Interface (DUI) needs some work. It's hard to view a large set of data on the DUI. It's an issue with the DUI's performance."
Hitachi Content Platform is ranked 16th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews while MinIO is ranked 1st in File and Object Storage with 22 reviews. Hitachi Content Platform is rated 8.2, while MinIO is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hitachi Content Platform writes " Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MinIO writes " A tool for storage purposes that helps businesses save time". Hitachi Content Platform is most compared with Dell ECS, NetApp StorageGRID, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Cloudian HyperStore, whereas MinIO is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade and IBM Cloud Object Storage. See our Hitachi Content Platform vs. MinIO report.
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