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We performed a comparison between DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture
The biggest benefit of the Hitachi platform is the 100 percent storage uptime. It's also highly cost-effective.
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  • "The pricing we get is very competitive when compared to other vendors. Hitachi is working on their licensing model and it is improving but can be irksome when many different items are not bundled or enterprise size."
  • "Our main issue with the Hitachi G-Series is what we consider to be an archaic software licensing scheme and high maintenance costs."
  • "It is a little expensive."
  • "I would like to see better pricing and more discounts."
  • "Pricing could be better, because the cost is very high."
  • "This solution is cheaper than Dell EMC VMAX. When you are looking for a high-end solution, price matters, but availability and stability are more important than the price."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "When you are looking for high-end solutions such as this, price is less important than stability and availability."

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    What do you like most about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?
    Top Answer:The deduplication is useful for us because we don't have that much money for our lab infrastructure. Deduplication means we have more storage available. And the IOPS are really fast.
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    What needs improvement with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?
    Top Answer:One problem is that there are too many management tools for the F Series and for all the other Hitachi storage systems. There are four or five such solutions. Maybe these could be combined in the… more »
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    What is your primary use case for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?
    Top Answer:We're only using the F Series in our lab for hosting lab infrastructure for all our colleagues. We needed fast storage.
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    Ranking
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    In NAS
    5th
    out of 27 in NAS
    Views
    1,793
    Comparisons
    1,253
    Reviews
    16
    Average Words per Review
    681
    Rating
    8.4
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    Also Known As
    GRIDScaler
    Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform N Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series
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    Overview

    DDN GRIDScaler provides flexible choices for Enterprise-grade data protection, availability features, and the performance of a parallel file system coupled with DDN's deep expertise and history of supporting highly efficient, large-scale deployments.

    RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE

    With adaptive, guaranteed data reduction and a 100% data-availability guarantee, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F series helps you tackle complicated business challenges. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) VSP F series delivers up to 4.8M IOPS with sub-millisecond response times.
    Featuring legendary Hitachi reliability, VSP F series arrays are backed by the industries only 100% availability guarantee. For these reasons, 80% of the Fortune 500 choose Hitachi all-flash arrays to accelerate the performance of mission-critical applications like Oracle, SAP, Virtualization, Microsoft apps etc. With over 350 patents in flash technology, Hitachi’s innovative mix of flash hardware and software accelerates ROI with enterprise-class reliability and performance.

    Sample Customers
    Children's Mercy, Kollins, MLB Network, University of Miami, VAN ANDEL Research Institute
    Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways
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    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Government14%
    Computer Software Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in NAS while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 5th in NAS with 48 reviews. DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] is rated 0.0, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". DDN GRIDScaler [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Huawei OceanStor Dorado.

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