We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Frame-Based Disk Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The most valuable feature is its speed."
"One of the lesser sung advantages was when we started running our interface engine on Pure Storage. The ability to process messages and pass them through in our organization skyrocketed purely because of a disk that I owned which we were getting out of Pure Storage."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"We consume less physical storage because of the solution’s deduplication and compression."
"We put a fair amount of stress on it because we run sequel workloads and we run web applications where the same web files are hit over and over. We have had almost zero stability issues with that SAN, that has been really great for us."
"Processes that used to take 40 minutes to two hours can be completed in five minutes."
"The most valuable features are the with back-end dedupe, and the thin nodes. For a 20TB or 60TB, we're using almost a one-to-two ratio."
"I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational aspect is also noteworthy. Additionally, its availability and performance are commendable. The speaker are also equally powerful."
"In terms of stability, it's good enough. It's okay."
"I think that Dell EMC is one of the best technical support services in Ukraine."
"The solution is stable."
"This solution is easy to use."
"The flexibility of this solution has been valuable for our business."
"We replicate between SAN to SAN for a lot of features and supportability. It also helps us when we want to upgrade to a newer SC Series or move the data from one data center to another."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series exhibits good performance and has good IOPS: 300 IOPS. The technical support for this product is also good."
"Overall, the solution is strong, easy and fast."
"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."
"The first thing that attracted this model to us was the non-disruptive migration. We had a very large database application that was on older gear and needed to be migrated to these arrays. We had experience with virtualizing behind an array and moving applications and data but this made it even better."
"The solution provides excellent scalability."
"It is robust. It doesn't need too much troubleshooting. It is a good device."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve in the area of cryptographic information in the consoles. The user-friendliness could improve. The Pure Storage FlashArray team should come and log into the system with their maintenance credentials and then pull out the information as evidence of cryptography."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"I want to learn more about command line usage which I have not explored much yet. However, there are many automated solutions for repetitive tasks. I would like to see additional features like performance monitoring, configuring of alerts, and the customization of alert thresholds in the next release."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered higher performance, at least on the back end."
"I don't think the solution is very scalable."
"The connection should be better integrated with the network to offer a better view of the system."
"In terms of additional features, I would like to see some kind of I/O meter, to indicate what we are using in terms of performance. I would like to see automation with that, where it would give me the trends. I want to know those things easily, to help me know where issues are going to occur."
"Overall, I'd like to see more synergy between Dell EMC's higher-tier platforms and their mid-tier platforms. What I have said, constantly, to my partners at Dell EMC is that the clear articulation of the path is really important to us. In that vein, what I'd also like to see is, with the migration strategy that's built into this product, a lot more attention paid to Dell's - in particular - legacy platforms and how we get from some of our legacy EMC platforms onto this platform with a straight-through migration and scaling strategy, not host-based migrations and not piecemeal... Dell EMC would do well to focus more on my ability to skip a generation, rather than having me take individual hops because I can't greenfield my way into a software-defined data center fast enough. This journey of multiple hops is not helpful."
"An issue we had was that the controller went down during an upgrade because of their upgrading the code. One side of the switch was down."
"The ease of use could be improved. It took me a while to learn it."
"While there's always room for improvement in everything, I can't really think of a specific feature of the solution that requires immediate attention."
"The installation procedure it a bit difficult, because it is a high-end solution. With this type of product, the original company is interested in doing the setup for customers in the area, but because of sanctions we were not able to get support in our area. We faced many issued trying to learn to run this product."
"In terms of what could be improved, it could use a better, faster web console and other consoles. It is so boring waiting, waiting and waiting for it to refresh."
"For the support windows to work, maybe they have to upgrade the firmware of the VSP. They changed the hardware or the disk. I don't know if it was the port blade they changed or a VM for a memory cache. Also, replacing the old target with the processor target would be fine. The old equipment is very easy to manage, and I don't have any bad commentary."
"One improvement I am hoping for in the next release is unified storage."
"The life-cycle of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is too short. We only had approximately four or five years out of the solution before it was rendered its end of life."
"The solution is stable. However, there have been some software crashes where we had to restart the system. They could improve the hardware to prevent this type of issue."
"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 future."
"For mission critical issues the performance is low."
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Dell SC Series is ranked 3rd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 49 reviews while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 1st in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 48 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem and Huawei OceanStor, whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell SC Series vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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