We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"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."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"FlashArray has many valuable features. It's very user-friendly and it has high availability, so there is comparatively less downtime. During maintenance, there is no shutdown procedure, so you can directly power off the Array and manage the shutdown process without any data loss, which is a unique feature. Managing replication and data migration is also very easy."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"Overall, we're quite happy with the product because we can move the data that is stored on more than 10 of our current storage devices to a single PowerStore."
"I find all of the Dell PowerStore features to be valuable."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"The PowerStore's compression ratio is even higher than the Unity system."
"This solution is very useful to us as we use it internally for all of the services that we need. We use it as a lab and we showcase new technology to the customers and how it can help them going forward."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"Pricing is very good. It's very competitive against those of all the others that I looked at in the marketplace, such as Hitachi, IBM, HP, and Pure. Dell is right there in the mix as far as providing the best price point as well as meeting the performance requirements that we have."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"This is one of the most reliable and dependable products on the market."
"The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations."
"The most valuable feature is that it has 'eight nines' availability, 99.999999 percent of the time. That is the main selling point."
"It is robust. It doesn't need too much troubleshooting. It is a good device."
"I am happy about the storage system and availability."
"The solution is very user-friendly in terms of maintenance and configuration. It's also possible to connect the solution to other storage management solutions."
"There are no significant challenges in terms of scalability, and it can accommodate larger storage capacities compared to other storage solutions."
"The file functionality could be better."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"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."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."
"I would rate this solution an eight because we have had outages. The commit times went very high in the database. The whole array went down so our customers were down for around eight hours. This was a very big outage which could have been our fault because we didn't do the upgrade in time."
"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."
"The customer service and support are bad."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"The upgrades themselves are running fine, but after the upgrade is when we have a problem. With the update to 1.4, we had a head crash. They told us, 'This is a known issue. Please upgrade to 2.' We upgraded to 2 and, one week later they told us, 'Yeah, there are some issues in 2.0.0. You can lose data. Please upgrade to 2.0.1.' Overall, they need to make the system stable."
"I have not seen anything specific. The only thing I can think of that needs improvement is the price."
"The setup process could be improved. We had some issues regarding configuration and the time it took to do things. It wasn't specifically the people we worked with, but more the process and how it's done. They can work on that."
"You cannot delegate permissions."
"I do not like having to use VPLEX for synchronous replication, as opposed to having the store software built-in."
"We are happy with the service in general. The only thing would be the price of the platform."
"We moved away from this product because we were looking for an all-flash solution, and with our G1500 at the time, perhaps two years ago, they were just proposing more of the same technology."
"We have not been able to procure more discs for upcoming projects and this has been a problem for us. Not having additional storage is going to be an issue. The solution is at its end of life and will be replaced soon."
"Hitachi should launch some small machines in Brazil. The smallest machine here in Brazil is VSP 350, which can be quite big for some of the customers. In China, Hitachi has small models of this equipment, but those models are not available in our region. Its pricing is a big issue for us. We are resellers, and we face some competition from other vendors. Hitachi doesn't always have a good position in terms of the price. Its user interface is also not as good as some of the other competitors, and it can be improved."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"The pricing is high, but the product is good. Additional features like data duplication might make it even better."
"The initial setup was difficult, as we don't have access to assistance. We had some issues around configuration. We needed to know things like what kind of rate is the best, or what kind of replication is ideal. We had to seek out answers online to get the information we needed."
"The complex setup phase is an area where improvements are needed."
"The distributor needs more knowledgeable resources for technical support. It would be better to connect directly to the vendor in case of queries."
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Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 46 reviews while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and Dell XtremIO, whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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