We performed a comparison between Hitachi NAS Platform and NetApp FAS Series 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 is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable."
"The product’s technical support services are good."
"The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"The support is very good."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"The product is flexible."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface."
"Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."
"I would like to see the inclusion of support for cloud-connectivity to providers like AWS."
"I encounter challenges while installing the upgrades for the product."
"The monitoring tool is not well developed."
"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."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 reviews. Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi NAS Platform writes "Easy-to-manage product with efficient backup features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Qumulo. See our Hitachi NAS Platform vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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