We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe 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."Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."
"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"It helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"Redundancy and the fault tolerance of the platform are the most impressive."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"It simplifies building out the storage."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"The solution provides excellent scalability."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series exhibits good performance and has good IOPS: 300 IOPS. The technical support for this product is also good."
"The technical support is great."
"The hybrid array provides scaleable, predictable, high performance with no capacity constraints."
"The product offers high stability."
"The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations."
"What I like best about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is that it's a fast storage solution. It also has reliable models. The sales support is also good for this product. Even the pricing for it is good."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe are its steady performance and usefulness in high-traffic environments."
"IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is easy to use and comes with good performance."
"The most valuable feature of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is the snapshot. We use it daily for all of the storage units."
"It's easy to use, has good stability, and many features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its upgrades, as we don't have to do much homework because of its different controllers."
"IBM FlashSystem provides the same software on each box, including virtualized solutions."
"Good performance with a user-friendly UI."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"It is a bit expensive."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform faces challenges when it comes to features like deduplication and compression. Enabling these features can lead to processor overload, resulting in performance degradation, especially under high loads."
"In the next version I would like to see additional features like artificial intelligence and an increase in the amount of data it can store."
"In terms of ransomware, Pure Storage is probably a couple of steps ahead of Hitachi, but Hitachi does not rush in terms of features. They want to be really sure that the hardware works properly without any kind of problem in new environments, and the implementation or improvement does not affect the customer installation. They really want to make sure that customers are not affected in any way."
"For mission critical issues the performance is low."
"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."
"The embedded management for installation feature has neither simplified nor complicated the management process, therefore, there is room for improvement."
"IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is currently at the end of its lifespan and will soon become obsolete in the markets."
"The ZIO interface could be improved."
"The support could be better."
"Deduplication and compression should be improved."
"The storage system itself should have built-in capabilities for different ransomware attacks."
"IBM is currently not offering volume-based encryption or compression, while other brands or IBM's competitors are doing it."
"The tool's architecture is complex. It also needs to add data utilization reports."
"I would like to see IBM products become more affordable because they can be quite expensive, which limits their accessibility to a broader customer base."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is ranked 13th in All-Flash Storage with 19 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe writes "Steady performance, responsive support, and high availability". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and NetApp FAS Series, whereas IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, HPE Primera and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. IBM FlashSystem 9100 NVMe report.
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