We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Huawei OceanStor 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."Processes that used to take 40 minutes to two hours can be completed in five minutes."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"All our junior partners can administer the storage arrays. It is simple and easy to use. We don't have to dedicate a whole team of full time people to work on it."
"In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"The active-active option seemed to be working well and overall, it was a solid product."
"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."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"The most valuable features are external storage virtualization and the 100 percent data guaranteed availability."
"The most valuable features in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series are Shadowimage, easy to manage equipment, and upgrading the firewire is very simple."
"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 most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"Huawei OceanStor is easy to manage."
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"This is a stable storage system."
"Huawei OceanStor is stable."
"OceanStor is cheaper than Dell EMC, and its management interface is quite simple."
"Huawei OceanStor is designed with built-in high availability features, such as fault tolerance, ensuring consistent data access and minimizing downtime."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Automation could be simplified."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"With scalability, I have run into a little problem with our last upgrade. There were some undocumented limitations to the number of drives that our controller could run on. So, instead of putting in a new data pack as we had anticipated, we had to keep adding and removing to get up to the capacity that we needed to be. What should have been a one day process (or a few hours) turned into a month and a half process."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"The software has always been lagging a bit compared to the newer features. It usually takes a cycle for it to catch up."
"If they had a certain approach to layered storage, it would be better. For example, adaption to the browser, or having a centralized console."
"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."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"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."
"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."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"Huawei OceanStor should work on its saturation level and should be able to take up more load. It should give the same performance that it gives at 20 or 30 percent load for 80 percent as well."
"CFS integration is one area where OceanStor has some room for improvement. The CFS on OceanStor is dedicated, so it's not integrated with the existing active directory domain."
"Could have a more stable, lighter Metro and better logging system."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"In the future release, Huawei OceanStor should improve on what they already have. It is a good solution."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"I would like to see more integration features with different platforms."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4. 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 Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and NetApp FAS Series, whereas Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. Huawei OceanStor report.
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