We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and IBM FlashSystem 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."Very efficient storage"
"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"Processes that used to take 40 minutes to two hours can be completed in five minutes."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"This solution has improved our organization in the way that we used to see latency but now with this solution we don't. It also has good performance. Latencies have come down for our performance in the SQL databases. We can put a lot more in a lot less in terms of space savings. We also save data center space have good deduplication."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"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..."
"The technical support is great."
"The product has great data storage performance with a 100% data security and availability guarantee."
"The valuable features for data management include deduplication and compression without performance impact, and the ability to virtualize old storage, making migration seamless."
"In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users."
"The product offers high stability."
"The performance is very good."
"It is the most stable high-end solution in this area."
"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"This solution is really user friendly. It also offers good performance and is highly reliable."
"The feature I find most valuable, is the deduplication, because the nature of the data that we are using in our current environment, has a lot of replicated data."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is replication...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"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."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"The distributor needs more knowledgeable resources for technical support. It would be better to connect directly to the vendor in case of queries."
"The complex setup phase is an area where improvements are needed."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"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."
"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."
"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 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."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"This solution needs a management console where we are alerted to issues and can report them, or escalate them through email or another method."
"The only issue my team faced was transferring the data from the old system to IBM FlashSystem, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"I would like to see an improvement in the handling of large amounts of rights."
"I have looked at a few pages of a report I download and I saw a graph there regarding software-defined vendors. IBM is not in a good position on this graph. I know that they are working very hard on this, to make it much better and to get to a level where it's not only hardware but also software to provide a complete solution."
"IBM should improve its data reduction development."
"The Data Reduction Pools (DRP) support could be better."
"The product needs to improve their scalability."
"We use some open-source tools for monitoring, such as Grafana and it should be bundled along with IBM FlashSystem."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 5th in NAS with 48 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. 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 writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and NetApp FAS Series, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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