We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage 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."Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"We like the data reduction rates. That has been really helpful. You get 4U of Pure storage replacing something like two racks of spinning disks. One of the things that has contributed to that are the data reduction rates."
"Technical support is good."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"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 efficiency ratio is just as high as advertised. It's very high relative to other storage solutions as well. The compression and deduplication capabilities are also very high."
"The most valuable feature is that it has 'eight nines' availability, 99.999999 percent of the time. That is the main selling point."
"The product provides a good storage space."
"The biggest benefit of the Hitachi platform is 100 percent storage uptime. It's also highly cost-effective."
"The performance was decent."
"The product offers high stability."
"The solution provides excellent scalability."
"The valuable features include encryption of data, hybrid performance, firmware updates, and overall simplicity."
"Deduplication and compression."
"The most valuable features are its cost-effectiveness, performance, and its deduplication deficiencies."
"Their tech support is very professional, know their products, know what they do, and they are very informative in terms of keeping the customer updated."
"The setup was very, very simple. When we got our AF5000, no kidding, we had it up in production within two hours"
"I really like the form factor, which is nice and compact and small."
"Their remote management and understanding when things are starting to go wrong and their ability to fix them before the customer even knows, this has been a big positive when a customer makes the decision to go with Nimble"
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"It is a bit expensive."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"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."
"The solution is priced higher than its competitors."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"The user interface should be made simpler because it is difficult to manage."
"It seemed like every time we turned around it was a statement of work and we'd have to pay for something that our previous vendors would not have billed us for."
"The initial deployment was somewhat complex when it came to the installation because of the network connectivity. It was more difficult, in this specific case, than with other platforms."
"The user experience is pretty bad in Hitachi. A lot of mandatory tasks take a long time to work through."
"Hitachi Vantara has invested heavily in improving their management interface, however, they still have a way to go to catch up with many of their competitors."
"The HPE Nimble Storage could have better integration with monitoring and machine learning system information solutions."
"We have had some stability issues with one array which has happened twice during subsequent software updates but is due to a bad Postgres database."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"The quality of technical support depends on which member of the support team you speak with."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"I would like to see native network attached storage (NAS) functionality. Our customers are looking for NAS, and Nimble can't give it to them."
"If they could reduce the cost, that would be ideal."
"I would like to see SSL Certification."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "Leverages a 3DC architecture with VSP for disaster recovery, offering a 100% data availability guarantee". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and HPE Primera, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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