Compare Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series vs. Nimble Storage
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is ranked 15th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 1 review while Nimble Storage which is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 34 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is rated 8.0, while Nimble Storage is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series writes "Eliminated all the management around replication and it helps us to do the recovery better and easier". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nimble Storage writes "A reliable product that has been 100 percent up". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is most compared with Dell EMC Unity, EMC VMAX and HPE 3PAR Flash Storage, whereas Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell EMC Unity, HPE 3PAR Flash Storage and Pure Storage FlashArray.
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It's a state of the art solution in storage systems. High-availability and performance are the strongest aspects of these machines. | We get storage access without the need for more human monitoring of those resources. Not only is it high performing, but it is also more compact and fits better in our storage arrays than equipment from other storage providers. This solution has given us reliability that is evident by the fact that it has been running for five years with virtually no hiccups. I really like the form factor, which is nice and compact and small. The solution's uptime is fantastic. It's 100 percent. In addition, Nimble's storage capacity efficiency is very effective. The all-flash positions our organization for growth. It is much easier to use, and we do not have to worry about the I/O profile of the workloads that we putting on the array. InfoSight has helped us resolved an issue where the snapshots were growing too big. InfoSight has identified controller failures or performance issues. |
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The user experience is pretty bad in Hitachi. A lot of mandatory tasks take a long time to work through. | The large hardware components may be difficult to fit into some standard racks. I would like to see more advanced analytics in the next release of this solution. An area that needs improvement is extending the life of the device after five years. I would like to see greater integration with Microsoft's Hyper-V platform. The way the market is going, supporting NVMe storage would be useful as a step up. I don't think it is officially released yet, but the main reason that we chose Nimble is because of the sync rep feature. So, I would like to see that further evolve. This feature will be essential for our setups. 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. I would like to see more integrations. |
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Information Not Available | We paid about $80,000 for our permanent site licence. There are no licensing costs for this solution. We buy the arrays outright, so we don't pay anything on an ongoing monthly basis for licensing. Our hybrid solution could do with some more competitive pricing and more scaled-down deployments. Already, the smallest one is too much for us. We would flourish by having a smaller unit. If you don't go cheap, it is eventually worth it. However, the initial investment is high. It is a CAPEX investment. Over the anticipated lifespan, I would say the pricing is $10,000 a month. The price has room for improvement. Performance per dollar, when we looked at it, was the highest that we could get for what we needed. |
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RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE With adaptive, guaranteed data reduction and a 100% data-availability guarantee, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F series helps you tackle complicated business challenges. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) VSP F series delivers up to 4.8M IOPS with sub-millisecond response times. | Our Predictive Flash platform closes the app-data gap, giving you the fastest, most reliable access to data. By combining predictive analytics with flash storage, we radically simplify operations. |
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Sample Customers | |
| Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways | Ace Relocation, Atkins Nutritionals, Berkeley Research Group, Canadian International School, City of Hot Springs, Clackamas County, Corona-Norco Unified School District, Ideal Integrations, Linear Technology, P&O Maritime, Retail Apparel Group (RAG), Virtual Radiologic |
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No Data Available | Financial Services Firm17% Healthcare Company10% Manufacturing Company8% Insurance Company8% Financial Services Firm12% Marketing Services Firm11% Aerospace/Defense Firm9% Healthcare Company7% |
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No Data Available | Small Business25% Midsize Enterprise39% Large Enterprise36% Small Business19% Midsize Enterprise31% Large Enterprise50% |
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