We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"It's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"Technical support is excellent. I've had very good responses from technical support. We had a couple of cases where we needed support. Some of the communications were purely over email and some has been an actual call to the service desk."
"It allows engineers to focus on other things rather than doing the more manual tasks. It automates tasks, so the ease of use is extreme. It simplifies the storage."
"It helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The technical support is great."
"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"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."
"Hitachi's technical support is perfect."
"I am happy about the storage system and availability."
"The product offers high stability."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"The active-active option seemed to be working well and overall, it was a solid product."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"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."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"In the next version I would like to see more intelligence."
"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 snapshot and clone operation functions can be made easier."
"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 complex setup, ease of use, and snapshot operations of this product need to be improved."
"The distributor needs more knowledgeable resources for technical support. It would be better to connect directly to the vendor in case of queries."
"There is a drawback related to Hitachi's configuration flexibility. The Hitachi storage platform solution is not flexible. That means that both the Hitachi and the partner presale guys have to do a lot of work to design a solution."
"The installation procedure it a bit difficult, because it is a high-end solution. With this type of product, the original company is interested in doing the setup for customers in the area, but because of sanctions we were not able to get support in our area. We faced many issued trying to learn to run this product."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and DDN SFA7990X.
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