We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Dell Technologies and others in Frame-Based Disk Arrays."The most valuable features in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series are Shadowimage, easy to manage equipment, and upgrading the firewire is very simple."
"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"It's a state of the art solution in storage systems. High-availability and performance are the strongest aspects of these machines."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"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."
"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users."
"The hybrid array provides scaleable, predictable, high performance with no capacity constraints."
"The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product."
"The interface should be simplified and made easier to use."
"The snapshot and clone operation functions can be made easier."
"I would like the fan noise to be automatically adjusted based on the drive's current workload."
"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."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"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."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"In terms of new features, I would be interested to see deduplication added in their next release."
"The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options."
"The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 1st in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 48 reviews while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is ranked 2nd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is rated 9.4. 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 IBM System Storage DS8000 Series writes "Great Global Copy and Global Mirror features with an easy initial setup". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Hitachi VSP 5000 Series, whereas IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ.
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