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."It gives us capacity planning."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"It simplifies storage."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"The setup is very easy to manage and configure. The initial setup and takes one hour more or less."
"The high performance of flash storage is especially valuable to us."
"What I like best about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is that it's a fast storage solution. It also has reliable models. The sales support is also good for this product. Even the pricing for it is good."
"The performance was decent."
"The valuable features for data management include deduplication and compression without performance impact, and the ability to virtualize old storage, making migration seamless."
"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."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"The performance of the All-Flash System is very good. There is more enhanced performance and data production in the solution, which I appreciate."
"No queuing and high ops, speed, and performance."
"It's very easy to manage."
"The most crucial feature of IBM FlashSystem is compression."
"The technical support for this solution is good. They used to help us when the motherboard of Power Systems broke. Their response times are really fast."
"The GUI is very easy and performance is also good."
"The installation is nice and easy."
"IBM FlashSystem has an easy to use GUI, similar to the IBM Storewize family, which make it one of the best flash storage systems in the market."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"Automation could be simplified."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"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."
"We moved away from this product because we were looking for an all-flash solution, and with our G1500 at the time, perhaps two years ago, they were just proposing more of the same technology."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"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."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."
"Hitachi should launch some small machines in Brazil. The smallest machine here in Brazil is VSP 350, which can be quite big for some of the customers. In China, Hitachi has small models of this equipment, but those models are not available in our region. Its pricing is a big issue for us. We are resellers, and we face some competition from other vendors. Hitachi doesn't always have a good position in terms of the price. Its user interface is also not as good as some of the other competitors, and it can be improved."
"We have not been able to procure more discs for upcoming projects and this has been a problem for us. Not having additional storage is going to be an issue. The solution is at its end of life and will be replaced soon."
"One improvement I am hoping for in the next release is unified storage."
"I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better."
"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."
"One area for improvement is in the GUI, where host clusters are not properly dealt with. With Hypervisor host clusters, all hosts must see the same volumes in the same order. Using the concept of a “host-group” has been around (even with IBM) for many years, so why not with the V7000?"
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"There could be some extra features added."
"The interface of this solution could be improved."
"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."
"The solution has a low number of NVME host attachments at 16 per IO group over the fiber channel."
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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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