We performed a comparison between Dell ECS and Hitachi Content Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The performance is good."
"I like that the solution is easy to scale and that's its stable."
"The scalability is good."
"It is a stable solution."
"What I like best about this product is that it is a complete solution, both hardware, and software, by the same vendor."
"I have been satisfied with the stability."
"It is a stable platform."
"Dell ECS is a cost-effective solution that provides ease of use and availability."
"The way that they handle the DR is very good because when there is a failover, it is seamless to the users."
"The product provides the fastest technology."
"Integrating Hitachi Content Platform with existing systems is not challenging."
"Feature-wise, it has a lot of features. The most valuable features include de-duplication, encryption, version controlling, support, and tamper-proof data."
"The Hitachi Content Platform is a stable and reliable solution."
"Companies can scale the solution."
"As an architect, I like the management features that come with Hitachi Content Platform because it makes things easy."
"We are using Content Platform for data migration, and it integrates with our HNS platform. This is good because we can integrate it with our existing HNS and SAP solutions. The GUI is also user-friendly. It doesn't take much time to do anything. If we know the architecture and the steps, we can do what we need with a few clicks."
"There is room for improvement in the DPI reports, as they could be made more user-friendly."
"From an improvement perspective, Dell ECS should aim to offer a better pricing plan to its users."
"The setup is very complex."
"The solution needs to provide better integration between this solution and all other kinds of systems."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"They could provide centralized reports."
"Its security can be improved."
"We have concerns about the write performance. We would also like it to be easier to scale out, to add more boxes to the system. And we want improved performance, to use a next-generation NFS service."
"The solution could use more integration with clouds."
"The only thing is that it should be more cost effective."
"They should improve the user interface. It's a little bit complex. It does not have a self-learning method. You need to know how to use it before you touch the system. The user interface is not self-explanatory."
"What is lacking in this solution is a simple process to migrate from existing systems."
"This product's ability to track logs for access still needs to be improved."
"Two things that can be improved are pricing and configuration. Mostly the pricing is an issue. And if I were to add anything, I would say more integration with backup solutions such as Veeam Backup."
"In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country."
"There is room for improvement in the capacity for integration with other platforms."
Dell ECS is ranked 5th in File and Object Storage with 24 reviews while Hitachi Content Platform is ranked 15th in File and Object Storage with 12 reviews. Dell ECS is rated 8.0, while Hitachi Content Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell ECS writes "Enables multiple protocol support, but its IOPS functionality needs improvement in terms of performance ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Content Platform writes " Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement". Dell ECS is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Amazon AWS, NetApp StorageGRID, MinIO and Cloudian HyperStore, whereas Hitachi Content Platform is most compared with MinIO, NetApp StorageGRID, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and IBM Cloud Object Storage. See our Dell ECS vs. Hitachi Content Platform report.
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