We performed a comparison between Dell PowerMax NVMe and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"The best feature is consistently lower latency, even when IOPS crank up to over 75K. The product maintains submillisecond response time, which is incredible."
"Very efficient storage"
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"We've had to use tech support on a number of occasions. They did everything remotely and talked us all the way through. They fixed the issue within 30 minutes. Every single time we contact them, they're perfect. I would give their technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"Uptime by far is the most important thing, and also the replication ability (SRDF). Most of the customers who need this type of availability also want the protection of multiple data centers, and it is able to easily switchover workloads to their other data centers."
"We find the service level option to provision storage very valuable. The ability to define different service levels for storage groups helps us in prioritizing our workload at the infrastructure level."
"The SRDF site-to-site replication for the volumes is the most important feature for us. That enables us to do site recovery and replication for our VMware infrastructure."
"The uptime is the most valuable feature."
"It was easy for teams to pick up the technology with very limited exposure and training, then implement and support it."
"The smaller footprint of the device has been really nice. We have gone from eight bays to one bay. Having one floor tile in our data center has been pretty awesome. A lot less power and HVAC cooling is being consumed."
"We are happy with the monitoring that Dell EMC is doing for us. They have helped us to identify many issues during the routine checks, issues which we were not aware of."
"This platform is reliable in supporting our data availability. We now have a higher performing platform and have been able to consolidate our workloads into one single platform."
"Hitachi's technical support is perfect."
"This is one of the most reliable and dependable products on the market."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"It's best features are its reliability and stability."
"The customer service and support are reasonably good. The environment I work in, there always remains an element of surprise, and there are restrictions. But Hitachi has good technical people."
"The setup is very easy to manage and configure. The initial setup and takes one hour more or less."
"This is one of the most stable, high-end solutions in this area."
"The connectivity needs improvement. You do not have the possibility to have a file and block connectivity at the same time on the same machine. It has limited ability to do so."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"It needs to improve its price."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"I'd like to see the dedup and compression improve. Two to one is not very good. We should be getting something like three, four, or five to one."
"We would like more documentation, a guide to the features of the PowerMax."
"Firmware updates are a bit painful because you have to involve their support, as opposed to having the ability to do it yourself."
"If the solution had more power-saving capabilities, it would be quite nice."
"They should work with the storage engineers to better tweak the management tools to give them improved visibility into their data."
"When it comes to Oracle and database workloads, data reduction could be a little bit better. Some of the competition, like Pure, have post-processes which do additional deduplication and compression on the backside; everything is in-line and then they do a secondary process. It would be a good option if you could start getting 5:1 or 6:1 data reduction on database workloads."
"The initial setup was complex. ESRS is a very complex solution to put into our environment, because it requires external access to the Internet. That's a very tough thing for us to do, because we are a PCI and PII company. We store a lot of data for people which is personal. Therefore, going out to the Internet is not our preferred path."
"n future releases, I would like to see enhancements in the web GUI capabilities for direct management without additional PCM."
"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."
"The distributor needs more knowledgeable resources for technical support. It would be better to connect directly to the vendor in case of queries."
"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."
"One problem is that there are too many management tools for the F Series and for all the other Hitachi storage systems. There are four or five such solutions. Maybe these could be combined in the future."
"The deployment could be a bit easier, because it's a bit tricky"
"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."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."
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Dell PowerMax NVMe is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 66 reviews while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews. Dell PowerMax NVMe is rated 8.8, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerMax NVMe writes "Simplified storage provisioning for us, enabling us to assign any volumes in two to three minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". Dell PowerMax NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Dell Unity XT, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and HPE Primera, whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and NetApp FAS Series. See our Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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