We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore 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 most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"For access from virtual machines, iSCSI, and NFS, it is very good. It helps increase performance."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The main feature of Dell PowerStore is its support for NVMe as well as hybrid solutions."
"Typically, high-performance and high-availability features, such as application snapshots and remote and local replication, are highly valued."
"The simplicity and ease of use have been very valuable features. I have a very small team, and only half of the team is well versed in the HP product. Whereas if I bring PowerStore in, everyone can learn it because it will be new on the floor."
"There is no complicated configuration for queries and calls. You just create a model and go."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"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."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series exhibits good performance and has good IOPS: 300 IOPS. The technical support for this product is also good."
"Hitachi's technical support is perfect."
"The performance is very good."
"We have many different types of replication, such as remote and drop local replication. All these features and licenses are already available. These are basic features available in the current model. Additionally, the performance has been good in our experience."
"The solution provides excellent scalability."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"It is a bit expensive."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"The price could be better."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"The file functionality could be better."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"Horizontal scaling has room for improvement."
"I do not like having to use VPLEX for synchronous replication, as opposed to having the store software built-in."
"I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"The storage could be improved. I would like a feature for how to best secure an appliance and the storage since we are connecting the container to the public cloud. I would like them to develop another level of security, making it more secure than from what they have now."
"The support is not very good."
"The cost of technical support is high."
"The complex setup, ease of use, and snapshot operations of this product need to 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 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."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"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."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"The life-cycle of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is too short. We only had approximately four or five years out of the solution before it was rendered its end of life."
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Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 35 reviews while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 17 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.4, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "Saves us power and floor space, and we can quickly assign new data stores for our developers' VMs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "A robust and dependable product that ensures a 100 percent data availability guarantee". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF and Hitachi NAS Platform. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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