We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Hitachi VSP E Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The deduplication and compression rates are beyond impressive."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"The performance is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The deduplication functionality provided by the solution is fairly good. The speed offered by the product is enough for our organization."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerStore are the support for NVMe and SCM, which provides end-to-end performance and high IOPS, minimizing latency. It is a full-fledged storage solution."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to use this frame. I am a SAN administrator, but I was able to train my colleague, who had only been a VMware administrator, on the PowerStore in about half a day. Now he's autonomous in assigning volumes and creating data stores..."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"It offers good file sharing."
"Its user-friendly configuration and maintenance processes contribute to its reputation for being straightforward and easily manageable."
"We are using the Hitachi VSP E Series for high IOPS."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"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."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"When you create a case on Dell's support website, you don't always get someone who is experienced in the kind of systems you need help with...making it an area where Dell's support team needs to make improvements."
"We are looking for the Dell PowerStore to become more mature to maximize our use cases."
"I have not seen anything specific. The only thing I can think of that needs improvement is the price."
"The price is on the higher side."
"There is no Synchronize replication feature on the storage."
"Reporting is an area that could be improved. It's very simplistic sometimes, and some of the very technical guys on my team want to see more of the details and be able to massage the report a little bit better."
"We would consider this solution if the pricing is competitive with other options, as it offers a very good solution. However, the current price is slightly higher than the competition."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"The solution's support duration or end-of-support life is very short."
"The graphical user interface is somewhat outdated, lacking some of the modern features found in other solutions."
"There is room for improvement in simplifying the overall complexity of the environment."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays with 46 reviews while Hitachi VSP E Series is ranked 13th in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays with 3 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Hitachi VSP E Series is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi VSP E Series writes "A stable NVMe storage solution that can be used for high IOPS". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Hitachi VSP E Series is most compared with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and NetApp AFF. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Hitachi VSP E Series report.
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