We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"The speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"It helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The user interface is good, I would rate it a nine out of ten."
"It is fast and performs well."
"Everything is sub-5 MS for us. What I've found is that, with all-flash, when an app from my business is slow, I pretty much know it's them and not me. It leads to a performance conversation that has really hit an interesting threshold point where we are better than what they need. So now we get to have that "refactoring your application" conversation a lot quicker because now the performance on the infrastructure side isn't in question anymore."
"The interface is easy to use which makes the product user-friendly."
"A valuable feature is the performance of the auto-tiering. It will move hot data up to your fastest Tier 1 or move your slow data down. Data progression is what it's called. With the auto-tiering you can have multiple tiers, you can have your Tier 1 be either spinning or flash, all the way down to 7.2K. It will change the RAID on the fly so your writes come in at RAID 10. After they sit for a while, they get converted to RAID 5, then they'll cool off and move down the tiers. Your performance is kept going, while the cold data is moved to your slow, non-performance tiers."
"The setup and installation is much simpler now, because Dell has standardized the configure process."
"With auto-tiering, it's easier to understand than most arrays, knowing that all of your writes go to the tier that you specify, with easy-to-create storage profiles."
"I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational aspect is also noteworthy. Additionally, its availability and performance are commendable. The speaker are also equally powerful."
"The most valuable features are simplified provisioning and management, de-duplication, and built-in encryption."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"It was not proactive communication."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"Dell could improve the upgrading process."
"While there's always room for improvement in everything, I can't really think of a specific feature of the solution that requires immediate attention."
"While the price is competitive, in the next release it would be better if they could reduce the fees."
"It's not very efficient anymore. There are better products out there."
"In some customer cases, customers experienced more performance or latency."
"We had times that we needed a file service solution. We've used FluidFS, but it's a solution that is being transitioned out."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered higher performance, at least on the back end."
"I would like to see an integrated key manager in the controllers. Currently, it's an external product. It would be nice to have the option of having a built-in key for self-encrypting drive features."
"The exterior display needs to be improved."
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Dell SC Series is ranked 24th in All-Flash Storage with 49 reviews while Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] writes "Good price-performance ratio, provides simplified provisioning and management". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Huawei OceanStor and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] is most compared with .
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