We performed a comparison between Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] and Pure Storage FlashBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"It's reduced our overhead management time on storage, since it is so simple to get in and just provision a volume, present it to the host, and then you are done."
"The speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"As soon as we introduced our first Pure Storage FlashArray, the first benefit was at least twice the performance increase. Our production databases simply ran twice as fast with no other change."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"The most valuable features are simplified provisioning and management, de-duplication, and built-in encryption."
"It has absolutely simplified our storage because the dashboards on the consoles show a clear understanding of where you are, and it is also very easy to provision. This been a big help for our teams."
"The solution is able to handle workloads and is easy to use. It allows us to actually manage the boxes in less time."
"It's very easy-to-use."
"The initial setup is pretty quick."
"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."
"The ease of deployment and management has helped us simplify our storage. We also do not have to worry about capacity management as much. A lot of these things are native to Pure Storage."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power outages when we need to quickly move data between different data centers. It ensures efficient replication and helps maintain our data centers' uptime."
"The most valuable features are the Metro clustering, and disaster recovery."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"In some cases, we get into very in-depth conversations around movement of specific data and, what's more, chunk sizes. The documentation lacked any description or information on that."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"The exterior display needs to be improved."
"I would also like to see better support for CIFS workloads."
"The speed could be improved."
"I would like to see better integration."
"I would like to see more monitoring capability included in the next release of this solution."
"It usually comes down to just what you hit and the value you're getting when you spend the money and license the products. I would always go, "If you want to make things better, lower your price and make your licensing simpler." There's always an opportunity around that."
"Compared to, for example, Hitachi NAS, the solution is not mature at all. It's just in its infancy as far as technology goes."
"The solution is expensive."
"An area for improvement in Pure Storage FlashBlade is its price. It could be reduced. The technical support for Pure Storage FlashBlade also needs improvement. It used to be good, with more experienced engineers. Nowadays, it isn't, and it takes longer for support to solve problems."
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Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 16th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] is rated 10.0, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] writes "Good price-performance ratio, provides simplified provisioning and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "A high-performing and scalable solution that improves data performance for S3 workloads". Hitachi Universal Storage VM [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, MinIO, Red Hat Ceph Storage and Dell ECS.
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