We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series 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 console is simple to use. It has good performance. It is easy to install, understand, and manage, with a good ratio of deduplication and compression. It is doing its job."
"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."
"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."
"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"It is an easy to use product for all of my team members."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"I am happy about the storage system and availability."
"There are no significant challenges in terms of scalability, and it can accommodate larger storage capacities compared to other storage solutions."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"The performance was decent."
"Overall, the solution is strong, easy and fast."
"One of the features, for us, that is important is the monitoring platform integrated into the solution. It has all the elements that we need to see, at all times, to be sure the platform is working right."
"In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users."
"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."
"Scalable and stable storage array."
"Ability to cluster two storages together with HA availability."
"The FlexClone feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is its capability to tier to the cloud, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS. Additionally, the integration is good and they are user-friendly."
"Last year, I did a DM Series installation with my colleague, and this installation was effortless because we had Lenovo support on the phone, so it was easy to get help if we had any problems."
"We are satisfied with the stability."
"The solution offers very good reliable systems and storage for our clients."
"The price of this solution is good."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"n future releases, I would like to see enhancements in the web GUI capabilities for direct management without additional PCM."
"In the next version I would like to see more intelligence."
"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."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"If they had a certain approach to layered storage, it would be better. For example, adaption to the browser, or having a centralized console."
"In terms of what could be improved, it could use a better, faster web console and other consoles. It is so boring waiting, waiting and waiting for it to refresh."
"I would like to see Hitachi improve their management software. It's been three years since they introduced Ops Center, their management product, and it still hasn't reached at least 50 percent of the capability we require. We are using legacy software because the product Hitachi offers does not stack up in functionality."
"This is an expensive solution."
"I would rate the support of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series a four out of five."
"The solution should change the licensing model and allow customers to choose features based on their requirements."
"It takes a very long time to enter the management console, as well as to restart the system, and these are things that should be improved."
"The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series was very hard to configure. Installation of the product was very hard. These are its areas for improvement."
"The licensing model needs to be revisited. It needs to be simplified."
"Many people do not realize that Lenovo has a storage solution, so better marketing from the vendor is needed."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series could improve by having a snapshot feature. Additionally, there can be other features added to help restore the data faster."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is ranked 21st in All-Flash Storage with 10 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series writes "Simple deployment, stores data well, but missing features". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series is most compared with NetApp AFF, Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore and NetApp FAS Series. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series report.
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