We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hitachi Vantara, IBM, Dell Technologies and others in Frame-Based Disk Arrays."The first thing that attracted this model to us was the non-disruptive migration. We had a very large database application that was on older gear and needed to be migrated to these arrays. We had experience with virtualizing behind an array and moving applications and data but this made it even better."
"The solution is very user-friendly in terms of maintenance and configuration. It's also possible to connect the solution to other storage management solutions."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"The setup is very easy to manage and configure. The initial setup and takes one hour more or less."
"The technical support is great."
"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"The most valuable features are external storage virtualization and the 100 percent data guaranteed availability."
"Hitachi's technical support is perfect."
"The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product."
"The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"The deployment could be a bit easier, because it's a bit tricky"
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"n future releases, I would like to see enhancements in the web GUI capabilities for direct management without additional PCM."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"I would like to see an audit account set up such that the user can log in, see the configuration, and see the logs, but they cannot make any changes."
"If they had a certain approach to layered storage, it would be better. For example, adaption to the browser, or having a centralized console."
"The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally."
"The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 1st in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 48 reviews while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is ranked 2nd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is rated 9.4. 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 IBM System Storage DS8000 Series writes "Great Global Copy and Global Mirror features with an easy initial setup". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Hitachi VSP 5000 Series, whereas IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ.
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