"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"The setup is very easy to manage and configure. The initial setup and takes one hour more or less."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"Its resilience is the most valuable."
"The deduplication is useful for us because we don't have that much money for our lab infrastructure. Deduplication means we have more storage available. And the IOPS are really fast."
"The performance is very good."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"I like its speed. It has all the features that I need."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"It's just very easy for general block storage."
"In terms of ransomware, Pure Storage is probably a couple of steps ahead of Hitachi, but Hitachi does not rush in terms of features. They want to be really sure that the hardware works properly without any kind of problem in new environments, and the implementation or improvement does not affect the customer installation. They really want to make sure that customers are not affected in any way."
"Hitachi should launch some small machines in Brazil. The smallest machine here in Brazil is VSP 350, which can be quite big for some of the customers. In China, Hitachi has small models of this equipment, but those models are not available in our region. Its pricing is a big issue for us. We are resellers, and we face some competition from other vendors. Hitachi doesn't always have a good position in terms of the price. Its user interface is also not as good as some of the other competitors, and it can be improved."
"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"For the support windows to work, maybe they have to upgrade the firmware of the VSP. They changed the hardware or the disk. I don't know if it was the port blade they changed or a VM for a memory cache. Also, replacing the old target with the processor target would be fine. The old equipment is very easy to manage, and I don't have any bad commentary."
"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."
"One problem is that there are too many management tools for the F Series and for all the other Hitachi storage systems. There are four or five such solutions. Maybe these could be combined in the future."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"It was not proactive communication."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is ranked 16th in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 7 reviews while Pure Storage FlashArray is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage Arrays with 42 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is rated 8.4, while Pure Storage FlashArray is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series writes "The setup is very easy to manage and configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashArray writes "Provides protection against ransomware threats with immutable snapshots, and it is well known for its scalability, ease of use, and non-disruptive upgrades". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe, HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas Pure Storage FlashArray is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS), IBM FlashSystem, HPE Nimble Storage and VMware vSAN. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series vs. Pure Storage FlashArray report.
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