We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage 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 most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"Technical support has been amazing."
"The job of support for the storage engineers dramatically changed. We know more quickly the automation of the provisioning. We can now focus on things that bring more value to the company than just managing storage."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"It is the most stable high-end solution in this area."
"There are no significant challenges in terms of scalability, and it can accommodate larger storage capacities compared to other storage solutions."
"The product has great data storage performance with a 100% data security and availability guarantee."
"What I like best about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is that it's a fast storage solution. It also has reliable models. The sales support is also good for this product. Even the pricing for it is good."
"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."
"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"The most valuable features in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series are Shadowimage, easy to manage equipment, and upgrading the firewire is very simple."
"This is a good product with high capabilities and high reliability."
"Regarding their support, you always get through to somebody who knows exactly what they're talking about."
"The most valuable features are the duplication and compression traffic. We have second storage that we can use for the synchronization of data between the data centers."
"I have added expansion shelves on several of them. It is simple to do. You plug it in, you attach two cables, then you press one button, like "Add", and that is all you have to do."
"The scalability is straightforward."
"InfoSight - analytics sight that collects data for all Nimble arrays deployed"
"InfoSight has helped us resolved an issue where the snapshots were growing too big."
"There are a lot of redundancies in all the right areas, so it is pretty stable."
"Even through upgrades, there is no downtime, not even a hiccup for users."
"The solution is not cheap."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"I would rate this solution an eight. There's always room for improvement, nobody is perfect to get a ten out of ten. They do what they do well. It's not cheap but we it's for uses that we needed."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"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."
"I would like the fan noise to be automatically adjusted based on the drive's current workload."
"Hitachi Vantara has invested heavily in improving their management interface, however, they still have a way to go to catch up with many of their competitors."
"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 interface should be simplified and made easier to use."
"In the next version I would like to see more intelligence."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"The solution is stable. However, there have been some software crashes where we had to restart the system. They could improve the hardware to prevent this type of issue."
"The solution requires a higher availability."
"I want it to be an active-active array. Nimble would be great as an active-active array because then everything checks out. It would give a feeling of comfort."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"They keep talking about doing one-to-many replication. This is what we'd like to see, just to help with data replication."
"I want to see the full integration with OneView. I know they have started it, but I haven't had a chance to look at and evaluate it."
"Scalability, in terms of being able to scale out, is not easy and should be improved."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"I would like to see native network attached storage (NAS) functionality. Our customers are looking for NAS, and Nimble can't give it to them."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. 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 HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and HPE Primera, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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