We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE StorageWorks MSA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is that you can use it with all deployment models."
"The most valuable feature is that it has 'eight nines' availability, 99.999999 percent of the time. That is the main selling point."
"The most valuable features are external storage virtualization and the 100 percent data guaranteed availability."
"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 technical support is great."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series exhibits good performance and has good IOPS: 300 IOPS. The technical support for this product is also good."
"Overall, the solution is strong, easy and fast."
"It is robust. It doesn't need too much troubleshooting. It is a good device."
"The cost to performance for HPE StorageWorks MSA is good."
"The solution is pretty transparent and works well."
"The most valuable features are the storage levels and snapshot features."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA is an entry-level, cost-effective solution for SMB customers."
"The product is very easy to deploy."
"The simple configuration feature is great. It is very simple, allowing you to set up MSA very easily."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility."
"The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."
"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."
"The snapshot and clone operation functions can be made easier."
"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."
"We moved away from this product because we were looking for an all-flash solution, and with our G1500 at the time, perhaps two years ago, they were just proposing more of the same technology."
"In the next version I would like to see more intelligence."
"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."
"The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform faces challenges when it comes to features like deduplication and compression. Enabling these features can lead to processor overload, resulting in performance degradation, especially under high loads."
"I rate HPE support four out of 10. I'm not happy with them. We purchased mission-critical support, and we're supposed to get a response in four hours. Instead, I'm waiting days for them to replace the drive. They asked me to send back the failed one, and I don't know the address. After I sent it back, they told me they haven't received it. It's a nightmare."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
"This product is getting a little bit older, so new features like deduplication are not included."
"The solution's license should be integrated and not separate."
"The solution requires hardware."
"The solution could improve by adding configuration tools."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"Synchronized replication is very important for MSA; however, HPE StorageWorks MSA doesn't provide synchronized replication."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 4th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 47 reviews while HPE StorageWorks MSA is ranked 5th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while HPE StorageWorks MSA is rated 8.4. 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 HPE StorageWorks MSA writes "An affordable solution for data storage but lacks cloud backup". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Hitachi VSP 5000 Series, whereas HPE StorageWorks MSA is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, IBM FlashSystem, Fujitsu Eternus DX400 series and HPE EVA. See our HPE StorageWorks MSA vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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