Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Huawei are both solutions in the Frame-Based Disk Arrays category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.0, while Huawei is ranked #4. Hitachi Vantara holds a 34.6% mindshare in FBDA, compared to Huawei’s 12.0% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution.

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We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Virtual Storage Pla...

Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NAS (4th), Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (2nd), All-Flash Storage (11th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (5th)

Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage...

Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays

4th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Frame-Based Disk Arrays category, the mindshare of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is 34.6%, up from 32.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System is 12.0%, up from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Frame-Based Disk Arrays Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform	34.6%
Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System	12.0%
Other	53.4%

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Bratislav Petkovic

Team Lead for Core Infrastructure at Raiffeisen bank Serbia

Active data management enhances performance and simplifies operation

The active data management of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, especially with the HOPS Center, makes it easier to work with the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform infrastructure. Previously, it was difficult to create and delete LUNs, which would take a long time, but now with HOPS Center, it is functioning correctly. It is now as easy as working with EMC or Dell storage, and the performance is better, especially with new features. The solution's performance, security, and cost are satisfactory. These factors influenced our decision to purchase Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.

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reviewer1456134

General Manager Applications at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Offers good support but there are issues with the language barrier

Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are. They have a really nice marketing team that keeps on promoting all of their successes over various platforms. They are relatively cheaper when it comes to cloud services but they have a few weaknesses at the same time. IBM has AI tools and they have IBM Watson and Huawei doesn't. If you compare our deployment team from IBM versus our technical team from Huawei, with IBM we have five people, and for Huawei, we have 20 people. There is a major difference because you're getting more business from Huawei compared to IBM. We have a separate team for administration, installation, configuration, storage, and cloud.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"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 biggest benefit of the Hitachi platform is 100 percent storage uptime. It's also highly cost-effective."

"This is one of the most reliable and dependable products on the market."

"The most valuable feature is that you can use it with all deployment models."

"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."

"The product offers high stability."

"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."

"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."

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"Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are."

Cons

"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."

"It seemed like every time we turned around it was a statement of work and we'd have to pay for something that our previous vendors would not have billed us for."

"Its usability can be improved. It can have more management features. Its management tools lack features."

"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."

"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."

"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 snapshot and clone operation functions can be made easier."

"The distributor needs more knowledgeable resources for technical support. It would be better to connect directly to the vendor in case of queries."

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"It is an expensive product. They should lower the price."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing cost of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series, whether it would be high or more affordable, would depend on location. For example, here in Brazil, Hitachi charges in dollars and this means my company still needs to convert that into local currency. Sometimes, my company also needs to discuss the pricing with the Hitachi sales team and request for a discount. At the moment, pricing for Hitachi is high, but my team can have some global funding or global accounts that would help reach the price my company is aiming for."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"This is an expensive solution."

"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series tools are highly specialized, such as management and performance tools and the overall solution is expensive. If customers want to have a lot of data in their hands, they need to purchase several solutions."

"I give the price of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform a nine out of ten."

"When you are looking for high-end solutions such as this, price is less important than stability and availability."

"I would like to see better pricing and more discounts."

"The main difference between Hitachi and other vendors is the cost. At the time that we bought the solution, it was the best option but the price, compared to other vendors, is a little high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform?

The cost of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is reasonable compared to competitors, but it is dependent on the customer; I cannot say for the entire industry, but for us, it's comparable.

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What do you like most about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations.

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What needs improvement with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

The replication technology that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform uses is quite older, and the replication methodology they employ for data between the data center and the production and standby dat...

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Also Known As

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series, 5000 Series, E Series, N Series, G Series

OceanStor T-Series, OceanStor 18000 Series, OceanStor 6800, OceanStor 5000 Series, OceanStor 2000 Series

Overview

RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE

With adaptive, guaranteed data reduction and a 100% data-availability guarantee, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F series helps you tackle complicated business challenges. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) VSP F series delivers up to 4.8M IOPS with sub-millisecond response times.
Featuring legendary Hitachi reliability, VSP F series arrays are backed by the industries only 100% availability guarantee. For these reasons, 80% of the Fortune 500 choose Hitachi all-flash arrays to accelerate the performance of mission-critical applications like Oracle, SAP, Virtualization, Microsoft apps etc. With over 350 patents in flash technology, Hitachi’s innovative mix of flash hardware and software accelerates ROI with enterprise-class reliability and performance.

Hitachi Vantara

The OceanStor V3 DAS is a storage product for direct-attached storage applications. It provides customers with enterprise-class DAS solutions featuring high reliability, elastic scalability, and great cost effectiveness. With a dual-channel, fully redundant, high-density architecture, the storage system employs modules and 12 Gbit/s SAS interconnection technology to achieve industry-leading ease of use and efficiency.

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Sample Customers

Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways

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