HPE StoreVirtual vs LizardFS comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and LizardFS are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #20, while LizardFS is ranked #21. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 1.3% mindshare in SDS, compared to LizardFS’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of LizardFS users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

HPE StoreVirtual and LizardFS compete in the software-defined storage category. Based on data comparisons, HPE StoreVirtual leads in pricing and support, while LizardFS offers superior features.

Features: HPE StoreVirtual is known for scalability, simplicity in management, and robust integration within enterprise environments. LizardFS offers flexibility, its open-source nature, and the ability to handle large-scale storage demands. It provides a feature-rich offering, especially for users needing customization and scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LizardFS is recognized for straightforward deployment and comprehensive documentation, making setup easier. However, its customer service is less extensive compared to HPE StoreVirtual. HPE StoreVirtual provides a guided deployment process with strong customer support, contributing to smoother implementation for enterprises prioritizing support and guidance.

Pricing and ROI: HPE StoreVirtual offers a cost-effective initial setup, providing solid ROI for small to medium-sized businesses. LizardFS, due to its open-source model, requires investment in technical expertise but offers longer-term ROI through scalability. HPE StoreVirtual is optimal for cost-sensitive environments, while LizardFS is suited for growth-focused scenarios leveraging its extensive feature set.

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 4.2%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE StoreVirtual is 1.3%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LizardFS is 1.9%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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Vebjorn Nergaard

Senior IT Engineer at Guard Automation AS

Reliable with helpful support and good replication

The setup is okay, however, it comes with a moderate amount of difficulty. If you are new to the product, it is difficult. You do get used to the process over time and it gets easier. A company just needs one person to maintain the solution as it just runs. You don't need any support staff. It's very, very hands-off except when you do updates. The product is living its own life.

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Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

There is an automated built-in failover mechanism, but you must build it yourself if you have no support contract in place.

LizardFS allows storing data across several nodes (which run on commodity hardware, even inside virtual machines) and also has a built-in HA mechanism. This works very well if failover can be done in a manual or simple way (e.g. by using Pacemaker). Also there is an automated built-in failover mechanism if you are ready to spend money for a support contract (it is not expensive, though). Update: After having tested the commercial failover mechanism which comes with signing the support contract or a software demo I can say that it works as expected. It is easy to manage and just seems to work. To be fair I have to state that I didn't use it in production yet, only within tests. But it looks very good.

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Educational Organization

29%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Government

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Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

HPE StoreVirtual storage ensures that organisations can optimise the benefits of server virtualisation with cost-effective high availability and disaster recovery. The iSCSI-based, scale-out storage platform is easy to manage and change – meeting ongoing business demands without creating IT bottlenecks or application downtime. Overcoming the cost and management limitations of traditional storage area networks (SANs), HPE StoreVirtual nodes use storage clustering to form a single pool of resources that enable organisations to buy only what they need today, scaling non-disruptively to meet requirements in the future.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Software Defined Storage LizardFS is a distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant and highly available file system. It allows users to combine disk space located on many servers into a single name space which is visible on Unix-like and Windows systems in the same way as other file systems. SDS LizardFS makes files secure by keeping all the data in many replicas spread over available servers. It can also be used to build space-efficient storage, because it is designed to run on commodity hardware. Disk and server failures are handled transparently without any downtime or loss of data. If storage requirements grow, it's possible to scale an existing SDS LizardFS installation just by adding new servers _ at any time, without any downtime. The system will automatically move some data to newly added servers, because it continuously takes care of balancing disk usage across all connected nodes. Removing servers is just as easy as adding a new one.

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Sample Customers

ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

NBrIX, WIND Telecom, Netrics

Orange Polska, Platige Image, United State Department of Agriculture, Virtu Financial

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