Speaking about how the tool streamlined our company's data access and storage processes, I would say that previously, we were using Microsoft Project. Hitachi later approached our company with a proxy solution consisting of software and hardware components, and after having a few meetings, Hitachi explained to us the features and benefits of a proxy solution. Hitachi then took the inputs from our managers and management while taking into consideration areas like how many users would be using it and what other existing solutions are used in the company, after which our company was provided with a proper plan for implementation. For implementation, two people from Hitachi's end were appointed at our location, and they worked with four people from our company. The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations. Hitachi has been really good since it provides proper documentation, which provides proper information about the solution. Hitachi's support team is also good. The people provided by Hitachi for on-site support are very experienced and helpful since, knowledge-wise, they are the best. The cost-effectiveness of the use of the tool in my company stems from the fact that even though there is another product in our company that we use with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform when it comes to Hitachi, the support personnel has deep knowledge to solve any problem on-site. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
Associate Vice President at Yotta Infrastructure Solutions LLP
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Top 20
2024-02-27T09:39:43Z
Feb 27, 2024
The product has improved our company's data storage scalability aspect, considering that my organization uses Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E Series. My company uses Hitachi VSP E990 All-Flash NVMe Storage Platform and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E1090 for production storage purposes. My company relies on All-NVMe Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. In our organization, we never faced a performance issue with the product. The product has improved our company's data retrieval time tremendously since we don't see any performance issues with the tool in our company. My company has not seen any issues with the tool's data retrieval time or response time. The most valuable feature of the product for our company's data management needs stems from the fact that the tool provides multiple functionalities, like Hitachi HDD drivers. The tool offers in-built encryption, ensuring that data security is available in the solution. My company also gets a good number of compression and data efficiency ratios. My company gets to see a 1:2.5 compression ratio, allowing us to save a lot of space. From a capacity perspective, I see that the product consumption in our company is very high due to multiple workloads running on the boxes from Hitachi. The product offers more capacity than a single box. I have around three petabytes of storage, which is a huge storage capacity. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform reliability and uptime support our company's machine-critical applications since the tool offers 100 percent uptime and has never gone down in our company in the last three years. In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users. The tool also offers a good performance in comparison to the other products in the market. My company has workloads of variable block sizes. A lot of storage platforms fail when there are variable block sizes, but there is a sustenance level that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform offers in such scenarios. Instead of considering the differences in block sizes, the product tries to offer a consistent and good performance to users. The product's integration capabilities with the tools in our company's existing infrastructure are possible. It is very easy to use the integration features of the product. My company tested the product's integration functionalities, and we found that it worked fine in our infrastructure. I think that the product's integration capabilities are convenient and easy to use. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it, considering that its price-to-performance ratio is very good. The product also offers a good efficiency ratio. The tool's performance is much better in comparison with the other storage platforms in the market. I rate the product a nine out of ten.
I use Hitachi Command Suite for provisioning. In general, I use products from Hitachi to deal with the different kinds of approaches with my company's customers, which usually includes giving better solutions to customers. For a single solution, two people or three people, we can maintain it, but it depends. One person cannot look into the maintenance part of the tool for an entire day. The product's maintenance phase depends upon how big the infrastructure is and how many services from the solution are required by a user. It is an okay solution that is not bad. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
We're consulting partners. We work with many different Hitachi customers and partners. We work with design and implementation. The adaptive data and reduction technology has not helped us reduce our storage footprint, as I am still in the process of understanding the scenarios around that aspect of the product. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
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Sales Manager - Infrastructure at Synergy Computers
Real User
Top 10
2023-08-08T10:41:00Z
Aug 8, 2023
I would rate the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform ten out of ten. We have almost 100 customers that use the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform in our region. We have 15 people that are certified in the maintenance of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform across three offices, south, central, and north regions. The maintenance required is minimal. Our customers maximize the usage of their Hitachi VSPs by storing their production workloads, archives, and backups on these systems. We are planning to increase the number of customers we have. I recommend Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform because it is a robust and dependable product that ensures a 100 percent data availability guarantee, thus eliminating any potential concerns for customers.
Head of Information Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-02T19:31:00Z
Aug 2, 2023
I would rate the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform an eight out of ten. We have independent consultants who conduct market research for us. On the other hand, when we pay for upgrades or renewals, we typically engage two different vendors in the solution: IBM and another vendor. Our solution provider is Hitachi itself. They own the technology and provide us with assessments. They are a good partner to work with. I am likely to recommend Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform to others.
In general, whether you are a partner or a customer, you need to discuss the requirements of the solution, the full scope of the work, including capacity, performance, availability, and scalability, before the sale. Also, do not undersize your storage. That is something that will kill any solution. And only apply compression after one or two years, not from the first day of storage. If you are out of capacity and need to buy more storage, the procurement process for extra storage will take a few months, so that is the time to apply compression. As a partner, we have to connect with a customer after the sale as well. It's not only about the product. It's also about the partner that sold the product working with the customer to make sure they are satisfied, even when there is no problem with the product. If the collaboration and connection are not good, whenever a customer calls, the partner won't respond to their query properly. So it's not just a one-day job. The product could be really good, but if the response time and the way the customer is handled is not good, the customer will not be satisfied. Our customers are satisfied with the Hitachi storage platform. We don't recommend a single-node implementation. It's very risky. One controller cannot provide a high-availability solution, which is a feature of every storage system these days.
Head of Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
2023-04-20T12:28:00Z
Apr 20, 2023
I rate Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform a nine out of ten. I highly recommend Hitachi to anyone looking for this kind of storage. If you've worked with any other storage vendors, you will see the difference in performance and technical specifications. The management platform is user-friendly, and the architecture is advanced. Hitachi is always improving by adding the latest technologies like artificial intelligence. Their technology is far superior to that of competing solutions. Hitachi's research team is doing an excellent job.
Overall, the solution is strong, easy and fast. I would recommend the solution to others. I rate Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform as a nine out of ten.
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Speaking about how the tool streamlined our company's data access and storage processes, I would say that previously, we were using Microsoft Project. Hitachi later approached our company with a proxy solution consisting of software and hardware components, and after having a few meetings, Hitachi explained to us the features and benefits of a proxy solution. Hitachi then took the inputs from our managers and management while taking into consideration areas like how many users would be using it and what other existing solutions are used in the company, after which our company was provided with a proper plan for implementation. For implementation, two people from Hitachi's end were appointed at our location, and they worked with four people from our company. The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations. Hitachi has been really good since it provides proper documentation, which provides proper information about the solution. Hitachi's support team is also good. The people provided by Hitachi for on-site support are very experienced and helpful since, knowledge-wise, they are the best. The cost-effectiveness of the use of the tool in my company stems from the fact that even though there is another product in our company that we use with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform when it comes to Hitachi, the support personnel has deep knowledge to solve any problem on-site. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
The product has improved our company's data storage scalability aspect, considering that my organization uses Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E Series. My company uses Hitachi VSP E990 All-Flash NVMe Storage Platform and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E1090 for production storage purposes. My company relies on All-NVMe Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. In our organization, we never faced a performance issue with the product. The product has improved our company's data retrieval time tremendously since we don't see any performance issues with the tool in our company. My company has not seen any issues with the tool's data retrieval time or response time. The most valuable feature of the product for our company's data management needs stems from the fact that the tool provides multiple functionalities, like Hitachi HDD drivers. The tool offers in-built encryption, ensuring that data security is available in the solution. My company also gets a good number of compression and data efficiency ratios. My company gets to see a 1:2.5 compression ratio, allowing us to save a lot of space. From a capacity perspective, I see that the product consumption in our company is very high due to multiple workloads running on the boxes from Hitachi. The product offers more capacity than a single box. I have around three petabytes of storage, which is a huge storage capacity. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform reliability and uptime support our company's machine-critical applications since the tool offers 100 percent uptime and has never gone down in our company in the last three years. In terms of performance and ability, the product can stand up against its competitors since the solution offers two controller systems to users. The tool also offers a good performance in comparison to the other products in the market. My company has workloads of variable block sizes. A lot of storage platforms fail when there are variable block sizes, but there is a sustenance level that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform offers in such scenarios. Instead of considering the differences in block sizes, the product tries to offer a consistent and good performance to users. The product's integration capabilities with the tools in our company's existing infrastructure are possible. It is very easy to use the integration features of the product. My company tested the product's integration functionalities, and we found that it worked fine in our infrastructure. I think that the product's integration capabilities are convenient and easy to use. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it, considering that its price-to-performance ratio is very good. The product also offers a good efficiency ratio. The tool's performance is much better in comparison with the other storage platforms in the market. I rate the product a nine out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I use Hitachi Command Suite for provisioning. In general, I use products from Hitachi to deal with the different kinds of approaches with my company's customers, which usually includes giving better solutions to customers. For a single solution, two people or three people, we can maintain it, but it depends. One person cannot look into the maintenance part of the tool for an entire day. The product's maintenance phase depends upon how big the infrastructure is and how many services from the solution are required by a user. It is an okay solution that is not bad. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
I recommend Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform to others and rate it a seven out of ten.
We're consulting partners. We work with many different Hitachi customers and partners. We work with design and implementation. The adaptive data and reduction technology has not helped us reduce our storage footprint, as I am still in the process of understanding the scenarios around that aspect of the product. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
I would rate the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform ten out of ten. We have almost 100 customers that use the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform in our region. We have 15 people that are certified in the maintenance of the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform across three offices, south, central, and north regions. The maintenance required is minimal. Our customers maximize the usage of their Hitachi VSPs by storing their production workloads, archives, and backups on these systems. We are planning to increase the number of customers we have. I recommend Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform because it is a robust and dependable product that ensures a 100 percent data availability guarantee, thus eliminating any potential concerns for customers.
I would rate the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform an eight out of ten. We have independent consultants who conduct market research for us. On the other hand, when we pay for upgrades or renewals, we typically engage two different vendors in the solution: IBM and another vendor. Our solution provider is Hitachi itself. They own the technology and provide us with assessments. They are a good partner to work with. I am likely to recommend Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform to others.
In general, whether you are a partner or a customer, you need to discuss the requirements of the solution, the full scope of the work, including capacity, performance, availability, and scalability, before the sale. Also, do not undersize your storage. That is something that will kill any solution. And only apply compression after one or two years, not from the first day of storage. If you are out of capacity and need to buy more storage, the procurement process for extra storage will take a few months, so that is the time to apply compression. As a partner, we have to connect with a customer after the sale as well. It's not only about the product. It's also about the partner that sold the product working with the customer to make sure they are satisfied, even when there is no problem with the product. If the collaboration and connection are not good, whenever a customer calls, the partner won't respond to their query properly. So it's not just a one-day job. The product could be really good, but if the response time and the way the customer is handled is not good, the customer will not be satisfied. Our customers are satisfied with the Hitachi storage platform. We don't recommend a single-node implementation. It's very risky. One controller cannot provide a high-availability solution, which is a feature of every storage system these days.
I rate Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform a nine out of ten. I highly recommend Hitachi to anyone looking for this kind of storage. If you've worked with any other storage vendors, you will see the difference in performance and technical specifications. The management platform is user-friendly, and the architecture is advanced. Hitachi is always improving by adding the latest technologies like artificial intelligence. Their technology is far superior to that of competing solutions. Hitachi's research team is doing an excellent job.
Once the platform is up and running, it's very fast. But for integration, it's not the best option.
I would rate Hitachi an eight out of ten.
Overall, the solution is strong, easy and fast. I would recommend the solution to others. I rate Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform as a nine out of ten.