We performed a comparison between Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is all the capabilities together."
"Dell PowerScale's performance is good."
"Its most valuable feature is the DR capabilities replication."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance."
"PowerScale has made it extremely easy to scale file data across our organization. We have two implementations of Isilon. One is a replica of the other. When scaling, we add nodes to each location and expand the cluster. The process is straightforward."
"The recent introduction of inline deduplication and compression has drastically improved our efficiency ratios to make it an economical product. This solution has also had a positive impact on our employees' productivity because it reduces the amount of admin that our staff needs to handle."
"The tool's most valuable features are scalability and stability."
"The single pane of glass for both IT and for the end-user is a valuable feature. On the IT side, I can actually control where things are stored, whether something is stored on solid-state drives or spinning drives... The single pane of glass makes it very easy to use and very easy to understand. We started at 100 terabytes and we moved to 250 and it still feels like the exact same system and we're able to move data as needed."
"The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations."
"The solution is very user-friendly in terms of maintenance and configuration. It's also possible to connect the solution to other storage management solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is the platform and overall usage has been good. We have not had very many issues."
"The product has great data storage performance with a 100% data security and availability guarantee."
"It is the most stable high-end solution in this area."
"The performance is very good."
"We have many different types of replication, such as remote and drop local replication. All these features and licenses are already available. These are basic features available in the current model. Additionally, the performance has been good in our experience."
"The product offers high stability."
"I'd like to see more Iceland products in the cloud so that we can port our data into different environments if needed. I would also like to see a virtual appliance or software-defined Iceland product."
"The management and monitoring tools comprise a disparate suite of products and the roadmap is very unclear. We've got four different products that look after the Isilon, management-wise, and it's a bit of a mess."
"The cost of Dell PowerScale is currently high and there is room for improvement."
"The product’s expansion capacity, pricing clarity, and ease of use need improvement."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"The solution can be a bit complex for those not well versed in the technology."
"Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is a bit expensive compared to other products."
"Some improvements to the NFS support would be of interest to us."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."
"The controllers in the product do not provide options for scalability."
"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."
"For mission critical issues the performance is low."
"We have not been able to procure more discs for upcoming projects and this has been a problem for us. Not having additional storage is going to be an issue. The solution is at its end of life and will be replaced soon."
"There is a drawback related to Hitachi's configuration flexibility. The Hitachi storage platform solution is not flexible. That means that both the Hitachi and the partner presale guys have to do a lot of work to design a solution."
"The embedded management for installation feature has neither simplified nor complicated the management process, therefore, there is room for improvement."
"The user experience is pretty bad in Hitachi. A lot of mandatory tasks take a long time to work through."
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Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is ranked 1st in NAS with 40 reviews while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 5th in NAS with 49 reviews. Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is rated 9.0, while Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerScale (Isilon) writes "We can easily deploy, manage, and maintain systems without needing a huge amount of expertise to facilitate them". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "Leverages a 3DC architecture with VSP for disaster recovery, offering a 100% data availability guarantee". Dell PowerScale (Isilon) is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell ECS, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Qumulo and HPE StoreEasy, whereas Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Huawei OceanStor Dorado. See our Dell PowerScale (Isilon) vs. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform report.
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