We performed a comparison between Hitachi NAS Platform and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 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."Hitachi is reliable with high availability and solid performance. It performs well regardless of the workload."
"The product has valuable features for data migration."
"The product’s technical support services are good."
"The pricing of this solution is good, which is an advantage that positions this product well."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to handle a high number of users while maintaining both stability and performance."
"Simple and extremely reliable."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is very stable."
"All-flash has been the most innovative way of using storage based on the 3PAR platform."
"The solution has increased our performance by about 40 percent."
"If you design it right and implement it right, it's headache free. Just keep it there and it does what it's suppose to do."
"The most valuable features are their tight integration with VMware, their multi-node architecture, and their copy services, such as Peer Persistence."
"The scalability is good because it is easy to add in new disks. We just add them on the fly, and they are available for use."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"The solution is easy to use and very stable."
"The initial setup was very straightforward."
"I would like to see the inclusion of support for cloud-connectivity to providers like AWS."
"Hitachi NAS Platform's pricing could be reduced. It is high compared to other competitors."
"The monitoring tool is not well developed."
"I encounter challenges while installing the upgrades for the product."
"Hitachi could be more flexible and have a simpler management interface."
"Hitachi NAS Platform is expensive."
"I do not like Hitachi NAS because it's an old-school NAS solution, compared to the other, newer-type solutions such as Isilon from Dell or Qumulo."
"The solution lacks reliability."
"if it were easier for us to manage the product ourselves without having to get HPE to connect, because it sometimes it does take a bit to get the scheduling worked out with the HPE support. If it were simpler, then it might be easier for us to handle it ourselves."
"The engagement of the tool's vendor is costly."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"I would like to see more storage, a better interface, and to move from mechanical disks."
"I would like the documentation easy to find. There is a lot of documentation, but sometimes it is hard to find. You have to do a lot of searching to find it."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
Hitachi NAS Platform is ranked 15th in NAS with 8 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews. Hitachi NAS Platform is rated 6.8, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hitachi NAS Platform writes "Good pricing and works well, but it is old-fashioned and should be replaced with something new". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". Hitachi NAS Platform is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo, whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerStore. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Hitachi NAS Platform report.
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