We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and IBM System Storage DS8000 Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Frame-Based Disk Arrays solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"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 product provides a good storage space."
"I am happy about the storage system and availability."
"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."
"Hitachi's technical support is perfect."
"The service provided by Hitachi is good, and I get the IT support I need from the vendors."
"This is one of the most stable, high-end solutions in this area."
"The high throughput feature is the most powerful thing in this product."
"The Global Copy and Global Mirror features are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"I would like to see Hitachi improve their management software. It's been three years since they introduced Ops Center, their management product, and it still hasn't reached at least 50 percent of the capability we require. We are using legacy software because the product Hitachi offers does not stack up in functionality."
"One improvement I am hoping for in the next release is unified storage."
"In terms of new features, I would be interested to see deduplication added in their next release."
"The user experience is pretty bad in Hitachi. A lot of mandatory tasks take a long time to work through."
"I would like the fan noise to be automatically adjusted based on the drive's current workload."
"The pricing is high, but the product is good. Additional features like data duplication might make it even better."
"The initial setup was difficult, as we don't have access to assistance. We had some issues around configuration. We needed to know things like what kind of rate is the best, or what kind of replication is ideal. We had to seek out answers online to get the information we needed."
"The GUI isn't as user-friendly as other options."
"The solution should embedded replication switches into the hardware instead of using them externally."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 1st in Frame-Based Disk Arrays with 49 reviews while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is ranked 2nd in Frame-Based Disk Arrays. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "Leverages a 3DC architecture with VSP for disaster recovery, offering a 100% data availability guarantee". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM System Storage DS8000 Series writes "Great Global Copy and Global Mirror features with an easy initial setup". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and Hitachi VSP 5000 Series, whereas IBM System Storage DS8000 Series is most compared with Dell SC Series. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. IBM System Storage DS8000 Series report.
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