Dell PowerFlex vs Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series comparison

Dell Technologies and Hitachi Vantara are both solutions in the HCI category. Dell Technologies is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5, while Hitachi Vantara is ranked #22. Dell Technologies holds a 12.9% mindshare in HCI, compared to Hitachi Vantara’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Hitachi Vantara users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerFlex

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Dell PowerFlex and Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series are competitive solutions in the hyper-converged infrastructure market. Dell PowerFlex seems to have the upper hand with its scalability and flexibility, appealing to enterprises needing adaptable storage solutions, while Hitachi is preferred for its system resilience and performance, beneficial for reliability-focused buyers.

Features: Dell PowerFlex offers integrated data protection, automation, and multi-cloud deployment capabilities. Its architecture allows for easy scaling. Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series features strong security protocols, real-time analytics, and compatibility with existing systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell PowerFlex's deployment model is streamlined with automation tools, simplifying integration. Its customer service is responsive and aids in setup. Hitachi benefits from detailed guides and a structured rollout approach, with customer support ensuring smooth transitions.

Pricing and ROI: Dell PowerFlex involves an upfront cost aligned with its feature set, promising high ROI through operational efficiencies. Hitachi may require a higher initial investment, but its performance reliability contributes to notable ROI over time.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerFlex

Ranking in HCI

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Hitachi Unified Compute Pla...

Ranking in HCI

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Dell PowerFlex is 12.9%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC Series is 0.4%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ayodeji Oyewole

Managing Director at Atlantic factorial

A hyper-converged infrastructure that is like a mini data center of its own

There are two categories, namely, the appliances and the racks. The partners are able to set up the Dell PowerFlex appliances, but not fully. The partners are able to physically set up the appliances, while the OEM will set them up logically. The PowerFlex racks are fully set up by the OEM, both physically and logically. The solution's initial setup is not pretty straightforward in emerging markets at the moment.

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Presales Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Storage Virtualization is the most mature in the market, but other brands have more features

An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We're doing a lot of VMware for IT so this solution is really valuable from a VMH point of view. We're trying to assist our customers mainly with management, because that's what they want. The most important aspects are ease of management, as well as ease of configuration, allowing them to attach additional nodes and resources for the applications."

"The most valuable feature is high availability."

"We've had no issues with scaling the solution."

"The setup was very straightforward."

"The tool's most valuable features are its price and flexibility. It has high performance."

"Dell PowerFlex improves our latency which allowed us to reduce a lot of our Microsoft Enterprise SQL licenses."

"PowerFlex offers us more IOPS, improving the application performance. It also helps us reduce our storage and eliminate redundancy. The primary thing is that we work 24/7, so we shouldn't have operational issues."

"The support team responds quickly."

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"The replication technology can move data faster than EMC MirrorView and requires less bandwidth. The Storage Virtualization technology is the most mature in the market, outside of IBM’s Storwize (which has a lot of compatibility issues, and EMC’s very expensive VPLEX solution); and it works."

"In our implementations, HDS Storage Virtualization has helped in migrating data with the least amount of downtime, compared to other storage technologies."

"This solution allowed us to move from using standalone systems to having all our data center management in one place."

Cons

"They should provide continuous support for data migration."

"Exporting data from the dashboard is not very user-friendly. It's just designed in a way that it's going to cover let's say 90%, 80%, of the end-users needs. If you need more sophisticated reporting it's not easy to have."

"The tool needs to improve its storage. It should also make migration to the cloud easier."

"The support of containers needs to be improved. At present, it is limited to VMware. There needs to be direct communication with the hardware rather than through a hypervisor."

"They need to work on improving the overhead for protecting the data."

"Compared to similar solutions, Dell PowerFlex is not cost-effective and has room for improvement."

"The biggest issue with the solution is that it doesn't support Hyper V. It's a big problem."

"The initial deployment was complicated and required a lot of data nodes, IPs, internal vLANs, data vLANs, and many other things."

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"HDS reaches a ceiling depending on model. The G200 cannot transition to G400, the G400 can transition to G600 but cannot transition to G800, which is the top-end model."

"An area for improvement would be technical support. In the next release, I would like to see more features added to make this a more complete solution."

"An update to its technology would be good. The G Series has been around for more than five years and HDS seriously needs to ramp up, since the competition has better performance at a lower cost with better features and functionalities. For example, it needs redirect on write Snapshot, preconfigured storage tiering with better IOPS, built-in deduplication technology on hybrid disk, etc."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price could be improved."

"The solution's pricing could be much cheaper and affordable."

"The pricing for this solution is good."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users."

"The product is expensive."

"The cost of this solution is fair."

"The price of the solution is fair, it is priced in the average range amongst competitors."

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Computer Software Company

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Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Questions from the Community

What are the major differences between VxRail and Dell EMC PowerFlex?

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What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerFlex?

The support is highly responsive.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC PowerFlex?

From my perspective, pricing is expensive. If they can reduce the pricing or offer more customer incentives, it would attract more users.

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Also Known As

VxFlex, VxRack FLEX, PowerFlex

HDS Unified Compute Platform, Hitachi UCP, Hitachi UCP Select

Overview

VxRack System consists of hyper-converged rack-scale engineered systems, with integrated networking, to achieve the scalability and management requirements of traditional and cloud native workloads. The VxRack series is purposely designed to enable customers to quickly deploy Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and/or Private Cloud architectures. VxRack Systems tightly integrate hardware with software and management layers.

The result is a fully tested, pre-configured, hyper-converged system with simplified operations at data center and Service Provider scale. VxRack Systems support the deployment of a variety of application workloads, allowing IT to rapidly deliver new services while improving overall agility and efficiency.

Dell Technologies

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) is the company's product for converged infrastructure (CI), combining resources server, storage, networking, virtualization, and software management.

Hitachi Vantara

Sample Customers

Canopy, 8x8Inc., Atos, Canadian Pacific, City of Denton, CenturyLink, BNP Paribas, Asyaport, EDF, CSC, Fox Sports, Insight, Hunter, KPIT, Paetec, Rosetta Stone, Sonda, Xerox

Asia Capital Reinsurance, RMZ, Cigniti Technologies, SPAR, Infosys

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