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Hitachi Content Platform vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Nutanix are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.0, while Nutanix is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0. Hitachi Vantara holds a 1.7% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Nutanix’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.
Hitachi Content Platform
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88% willing to recommend
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)
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98% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Hitachi Content Platform and Nutanix Unified Storage compete in the enterprise storage market. Nutanix appears to have the edge due to its advanced features and integration capabilities, while Hitachi is favored for its competitive pricing.

Features: Hitachi Content Platform provides scalable object storage, robust data management, and integration with existing systems. Nutanix Unified Storage offers unified storage solutions with seamless infrastructure integration, superior performance, and advanced self-service features for easy management.

Room for Improvement: Hitachi Content Platform could enhance its user interface, simplify integration processes, and improve initial setup complexity. Nutanix Unified Storage might benefit from reduced licensing costs, enhanced scalability options, and further streamlined deployment procedures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Hitachi Content Platform supports a structured deployment process with comprehensive support. Nutanix Unified Storage features a simple, user-friendly installation with responsive customer service, focusing on efficiency and simplicity in user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Hitachi Content Platform offers competitive setup costs appealing to budget-conscious organizations, with satisfactory ROI. Nutanix Unified Storage comes with a higher upfront cost, justified by greater long-term ROI due to its advanced features and integration benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Content Platform
Ranking in File and Object Storage
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)
Ranking in File and Object Storage
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (8th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Public Cloud Storage Services (6th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Hitachi Content Platform is 1.7%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is 2.5%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 7, 2024
Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement
While deployment is simple, it's not as simple as StorageGRID. The architecture is entirely different, even though the end product uses the same protocols. The user interface isn't as user-friendly, and the management platform UI isn't as intuitive as others. Deployment isn't as centralized either. Although I've deployed Hitachi Content myself in our production head office for the VM team, even though it's simple, it wasn't completely straightforward. They still required my help with the initial configuration environment setup. So, it's not just simple; there are some tricky aspects. The environment is tricky, but if you understand it, configuration can be done quickly.
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Tejas Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 17, 2024
It's easy for users to access and saves us a significant amount of money
We use Nutanix Unified Storage for file storage and SMB sharing. My company has around 2,000 to 3,000 users on the platform We have massive storage needs and currently have 20 terabytes of storage Nutanix. We are storing around 10 or 11 terabytes of data on NUS. The cost would be huge if we…
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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

"One of the most hidden valuable features is ensuring that you don't have bit rot, so it will go and check every single object that's stored on the system, then ensure that if there's a problem, it'll be repaired from either a local copy or remote copy, depending upon your configuration."
"As an architect, I like the management features that come with Hitachi Content Platform because it makes things easy."
"The platform helps in efficient data management with the ease of server provisioning."
"The way that they handle the DR is very good because when there is a failover, it is seamless to the users."
"The features that I have found most valuable are their retention logs. The other thing I have found most valuable is the way they handle the BHEA. Basically the DNS and everything is managed by itself. It is seamless to the users."
"The Hitachi Content Platform is a stable and reliable solution."
"Hitachi is a big company, so it's a very strong product."
"Integrating Hitachi Content Platform with existing systems is not challenging."
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"Nutanix Objects is reliable."
"The management interface is great and you have handy access to several details about your file shares."
"My company has benefitted from Nutanix Unified Storage because we have everything in a centralized place. With Prism Central, we can go to the console files and do what we have to do."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage are the unified dashboard and the ease of administration."
"The life cycle managers of the PCMs are very impressive, and I like them. They make our lives easy when managing patches and security updates when they come in. A life cycle manager helps to consolidate different vendors."
"The aspect of the product that I like the most is its simplicity."
"The solution is simple and robust."
"I like Nutanix Prism Central. The primary benefit is that we can manage everything from the same page."
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Cons

"They could improve compatibility and offer a more user-friendly GUI."
"Two things that can be improved are pricing and configuration. Mostly the pricing is an issue. And if I were to add anything, I would say more integration with backup solutions such as Veeam Backup."
"When you want to replace a disk, we need to start the maintenance from the S nodes. We have to automate maintenance so any onsite engineer can replace it after that, but we don't need to do this on VSP platforms. An engineer can come in and replace that specific disk. If also we could do that on Hitachi Content Platform, it would be great for us."
"The solution could use more integration with clouds."
"There is room for improvement in the capacity for integration with other platforms."
"This product's ability to track logs for access still needs to be improved."
"At present, it is complicated to use the CLI command."
"The only thing is that it should be more cost effective."
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"We have issues with software updates occasionally."
"The current hardware is not as dense as it could be. In our deployment, we have 2 PB per site, and we have to have 24 nodes. That's a lot of cabling and network ports that we use up. More dense nodes would be better."
"It is challenging to configure access control settings."
"I believe that one of the most complicated parts of Nutanix Unified Storage is the configuration of the DNS issue in Active Directory. Sometimes it is a bit complicated to troubleshoot or detect an error when integrating it with Active Directory."
"The graphical user interfaces could benefit from more attention to detail."
"Nutanix should improve the one-click upgrade. There are a lot of dependencies on third-party licenses and HP hardware we use internally. The one-click upgrade fails sometimes."
"Customer service is more difficult to call and they do not responding as much as, for example, DataCore. It's not the same level of satisfaction compared to DataCore. Responses could be faster."
"The solution's monitoring and security features could be improved."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the Hitachi Content Platform is very high."
"Hitachi is more expensive than StorageGRID."
"The pricing could be better."
"I think the ROI for this solution is very good because the pricing for it is in between other solutions."
"Pricing is comparable to other solutions in the market."
"Overall, it's costly."
"The product’s cost is average."
"The licensing model the tool has is cheaper than an HCI storage solution."
"It is not too high for what we are using."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is competitively priced. There aren't any competitors that can do much better for the same price."
"The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
"My company is in Brazil, and making the payments in dollars is tough for our organization."
"From what I hear from the management, Nutanix Unified Storage has comparatively decent pricing."
"The product is neither cheap nor expensive, making it a solution offering a price range that is in the middle."
"With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
20%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
30%
Educational Organization
28%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hitachi Content Platform?
Integrating Hitachi Content Platform with existing systems is not challenging.
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What needs improvement with Hitachi Content Platform?
They could improve compatibility and offer a more user-friendly GUI.
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What is your primary use case for Hitachi Content Platform?
We proposed its consultation to our clients and have explored it further. This is important because we partnered with HST, who provided a demonstration box and shipped it from UAE to Pakistan for t...
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What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?
Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified Storage?
Nutanix Unified Storage isn't expensive.
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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?
The dashboard could be more customizable
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Also Known As

HCP, Hitachi Vantara Content Platform, Hitachi Vantara HCP
Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
 

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Overview

Hitachi Content Platform is an object storage solution that enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to store, share, sync, protect, preserve, analyze and retrieve file data from a single system. It is more efficient, easier to use, and capable of handling much more data than traditional file storage solutions. HCP automates day-to-day IT operations like data protection and readily evolves to changes in scale, scope, applications, storage, server and cloud technologies over the life of data. In IT environements where data grows quickly or must live for years, decades or even indefinitely, these capabilities are invaluable.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

 

Sample Customers

Rabobank, Xinhua News Agency, Kremsm'ller Industrieanlagenbau KG, KSC Commercial Internet, AIS Group, Shanghai Interactive Television Co. Ltd (SiTV), China Telecom, Spin Master
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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