Hitachi Content Platform vs Scality RING comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Scality are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.0, while Scality is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.0. Hitachi Vantara holds a 1.6% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Scality’s 4.0% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Scality users who would recommend it.

Hitachi Content Platform

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88% willing to recommend

Scality RING

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100% willing to recommend

Hitachi Content Platform

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Scality RING and Hitachi Content Platform compete in the object storage market. Scality RING tends to have the upper hand due to its cost-effectiveness and easier deployment, while Hitachi Content Platform is favored for its advanced data management features.

Features: Scality RING offers performance and good interface, unlimited storage capabilities, and efficient life cycle management. Hitachi Content Platform provides substantial data management features such as retention logs, seamless disaster recovery, and robust compliance tools, appealing to enterprises needing advanced governance and security.

Room for Improvement: Scality RING can enhance user interface customization, better support for hybrid environments, and expand on built-in security features. Hitachi Content Platform could benefit from reducing setup complexity, improving real-time analytics capabilities, and offering more cost-effective licensing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Scality RING boasts flexibility and comprehensive customer support, facilitating smoother and quicker deployment. In contrast, Hitachi Content Platform provides a structured deployment process with reliable support, though it requires more time during initial setup.

Pricing and ROI: Scality RING is considered more cost-effective with favorable initial setup costs and strong ROI from efficient resource use. Hitachi Content Platform involves higher initial costs but offers substantial long-term ROI through its redefined feature set and decreased operational burdens.

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Hitachi Content Platform vs. Scality RING

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Content Platform

Ranking in File and Object Storage

18th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Scality RING

Ranking in File and Object Storage

14th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Hitachi Content Platform is 1.6%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Scality RING is 4.0%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

File and Object Storage

Featured Reviews

Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

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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Guillaume Lapouge

Cloud Architect at Claranet France

Offers UTIPI (Unified Tiered Infrastructure Per IOPS) feature in billing but lacks extensive testing

It's a very good product, but for large-scale usage, it has limitations. Scality RING's lack of extensive testing and potential hidden limitations. While Scality provides precise architecture guidelines for sizing the storage infrastructure, Orange utilizes a different processor architecture for its Ovi servers, requiring additional optimization beyond what Scality offers. In essence, the product lacks third-party optimization capabilities.

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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

"Hitachi is a big company, so it's a very strong product."

"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."

"The way that they handle the DR is very good because when there is a failover, it is seamless to the users."

"We are using Content Platform for data migration, and it integrates with our HNS platform. This is good because we can integrate it with our existing HNS and SAP solutions. The GUI is also user-friendly. It doesn't take much time to do anything. If we know the architecture and the steps, we can do what we need with a few clicks."

"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."

"Companies can scale the solution."

"The main selling point is its compatibility with different environments. It functions like an on-prem Google Drive or Dropbox built on top of the object storage."

Cons

"They could improve compatibility and offer a more user-friendly GUI."

"The only thing is that it should be more cost effective."

"What is lacking in this solution is a simple process to migrate from existing systems."

"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."

"In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country."

"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."

"Although they claim to provide NFS, the actual implementation requires an additional gateway, which makes it a costly solution."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the Hitachi Content Platform is very high."

"Overall, it's costly."

"The product’s cost is average."

"The pricing could be better."

"Pricing is comparable to other solutions in the market."

"I think the ROI for this solution is very good because the pricing for it is in between other solutions."

"Hitachi is more expensive than StorageGRID."

"The cost of Scality RING8 could be less expensive. It is difficult for smaller businesses to afford it."

"The initial cost (CAPEX) to set up the infrastructure is expensive due to the specific hardware required."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

23%

Government

11%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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?

In comparison to competitors like Huawei, which can use all storage protocols in the same platform, Hitachi Content Platform lacks the integration of block, file, and object on a single system. Alt...

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What is your primary use case for Hitachi Content Platform?

Mainly, from my project, Hitachi Content Platform is used for archiving. The customer is in banking, so they need to keep their long-term data on the platform. The platform is replacing their exist...

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What do you like most about Scality RING8?

Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.

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What needs improvement with Scality RING8?

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What is your primary use case for Scality RING8?

I work with Scality RING for storage, and we have a concrete strategy to offer it to business customers. Many customers use it for different purposes, but a common use case is for user computer bac...

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Also Known As

HCP, Hitachi Vantara Content Platform, Hitachi Vantara HCP

Scality RING, RING8

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.

Hitachi Vantara

Scality RING object storage enables enterprises and cloud service providers to run petabyte-scale, data-rich services like web applications, VOD, active archives, compliance archives, and private storage clouds. The RING is software, so you can deploy it on standard x86 servers of your choice, taking advantage of server and media innovation over time. Acting as a single, distributed system, the RING can scale linearly across thousands of servers, multiple sites, and an unlimited number of objects. Data is protected with policy-based replication, erasure coding, and geo-distribution, achieving up to 14 9s of durability and 100% availability.

Scality

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

Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra

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