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Hitachi Content Platform vs Scality RING comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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Hitachi Content Platform support quality varies by region; satisfaction is high, but responsiveness issues exist, requiring partner calls for cases.
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Scality RING8 support is skilled but occasionally requires repeated explanations due to unique customer setups, yet remains positively received.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.1
Hitachi Content Platform needs better integration, improved UI, enhanced support, and streamlined processes for effective global collaboration.
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Scality RING needs improved S3 compliance, streamlined capacity expansion, better scalability, and support for varied processor architectures.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Hitachi Content Platform offers efficient scalability, managing diverse client needs, enabling straightforward resource expansion and growth accommodations.
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Scality RING8 offers improved scalability, managing petabytes for enterprises, but past issues existed, especially with migrations.
 

Setup Cost

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Hitachi Content Platform is seen as expensive but cost-effective among Western options despite cheaper alternatives like Huawei and StorageGRID.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Hitachi Content Platform is valued for its stability and reliability, though it's not recommended as a typical file server.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.8
Hitachi Content Platform offers robust data management with features like replication, encryption, compliance, deduplication, and ransomware protection.
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Scality RING offers secure, efficient storage with S3/CDMI support, erasure coding, and scalability for large organizations.
 

Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Content Platform
Ranking in File and Object Storage
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Scality RING
Ranking in File and Object Storage
16th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (13th)
 

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 Scality RING is 3.9%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
File and Object Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Guillaume Lapouge - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
20%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
 

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.
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...
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...
What do you like most about Scality RING8?
Another feature I like is the life cycle management that helps me with data storage efficiency.
What needs improvement with Scality RING8?
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 guide...
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...
 

Also Known As

HCP, Hitachi Vantara Content Platform, Hitachi Vantara HCP
Scality RING, RING8
 

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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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