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HPE MSA vs Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Virtual Storage Pla...
Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
NAS (6th), Frame-Based Disk Arrays (1st), All-Flash Storage (13th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (5th)
HPE MSA
Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category, the mindshare of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is 12.8%, up from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE MSA is 17.8%, up from 15.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)
 

Featured Reviews

Andy Chen - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 22, 2023
Reliable, good storage, and works well across different industries
We've dealt recently with virtual storage. We use the 500-series. The main benefit of the solution is its reliability. The solution has a pretty long history of working with different industries. It's easy to coordinate experience. When my customers brought up potential issues with the Hitachi consultant, they seemed to always be able to find a solution to the problem or questions. The Hitachi roadmap, in terms of adopting new technologies, is very strong. Its roadmap is important to our organization's strategy. We are extremely satisfied with the solution. We've been working with them for more than 20 years. We'd be very likely to recommend the solution to others. I'd give it a ten out of ten in terms of the likelihood of recommending it to others. The IOPS and latency are okay, however, they aren't the best. There are others on the market that handle it better. They are pretty good with their approach, however. The customer won't complain too much. We have SQL, for example, and it works quite well.
Pragnesh Sachania - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 8, 2024
Scalable, easy to manage, and used for virtualization environments
We didn't face any issues with the technical functionality. However, we faced a lot of challenges with our custom configuration. The HPE support person who did the installation was very technical. He answered all the queries, and we resolved the entire setup. We set up the storage as per our requirements. We previously used a physical server instead of virtualization. With the help of an HPE engineer and partners, we prepared a strategy for migrating the entire physical servers to our virtualization infrastructure. It took two days to deploy the solution. Six people were involved in the solution's deployment, including two from HPE and four from our IT team.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The active-active option seemed to be working well and overall, it was a solid product."
"Its scalability and performance are the most valuable. It is quite scalable and has a huge capacity."
"The biggest benefit of the Hitachi platform is 100 percent storage uptime. It's also highly cost-effective."
"The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations."
"It is very flexible, and it is very useful when you want to virtualize different storage from different vendors."
"The performance was decent."
"It's a state of the art solution in storage systems. High-availability and performance are the strongest aspects of these machines."
"The performance is very good."
"The cost to performance for HPE StorageWorks MSA is good."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA is an entry-level, cost-effective solution for SMB customers."
"Monitoring is a very big thing. Other great features include block storage; volume creation and the data reliability scalability, which makes the solution really good."
"I like StorageWorks' snapshots for our backup system. We had a pool of SSD and traditional drives. StorageWorks has a feature that transfers the hot data to high-performing drives."
"MSA performs exceptionally well, particularly in regions with frequent power outages."
"The solution is very easy to use, it is not really complex for any user, such as non-technical individuals."
"The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it."
"The simple configuration feature is great. It is very simple, allowing you to set up MSA very easily."
 

Cons

"This product should be easier to install and set up."
"They should look at the cost because there are other vendors who offer the same cost with more features."
"The embedded management for installation feature has neither simplified nor complicated the management process, therefore, there is room for improvement."
"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."
"The user interface should be made simpler because it is difficult to manage."
"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform's GUI or interface for storage and management is a little bit difficult compared to Primera and HPE storage products."
"In the next version I would like to see additional features like artificial intelligence and an increase in the amount of data it can store."
"One improvement I am hoping for in the next release is unified storage."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"This product is getting a little bit older, so new features like deduplication are not included."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
"The solution requires hardware."
"Synchronized replication is very important for MSA; however, HPE StorageWorks MSA doesn't provide synchronized replication."
"The support contract is expensive, although they are very responsive."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA could maybe include a pay-top of texture feature or something like job replication."
"We faced a lot of challenges with our custom configuration during installation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very competitive compared to other vendors. It really depends on the type of media we're using, like SaaS, SSP, or NVMe."
"I give the price of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform a nine out of ten."
"Hitachi VSP's pricing is good compared to other brands."
"The licensing cost of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series, whether it would be high or more affordable, would depend on location. For example, here in Brazil, Hitachi charges in dollars and this means my company still needs to convert that into local currency. Sometimes, my company also needs to discuss the pricing with the Hitachi sales team and request for a discount. At the moment, pricing for Hitachi is high, but my team can have some global funding or global accounts that would help reach the price my company is aiming for."
"Our main issue with the Hitachi G-Series is what we consider to be an archaic software licensing scheme and high maintenance costs."
"The main difference between Hitachi and other vendors is the cost. At the time that we bought the solution, it was the best option but the price, compared to other vendors, is a little high."
"The pricing we get is very competitive when compared to other vendors. Hitachi is working on their licensing model and it is improving but can be irksome when many different items are not bundled or enterprise size."
"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to others, such as Dell EMC."
"This solution is quite expensive; they should lower the cost."
"I would rate the pricing as nine out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"This solution involves a one-time CapEx payment, followed by warranty extensions."
"The solution can be a bit expensive."
"The price of the solution is a little high and they should provide more competitive pricing. If you want to increases the storage size there are additional fees."
"When we bought this solution it was very reasonably priced and they were willing to deal."
"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA's licensing is perpetual and not integrated."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How would you compare All-Flash Storage Arrays: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F vs HPE Nimble Storage vs Dell EMC Unity XT?
All-Flash Storage Arrays offer high performance and scalability for various workloads, including virtual machines, databases, and applications, as shared by others. However, below are some key diff...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform?
The product is reasonably priced. The company lifecycled the previous system. The plan is to use the systems for a timefrrame of 5-7 years. We budled all teh licences at the time when the system wa...
What do you like most about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?
The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations.
What do you like most about HPE StorageWorks MSA?
The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility.
What needs improvement with HPE StorageWorks MSA?
We faced a lot of challenges with our custom configuration during installation. At the time of deployment, there was some communication gap between my partner and HPE.
 

Also Known As

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform N Series, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series
HP StorageWorks MSA
 

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Sample Customers

Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways
Femsa CSC, TTX, Rabobank
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