Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Virtual Storage Pla...

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

13th

Ranking in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NAS (6th), Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) (4th), Frame-Based Disk Arrays (1st)

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

16th

Ranking in NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays

7th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays category, the mindshare of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is 7.8%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 2.5%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

FarrukhSyed

Head of Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Apr 20, 2023

It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture

I work for one of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan. We deploy Hitachi Virtual Storage in our primary data center and our remote disaster recovery site. It is used for all banking applications like credit and debit card transactions, reconciliation, general ledger, etc. The bank has…

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Paul Pearson

Storage and Backup Architect at Concentrix

Apr 25, 2022

Works well, is easy to implement, and has upgrade analysis capabilities

Currently, it's our tier-one storage. We use it mostly for our Oracle databases It has drastically improved the performance of our high-end Oracle databases and allows us the ability to replication to a DR location with ease. We love the product. Pure Storage works really well. The CAT tool and…

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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's technical support is perfect."

"It's a state of the art solution in storage systems. High-availability and performance are the strongest aspects of these machines."

"Data optimization, compression, and deduplication are the most important features for us."

"This is one of the most stable, high-end solutions in this area."

"The product provides a good storage space."

"It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The active-active option seemed to be working well and overall, it was a solid product."

"The solution provides excellent scalability."

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"It has good, reliable, fast storage."

"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."

"The duplication algorithm allows us to get a lot more use out of less storage. We're running a five terabyte array right now and we're running probably about 30 terabytes on it. So the duplication rate is pretty phenomenal, without a cost to performance. It still runs pretty smoothly."

"I use the tool for Oracle databases, Oracle virtual machines, and Oracle Linux databases. I'm on the storage side, not a database administrator."

"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."

"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."

"The solution is very straightforward to set up."

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Cons

"In terms of what could be improved, it could use a better, faster web console and other consoles. It is so boring waiting, waiting and waiting for it to refresh."

"If they had a certain approach to layered storage, it would be better. For example, adaption to the browser, or having a centralized console."

"One improvement I am hoping for in the next release is unified storage."

"There is a drawback related to Hitachi's configuration flexibility. The Hitachi storage platform solution is not flexible. That means that both the Hitachi and the partner presale guys have to do a lot of work to design a solution."

"Not just anyone can do the deployment. So, the person needs a basic understanding and work experience."

"For the support windows to work, maybe they have to upgrade the firmware of the VSP. They changed the hardware or the disk. I don't know if it was the port blade they changed or a VM for a memory cache. Also, replacing the old target with the processor target would be fine. The old equipment is very easy to manage, and I don't have any bad commentary."

"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform needs to improve its scalability options where there are a few shortcomings."

"At the moment, I don't see any room for improvement in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series because my experience with the product is very good. The software is okay and you can manage the storage well. What I'd like to see in the next release of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is for it to be a real NAS solution because right now, you need to use a Hitachi converter called HNAS which makes the process a little bit more expensive. In my opinion, Hitachi should look into the possibility of unifying the HNAS into full storage, meaning that the HNAS should be integrated into the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series."

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"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."

"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."

"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."

"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."

"It feels more suitable for small and medium-sized businesses rather than enterprises."

"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."

"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive. Everything is included in the license. There is no additional cost."

"When you are looking for high-end solutions such as this, price is less important than stability and availability."

"It is a little expensive."

"It is an expensive product. I rate its pricing a three out of ten."

"This is an expensive solution."

"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."

"I would like to see better pricing and more discounts."

"The price of the solution is reasonable. However, I have not done extensive comparative research on the price. If you want to upgrade the size of the disc you will need to purchase a license that accounts for the size."

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"The tool is an investment that we've budgeted for. While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits. We don't regret purchasing it."

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

"As far as the licensing costs, everything is included in the license."

"With VMware, we pay $300,000 annually."

"The support cost per array is about $20,000 a year for 24/7 support."

"Pretty much everything that you need is licensed when you buy the product. Licensing to me is different than the maintenance cost, but they can bleed into one another. We buy the product, and we expect three years of support bundled into what we negotiate on our storage arrays. I would start to see maintenance costs going into the fourth year, but we're not there yet."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

22%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform?

For NVMe storage, the pricing is reasonable compared to competitors in India. However, for entry-level SAN storage or unified storage, the pricing is relatively high, creating challenges in pitchin...

What do you like most about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations.

What needs improvement with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

Hitachi should work on unified storage for the SMB market and entry-level NAS storage, similar to what HP or Dell offers. Moreover, while they currently provide ransomware protection through immuta...

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

After implementation, there are limitations, such as the number of paths, file systems, and replication options. It feels more suitable for small and medium-sized businesses rather than enterprises.

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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

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

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Overview

RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE

With adaptive, guaranteed data reduction and a 100% data-availability guarantee, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F series helps you tackle complicated business challenges. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) VSP F series delivers up to 4.8M IOPS with sub-millisecond response times.
Featuring legendary Hitachi reliability, VSP F series arrays are backed by the industries only 100% availability guarantee. For these reasons, 80% of the Fortune 500 choose Hitachi all-flash arrays to accelerate the performance of mission-critical applications like Oracle, SAP, Virtualization, Microsoft apps etc. With over 350 patents in flash technology, Hitachi’s innovative mix of flash hardware and software accelerates ROI with enterprise-class reliability and performance.

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Sample Customers

Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe