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Dell Storage Resource Manager vs. Hitachi Command Suite

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    Dell Storage Resource Manager

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AStorage Resource Manager (SRM) from Dell was built to manage the complexity of growing, heavily virtualized storage environments. With SRM, users obtain detailed relationship and topology views from the application, to the virtual or physical host, down to the LUN to identify service dependencies. Users can also view performance trends across the data path and identify hosts competing for resources. SRM helps to understand and manage the impact that storage has on applications. With this…N/A

    Hitachi Command Suite

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Hitachi Command Suite is an open source storage management option, from Hitachi Vantara.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Dell Storage Resource ManagerHitachi Command Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    Dell Storage Resource ManagerHitachi Command Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    It is best suited if you are looking for a centralized analytics for storage and streamlining your staffs task time. It helps visualize the aspects of storage usage which inturn helps in understanding stretches and reduce overall usage statistics. The price point seems little overwhelming to startups. It is complex in operating and needs tech help.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    The new evolution of Command Suite into Hitachi Vantara Ops Center has greatly simplified working with the Hitachi Vantara Storage systems compared to previous management tooling. Use of the whole suite including Performance Analyzer makes managing the entire Hitachi storage ecosystem a full featured and more approachable task. I enjoy the completeness of the solution as well as the integration that they have begun to employ.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • Tracks every change to the Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager infrastructure.
    • Allows deploying applications into staging or production environments faster than other solutions.
    • You can migrate a multi-host and high-availability topology of Business Suites.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • measure
    • analyze
    • visual representation
    • up to date numbers. real-time metrics
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • Price point
    • Complex implementation
    • Need tech background to understand
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pool management (still best done through SVP)
    • Support for tags/attributes for storage resources would be a wonderful addition
    • Reporting is minimal and difficult to use.
    • Capacity planning (historical baselining + projection of organic growth) is a missing feature
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    Usability
    Dell Technologies
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    Hitachi Vantara
    The interfaces are well designed and not overly populated with extraneous detail. Disparate but related feature sets are supported via separate interfaces that share a UX look and feel so that it doesn't feel like completely different panes of glass. Copy data management activity is still a bit clunky as it is accomplished via a re-purposed backup tool that was written to handle replicas, images and snapshots) but over all it is useable and has an interesting interface where elements are dragged onto the workflows.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    The Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager, compared to the Microsoft System Center, is more fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection, and self-service. The Dell EMC Storage Resource Manager is also excellent at managing OBBs.
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Better reputation to start with, Hitachi appears to have (and thus hopefully will continue to have) great customer service for its products. Moreover, Hitachi Command Suite offered the most comprehensive, in terms of variables and aspects measured, functioning compared to its peers. Other software services were just as clunky, without the extra features, and without the customer service reputation, Hitachi has. So far I/we have been pleased with this selection.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • Task management for teams
    • Storage distribution in efficient manner
    • Analytics to understand usage
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • increased awareness of company resources
    • awareness of how consumers and employees are using company data
    • 30% increase in worker productivity
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