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    Dell VPLEX

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADell VPLEX aims to maximize the returns on investments in all-flash infrastructure or hybrid arrays by providing continuous availability to business-critical workloads. VPLEX also creates a flexible storage architecture designed to gives IT teams the agility they need to respond to rapid business and technology changes while maximizing asset utilization across active-active datacenters.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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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Dell VPLEXHitachi Command Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Dell VPLEXHitachi Command Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    This works in two fold. First it creates a copy of the data in two locations, protecting the data from a SAN or a NAS failure. Second, it provides a data point in a second location that can be used as storage for a stretched virtual cluster, giving a virtual stack a means to continue operation.
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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
    • High Availability
    • Fail Over
    • Business continuity
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    Hitachi Vantara
    • measure
    • analyze
    • visual representation
    • up to date numbers. real-time metrics
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • Requires high bandwidth low latency connectivity between sites.
    • Cost wise it is expensive because you have to purchase with a mirror in mind.
    • Configuration can be difficult.
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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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    Dell Technologies
    When this was purchased there was no other product that could achieve what we were looking for, now this feature is pretty standard with storage platforms. It is a costly solution not just the hardware but the infrastructure to support it. It requires a connection between sites with at least 3 gigabytes per second and sub 5 millisecond latency and a network infrastructure capable of handling that
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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
    • Reduced down time.
    • Provides business continuity.
    • Reduces single point of failure on the SAN.
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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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