Dropbox vs. Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

Works well for all of my on-site visits for business or family events. I use it extensively in "spurts" by travelling every 2 weeks to clients to shoot their stores or work environments, so I findi t ideallly suieted for work pics and video organization. It is less appropriate for work requiring multiple edits, such as storing a work-related event and then editing it for later use.

Incentivized

• [Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is] well suited for needs requiring a highly secure, multi-tenant on-premise object store.
• Exceeds expectations with respect to object level attributes and permissions
• Has excellent S3/HS3 REST API feature set
• Situations which require versioning and proven Immutability (certified by Governments)

- Expensive to use for general file storage publishing where meta data, compliance, retention, versioning are unnecessary.

Incentivized

• Gives easy set secure access to information. Any unauthorized access is caught right away
• Flexible across multiple platforms with no limits on the number of devices.
• Built-in viewers for easy access, eliminating the need for all software on all devices simply to review information.

Incentivized

• HCP/HDI interface works like charm. it's easy to deploy and scale.
• Hitachi customer support is at par with expectations
• More cost effective than EMC/NetApp solutions.

Incentivized

• Sometimes sync doesn't work - if a file is scanned and appears in the shared dropbox folder it should show up elsewhere without delay.
• Sometimes logins are required for mysterious reasons
• Higher security and encryption is definitely something all data access companies need to improve.

Incentivized

• Cost structure is by capacity and is expensive
• Some access settings are mutually exclusive for performance (REST vs. CIFS)
• QoS by Tenant requires use of external ADC (Hitachi suggested and sold us Pulse Secure) and their support on this product offering is not up to their normally high standard

Incentivized

Dropbox is a user-friendly, easy tool which requires little to no skill and they offer a free version with a good amount of storage available. There are other file sharing tools available however at a cost. Dropbox free version I have used for years and it serves every purpose I need.

Incentivized

I've been using Dropbox for both business and personal use for over 20 years. I find it to be superior over many of the competitors like Google Drive, etc. I appreciate being able to allow clients to just view, or edit a document as well as downloading copies to send via the computer or a mobile device.

Incentivized

Dropbox is really useful, you can access any file from anywhere and you can upload and even edit files online, but, sometimes it can be slow. Downloading, uploading, and syncing is a bit slow, it can take several minutes. Furthermore, the search engine for large amounts of data can be slow too and it is not powerful.

Incentivized

They immediately responded like in an example that I gave where one of our staff members accidentally deleted the whole Special Hope Network Dropbox, we immediately contacted Dropbox they walked us through the steps of how to retrieve the information and luckily enough we were able to retrieve the entire Dropbox and we have had back and forth with Dropbox on what to do when an employee leaves how to remove them how to add another employee.

Incentivized

I did not personally take any training for Dropbox so I am self taught but I know when our Vice President selected Dropbox, he personally did do some training modules on it and I'm assuming it was very easy and simple to understand since he now acts like he is a pro at it!

Incentivized

I needed to stay current in improving my daily operations. Dropbox
was suggested to me by a former colleague two-years ago and I've been using it just fine ever since.

Google Drive has similar features, but the security functions of Dropbox allows our institution to save our sensitive and regulated data in a more protected way on Dropbox. This gives administrators, decision makers and policy makers additional piece, especially during a time and living in a world where data breaches are much more frequent and common.

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My company has close ties with Hitachi. NetApp chargeback was more per Gig and for cost saving purposes, we had to choose HCP.

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bc i think box.com is better and more affordable

Incentivized

• Dropbox allowed us to hold different version of our high resolution films to insert for competitions.
• It allowed me as the director to visually see the timeline of the film and provide feedback on specific areas to the film with its features.
• It is easy to access needed files and downloading them to our own computer. It has been easier rather than emailing the files back and forth.

Incentivized

• Best on premise solution of its' kind that encapsulates all our needs
• ROI has been positive but it does raise questions at renewal time in terms of cost/GB vs other 2nd tier storage types

Incentivized