Hitachi Content Platform - A rock solid on-prem multi-tenant object store
April 15, 2021

Hitachi Content Platform - A rock solid on-prem multi-tenant object store

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)

[Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is used the following ways:]
  • Multi-tenant large scale object store for objects that are stored, searched and accessed by application via enriched meta data and indexing
  • Immutable backup target for short term protection of auxiliary copy of backups for ransomware protection
  • Long term archiving target
  • Replication between sites for DR capabilities
  • Compliance retention of other objects
  • Document Imaging store

Pros

  • Site to site replication
  • Enforced compliance mode and retention
  • Object level retention capabilities
  • True multi-tenant support
  • Namespace partitioning and permissions

Cons

  • 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
  • Object level permission model
  • Absolute immutability for retention period
  • Multi-tenancy
  • 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
[Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)] has all of the features of competitive offerings and wraps them in a better multi-tenancy solution. It's object level permission model and non-overridable immutability (in Compliance mode for configured namespaces) is a bump up compared to other solutions. It's offering of it's own API as well as S3 REST support make it very flexible.

Do you think Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) again?

Yes

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series, Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale, vSphere, vRealize Suite, Zerto, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), HPE Synergy, HPE OneView, Microsoft SQL Server, NGINX, Broadcom OneConnect (formerly Emulex OneConnect)
  • [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.

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