Brilliant Virtualization OS for storage solutions
November 17, 2025
Brilliant Virtualization OS for storage solutions
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS)
In our testing fleet we use Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) in all our storage compute machines to have reliable and stable OS for storage technologies. Our requirement is to have fast, reliable and stable storage solution for testing frameworks and Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) provides that. Scope of our use case is for internal testing infrastructure we want a high performant resilient storage solution
Pros
- Stable OS
- Fast performance with no overhead in virtualized environment
- Live migration is very easy and reliable
Cons
- Cost is too high
- Documentation quality needs to be improved a lot. It is missing details currenty
- Organize all the documents and tools related info in easy to read and understand manner
- Cost had bit of negative impact
- Due to stable OS and live migrations support it has allowed us to dynamically tune the capacity of our test clusters leading to better COGS for our business
In my experience, Performance is much better with Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) for our testing cluster compared to Netapp ONTAP solution
Do you think Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) again?
Yes
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