Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Oracle are both solutions in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #9. Hitachi Vantara holds a 10.8% mindshare in MS, compared to Oracle’s 4.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

The Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform compete in the enterprise storage market. Oracle Sun ZFS is advantageous for businesses valuing cost-efficiency and ease of setup, while Hitachi offers superior features appealing to complex environments.

Features: The Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance stands out for data management capabilities, analytics, and scalability. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform provides reliability, virtualization options, and data processing power, suitable for enterprises with complex needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance simplifies deployment with responsive service. In contrast, Hitachi's deployment may be complex but comes with thorough service for detailed implementation.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is cost-competitive with rapid ROI, ideal for cost-focused businesses. Hitachi requires higher initial investment, justified by long-term scalability and performance benefits for demanding data environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Virtual Storage Pla...

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NAS (5th), Frame-Based Disk Arrays (1st), All-Flash Storage (10th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (5th)

Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appl...

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category, the mindshare of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is 10.8%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance is 4.7%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform	10.8%
Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance	4.7%
Other	84.5%

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Bratislav Petkovic

Team Lead for Core Infrastructure at Raiffeisen bank Serbia

Active data management enhances performance and simplifies operation

The active data management of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, especially with the HOPS Center, makes it easier to work with the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform infrastructure. Previously, it was difficult to create and delete LUNs, which would take a long time, but now with HOPS Center, it is functioning correctly. It is now as easy as working with EMC or Dell storage, and the performance is better, especially with new features. The solution's performance, security, and cost are satisfactory. These factors influenced our decision to purchase Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform.

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RobertMakale

IT Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

A stable unified storage system that enables quick access to data

The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The hybrid array provides scaleable, predictable, high performance with no capacity constraints."

"This is a good product with high capabilities and high reliability."

"There are no significant challenges in terms of scalability, and it can accommodate larger storage capacities compared to other storage solutions."

"Its resilience is the most valuable."

"It's a state of the art solution in storage systems. High-availability and performance are the strongest aspects of these machines."

"The customer service and support are reasonably good. The environment I work in, there always remains an element of surprise, and there are restrictions. But Hitachi has good technical people."

"The performance is very good."

"The solution is very user-friendly in terms of maintenance and configuration. It's also possible to connect the solution to other storage management solutions."

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"I like its storage capacity, quick access to the data, speed, and overall storage management."

Cons

"The pricing is high, but the product is good. Additional features like data duplication might make it even better."

"The interface should be simplified and made easier to use."

"Not just anyone can do the deployment. So, the person needs a basic understanding and work experience."

"It seemed like every time we turned around it was a statement of work and we'd have to pay for something that our previous vendors would not have billed us for."

"One problem is that there are too many management tools for the F Series and for all the other Hitachi storage systems. There are four or five such solutions. Maybe these could be combined in the future."

"This product should be easier to install and set up."

"Hitachi should offer a distinct overview of the various storage choices."

"At the moment, I don't see any room for improvement in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series because my experience with the product is very good. The software is okay and you can manage the storage well. What I'd like to see in the next release of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series is for it to be a real NAS solution because right now, you need to use a Hitachi converter called HNAS which makes the process a little bit more expensive. In my opinion, Hitachi should look into the possibility of unifying the HNAS into full storage, meaning that the HNAS should be integrated into the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series."

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"The main thing Oracle can improve is the cost. It would be better if Oracle opened up the system to enable integration with other vendors. Whether it's the database, application server, or storage appliance, they should make it easy to integrate them. They need to open up more to ensure that it can work in any environment and IT ecosystem."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series tools are highly specialized, such as management and performance tools and the overall solution is expensive. If customers want to have a lot of data in their hands, they need to purchase several solutions."

"I would rate the solution's pricing at around eight or nine on a scale of one to ten. While the solution may be priced higher than some competitors, we prioritize the quality and durability of the storage."

"A drawback of Hitachi storage systems is that they are expensive. The upfront cost is very high compared to others. But when you compare the IOPS at the same price, Hitachi gives you better business value..."

"I find Hitachi to be cheaper by five to ten percent when compared to Dell and HP's costs, but the features in Dell are better than Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform."

"The price of the solution is reasonable compared to others, such as Dell EMC."

"Pricing could be better, because the cost is very high."

"In our company, we only pay towards the licensing charges associated with Forcepoint, as Hitachi is considered to be a third-party product for us."

"It is an expensive product. I rate its pricing a three out of ten."

More Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform pricing and cost advice

"The price could be better. We have many competing products now like Huawei and Dell EMC, and these are slightly cheaper."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform?

The cost of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is reasonable compared to competitors, but it is dependent on the customer; I cannot say for the entire industry, but for us, it's comparable.

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What do you like most about Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

The product's reliability has been crucial for our company's operations.

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What needs improvement with Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E990?

The replication technology that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform uses is quite older, and the replication methodology they employ for data between the data center and the production and standby dat...

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Also Known As

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series, 5000 Series, E Series, N Series, G Series

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Overview

RETHINK YOUR DEFINITION OF SPEED AND PERFORMANCE

With adaptive, guaranteed data reduction and a 100% data-availability guarantee, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F series helps you tackle complicated business challenges. Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) VSP F series delivers up to 4.8M IOPS with sub-millisecond response times.
Featuring legendary Hitachi reliability, VSP F series arrays are backed by the industries only 100% availability guarantee. For these reasons, 80% of the Fortune 500 choose Hitachi all-flash arrays to accelerate the performance of mission-critical applications like Oracle, SAP, Virtualization, Microsoft apps etc. With over 350 patents in flash technology, Hitachi’s innovative mix of flash hardware and software accelerates ROI with enterprise-class reliability and performance.

Hitachi Vantara

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance integrates the cloud into its core architecture, making cloud storage available to all users and access protocols while eliminating on-premises cloud access licensing charges and the need for external gateways. Built using a powerful SMP design, multi-threaded OS, massive DRAM caches, and all flash storage, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance powers the most demanding applications, from fast query responses and, rapid transaction processing to virtualization and cloud workloads. With these performance levels, you can easily achieve 4:1 consolidation of your current NAS filers and gain a higher return on your storage investment.

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Sample Customers

Turkcell, Owens Corning, Region Nord, Net Credit Financial Group (NFC Group), Russian Railways

Translational Genomics Research Institute, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, CyberSolutions Inc., Y-Telecom, First Alliance Bank Zambia Limited, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Mutlinet Pakistan, TDC A/S, Digi-Key Corporation, Thurgau Cantonal Bank

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