Hitachi Content Platform - A rock solid on-prem multi-tenant object 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
Most Important Features
- Object level permission model
- Absolute immutability for retention period
- Multi-tenancy
Return on Investment
- 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
Alternatives Considered
Azure Blob Storage, Wasabi Object Storage and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Other Software Used
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)