Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Reviews & Insights

Score10 out of 10

3 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Business Problems Solved

Users have praised the software for its efficiency, reliability, and user-friendly interface, making it an ideal solution for managing large amounts of file data in cloud-based projects. With support for multi-cloud environments, users have been able to enhance the performance of their cloud-based applications and have the freedom to choose any cloud platform that best suits their needs. One of the main use cases identified by users is the adoption of this software for enterprise vault EV purposes, which is utilized across their entire organizations. Additionally, users have discovered new use cases for the software, particularly in WORM Write Once Read Many retention scenarios, catering to users with specific storage requirements. The platform's versatility allows it to function as a multi-tenant large scale object store that enables objects to be stored, searched, and accessed by applications using enriched metadata and indexing. Users have found value in utilizing this software as an immutable backup target to protect auxiliary backup copies from ransomware. Moreover, it serves as a reliable long-term archiving target and replication tool between sites, providing disaster recovery capabilities. Another use case supported by the software is compliance retention for various objects and document imaging storage needs.

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Reviews

2 Reviews

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

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 15, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[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

Likelihood to Recommend

[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.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

HCP - breeze once you landed on platform

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 21, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it mainly for EV (enterprise vault) use case. It is used across whole organization. We recently started using it for other use cases, where users require WORM retention. This is only for users requiring WORM storage.

Pros

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.

Cons

Initial setup might be tougher than other products. Better to have HDS expert with you.
Performance is always the issue. Make sure that users are aware that this is for tier-2/tier-3 applications.

Likelihood to Recommend

Best for cases where performance is not an issue.

Verified User

Consultant in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience