We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Huawei OceanStor Dorado based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"The latency is good."
"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"Dell EMC PowerStore is scalable."
"The solution's technical support is excellent. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The support is very good."
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"I have found the most valuable part of Dell PowerStore is the price."
"It has its own file formatting protocol, which saves a lot of space."
"You can add compute and capacity independently. We have sized the solution based on our current needs, but in the future we can choose to increase capacity if we grow our activity in the market. And if we have more business in our monetary system, we can increase compute. The ability to choose what we increase is a good feature."
"The primary factors that make Huawei OceanStor Dorado Series highly valuable to us are its competitive pricing, exceptional performance, and stability."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"Two things really stand out for me. First, there's group cloning, which is very nice. It simplifies managing multiple clones across the group. Second, Huawei's multi-controller architecture with load balancing is a good part."
"Most of the features which all enterprises storages solutions have are available in Huawei OceanStor Dorado."
"The solution is scalable."
"The customer support is helpful."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"We need better data deduplication."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"It is on the expensive side."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"The tool's pricing is higher than competitors."
"I want to see Pure Storage not only be for fast storage, but I want to see it be for the entire data center."
"The only area I can highlight for improvement is that the 4:1 data reduction target has not been reached. This may be due to an issue with Dell EMC's initial analysis of data compression. As a result, we have had to add new physical disks to reach our goal of total available disk space."
"We would consider this solution if the pricing is competitive with other options, as it offers a very good solution. However, the current price is slightly higher than the competition."
"More demonstration and training options are needed."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"Could be improved by including a synchronizing feature for the file systems."
"The support team doesn't always provide adequate assistance. So, there is room for improvement in the support."
"Dell PowerStore is a good solution overall, but some models could support hypervisors better by allowing for more customization and flexibility for customer needs."
"After the smooth launch of the product in our company, only the areas around upgrades are a bit problematic. In our organization, we face difficulties when updating the product."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
"One of the key areas that need enhancement pertains to the software procurement process."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"It should have easy connectivity with the AIX, however, I've found that with AIX, it has some issues and due to this, we need to remove the exact fiber card sometimes and then plug it in again so that it can connect with the AIX systems."
"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."
"This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 47 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Pure Storage FlashArray, NetApp AFF and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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