We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor 9000 and IBM FlashSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has many options for scalability, and it is stable."
"The storage capacity is really one of the most valuable features. Also, the GUI is very friendly and the switches gives high performance. The technology used in storage is RAID which as helped us a lot to expand and store various items ."
"The most valuable features are deduplication and compression."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The storage system is one of the best in the world."
"The most valuable features are, of course, the virtualization of the storage, the performance, and the compression."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"No queuing and high ops, speed, and performance."
"Ability to manage third-party arrays and virtualise them: One screen to control multiple arrays. Simplified administration."
"High availability and enhanced security; Proven dependability; Data compression with hardware acceleration; Advanced copy services features are all in this product."
"The handling of data deletion and bulk servers setup could have been more straightforward and easier when dealing with data removal or setting up servers. I believe Huawei could enhance their solutions, especially managing storage, to provide a better experience for customers."
"The call charges and the management cost should be more friendly. They can also include monitoring and management."
"I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better."
"The pricing needs to be more competitive."
"AHV is Acropolis Hypervisor – A relatively new Hypervisor, robust and stable as VMware vSphere, has built-in advanced analytics and powerful operations, Self Service Portal and components for DevOps included, managed by a single pane of glass (Prism) via HTML5 and it is free of charge – That is why Nutanix is so advanced and revolutionary."
"Cloud file sharing is an area that needs improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The solution's pricing is a bit high so there is room for improvement."
"The installation is not easy. You need to have extensive knowledge to handle it."
"The marketing could be improved."
Huawei OceanStor 9000 is ranked 12th in NAS with 2 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 5th in NAS with 106 reviews. Huawei OceanStor 9000 is rated 8.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor 9000 writes "An entry-level, flash-based storage system designed for enterprise-class applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Huawei OceanStor 9000 is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp FAS Series and Qumulo, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Dell Unity XT and NetApp AFF. See our Huawei OceanStor 9000 vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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