We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor and Huawei OceanStor Dorado based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Huawei OceanStor Dorado came out ahead of Huawei OceanStor. Although the two products have straightforward deployment and multiple valuable features, our reviewers found Huawei OceanStor more expensive and that it needs to improve its technical support.
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."
"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."
"It's incredibly easy to use and greatly simplified our ability to both deploy and manage our storage subsystems."
"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."
"The Pure1 component is most valuable at this point in time when comparing it with EMC. Pure1 is where you can have your diagnostics in the cloud, so you can look at things from your mobile phone."
"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."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"The setup and the price are the most valuable and not the features related."
"The support is excellent."
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"The solution is scalable."
"If your virtual machine that resides on it completely fills the storage space, thanks to it's built-in function of all-zero data space reclamation, you just have to ask to System Engineer to run a zero-free on hosts (thin provisioned) and you will get more space instantaneously."
"Generally stable with good technical support."
"The most valuable features of Huawei OceanStor are the dashboards, bandwidth, and data performance."
"The performance is good."
"It is very easy to use."
"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."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it deduces better, whereby it can be assigned six times the usable capacity, depending on the nature of the data."
"The most valuable aspects encompass a comprehensive set of common features, such as NetFlow technology, hyper-micro, and hyper-application functionalities."
"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the overall simplicity."
"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"Our use cases require more multi-tenant capabilities and additional VLAN interfaces for separating different customers. We currently use it to provide storage, sometimes shared storage, to different customers, but it is less flexible in comparison to a dedicated solution."
"We need better data deduplication."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"If the customer only needs 500 terabytes and doesn't care how much data they'll put in the server, IBM is cheaper than Pure."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."
"In the future release, Huawei OceanStor should improve on what they already have. It is a good solution."
"Could have a more stable, lighter Metro and better logging system."
"I would like to see more iterations and direct integration with other solutions."
"The price could be better. It's not good for the Brazilian market."
"Its data replication features work slowly for nodes."
"Huawei OceanStor should work on its saturation level and should be able to take up more load. It should give the same performance that it gives at 20 or 30 percent load for 80 percent as well."
"The deployment took a little longer."
"The technical support has been a let down for us. It's something the company has to work on. We haven't been satisfied with their level of service."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"There could be local support services available for the platform. Additionally, they should provide a bundled license, including all protection and encryption rules."
"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."
"Difficult integration with third parties."
"The product could always be faster."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 32 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 32 reviews. Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem and HPE Primera, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and HPE Primera. See our Huawei OceanStor vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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