We performed a comparison between Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 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 most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The support team is available all the time and they seem to know what they are doing."
"It is easy to manage. You don't have to have the same people who used to manage the Dell EMC arrays because the solution is more intuitive."
"We like the data reduction rates. That has been really helpful. You get 4U of Pure storage replacing something like two racks of spinning disks. One of the things that has contributed to that are the data reduction rates."
"The connections are a lot faster than what we had in the past. One InfiniBand does what we did on all of our Fibre Channels."
"We've had to use tech support on a number of occasions. They did everything remotely and talked us all the way through. They fixed the issue within 30 minutes. Every single time we contact them, they're perfect. I would give their technical support a ten out of ten."
"I never have to worry about its performance or if it is the root cause of an issue."
"The most valuable feature is that it has 'eight nines' availability, 99.999999 percent of the time. That is the main selling point."
"The active-active option seemed to be working well and overall, it was a solid product."
"The solution is very user-friendly in terms of maintenance and configuration. It's also possible to connect the solution to other storage management solutions."
"The valuable features for data management include deduplication and compression without performance impact, and the ability to virtualize old storage, making migration seamless."
"The most valuable feature is that you can use it with all deployment models."
"The product has great data storage performance with a 100% data security and availability guarantee."
"The feature I like best is the stability of the hardware."
"The first thing that attracted this model to us was the non-disruptive migration. We had a very large database application that was on older gear and needed to be migrated to these arrays. We had experience with virtualizing behind an array and moving applications and data but this made it even better."
"The solution’s overall security is good."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"The customer support is helpful."
"The most valuable aspects encompass a comprehensive set of common features, such as NetFlow technology, hyper-micro, and hyper-application functionalities."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The performance is good."
"The product has the best compression and encryption features. The most valuable features I have found in the tool are its performance and cost-effectiveness. While Huawei OceanStor Dorado may not always be chosen for its features compared to other brands like Dell, HPE, etc., it is often selected due to its affordability. Customers opt for Huawei OceanStor Dorado primarily because it offers similar performance features as other brands at a lower cost."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the overall simplicity."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"The initial deployment was somewhat complex when it came to the installation because of the network connectivity. It was more difficult, in this specific case, than with other platforms."
"The snapshot and clone operation functions can be made easier."
"In terms of new features, I would be interested to see deduplication added in their next release."
"The controllers in the product do not provide options for scalability."
"In terms of what could be improved, it could use a better, faster web console and other consoles. It is so boring waiting, waiting and waiting for it to refresh."
"The Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform faces challenges when it comes to features like deduplication and compression. Enabling these features can lead to processor overload, resulting in performance degradation, especially under high loads."
"The complex setup, ease of use, and snapshot operations of this product need to be improved."
"We've only faced some minor issues. For example, the documentation of some features isn't as detailed as we would like."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"In additional features, it would be easier to do snapshots on a regular basis. So, like, a new feature that would allow you to take snapshots every hour."
"This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0."
"They should add a feature to the platform to help us manage storage communication with one of the vendors."
"The product could always be faster."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"This solution can improve by providing easier migrations and better Metro features."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is ranked 10th in All-Flash Storage with 48 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform writes "It's a high-performing solution with strong architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is most compared with IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT and NetApp FAS Series, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series. See our Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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