We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Huawei OceanStor 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 code upgrades are very smooth."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"The performance is very good."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"There's a lot of good features. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is similar to Dell EMC. It is a high-speed system with automatic failover/failback, integrated with Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware. These are the main reason for choosing HPE 3PAR StoreServ in Denmark. We have a very good consulting service together with the product."
"It has allowed us to set up a fully functioning disaster recovery site with replication, which we have been able to configure between our 3PAR systems."
"You can have SSD drives, fast disk drives, and slower drives, redundancy between drives, and hot-swappable drives on the SSDs, the faster hard drives, and the slower drives."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"We have much better performance than we managed earlier and are now saving lots of space."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"With the new flash arrays, 3PAR has improved our performance."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"Huawei OceanStor provides numerous features that are tailored to cater to the requirements of all types of companies."
"The most valuable features of Huawei OceanStor are the dashboards, bandwidth, and data performance."
"Huawei OceanStor is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in the rail, as it is hybrid storage."
"It is a highly available product."
"This is a stable storage system."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"The product is quite expensive."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"I would like to see a faster Ethernet connection. Right now, it is 10G. If they could do multiple hundred gigs to speed up the transfer from the array to the servers, that would be good. We are trying to get away from Fibre Channel."
"I would like an easier user interface and setup to help with deployment. There were many areas of the setup where I was like, “Why don't we do it this way?” Therefore, some of the things in the user interface could have been more refined, so you don't have to click in 5000 different places to accomplish one goal. Less clicks means more efficiency."
"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."
"The speed has room for improvement."
"Its storage capacity could be better."
"In the future release, Huawei OceanStor should improve on what they already have. It is a good solution."
"I would like to see more integration features with different platforms."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"Huawei is not that cheap."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and IBM FlashSystem, whereas Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and DDN SFA7990X. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Huawei OceanStor report.
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