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.
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"The latency is good."
"The solution is very straightforward to set up."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"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."
"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 initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is easy to scale as needed."
"Stability: The product is designed to have always HA (High Availability) with redundant network and processors."
"Its technical support team is helpful."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"The support is excellent."
"It is easy to use, deploy, communicate and manage this solution."
"Huawei OceanStor is easy to manage."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"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 platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The customer support is helpful."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"The integrated Huawei Flash technology within OceanStor Dorado stands out as one of the most valuable features."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"We need better data deduplication."
"It is on the expensive side."
"I'd like to see the product implement active replication for vehicles such as VMware."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"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."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"The deployment took a little longer."
"The security could be a bit more robust."
"In the future release, Huawei OceanStor should improve on what they already have. It is a good solution."
"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."
"I would like to see more integration features with different platforms."
"The administration should be simplified because there are a large number of options that make it too complicated, and the customers can get confused."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
"For future releases, it would be beneficial for OceanStor Dorado to integrate advanced analytics and AI-driven functionalities for predictive maintenance and performance optimization."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"The technology and the features need improvement."
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 Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our Huawei OceanStor vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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