We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore 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."I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"The speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"It helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"It allows engineers to focus on other things rather than doing the more manual tasks. It automates tasks, so the ease of use is extreme. It simplifies the storage."
"The data reduction technology part of the scalability has been impressive, like its ability to host additional workloads, volumes of data, and databases."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"The main feature of Dell PowerStore is its support for NVMe as well as hybrid solutions."
"The simplicity and ease of use have been very valuable features. I have a very small team, and only half of the team is well versed in the HP product. Whereas if I bring PowerStore in, everyone can learn it because it will be new on the floor."
"I like the performance of the PowerStore. When you talk about PowerStore, it's mainly about flash systems and high-end IOPS. The 1000T is a midsize box, in terms of the way the vendor positions it, but it is more than enough for our needs."
"Its flexibility is valuable because we have had some moments where we had to adapt, and it has been quite flexible."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"It provides a big benefit when upgrading a new VMware environment. For example, in a big environment with 10 to 30 ESXs, you can take everything and put that into PowerStore. So, it is cost-effective, which is very important and has been massive for us. You reduce almost 80% from the hardware and work directly from PowerStore. Building hardware, especially in a big VMware environment, is a big issue for my organization."
"It is a stable solution."
"The PowerStore's compression ratio is even higher than the Unity system."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"This is a stable product that we can use for DR in production."
"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."
"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 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."
"We can use Huawei OceanStor Dorado capacity storage for many different purposes."
"The performance is good."
"The solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"The 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"Automation could be simplified."
"I would like to see support for NVMe, end-to-end."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"Data reduction needs improvement."
"After the smooth launch of the product in our company, only the areas around upgrades are a bit problematic. In our organization, we face difficulties when updating the product."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"There are certain shortcomings with the technical support team of Dell PowerStore, where improvements are required."
"Horizontal scaling has room for improvement."
"It needs more mature code."
"The only thing is that with PowerStore, we don't have a solution for the file object."
"The price is on the higher side."
"The solution's price could be better."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"It should have easy connectivity with the AIX, however, I've found that with AIX, it has some issues and due to this, we need to remove the exact fiber card sometimes and then plug it in again so that it can connect with the AIX systems."
"One of the key areas that need enhancement pertains to the software procurement process."
"The product could always be faster."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"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."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 46 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.6, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "It has a very strong NAS that can support a lot of big, heavy environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Primera. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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