We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage 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 solution is scalable."
"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."
"Pure has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"Pure FlashArray X NVMe has low latency and high Ops. It is an evergreen model."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"InfoSight has identified controller failures or performance issues."
"HPE Nimble Storage is quick to release updates that fix bugs or problems and the failover has been good."
"Not only is it high performing, but it is also more compact and fits better in our storage arrays than equipment from other storage providers."
"Regarding their support, you always get through to somebody who knows exactly what they're talking about."
"I have added expansion shelves on several of them. It is simple to do. You plug it in, you attach two cables, then you press one button, like "Add", and that is all you have to do."
"It's given us more time to do the important things, less time worrying about SANs and failures and picking up the pieces. It just works."
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"If a ransomware or enterprise-level attack happens, my infrastructure remains totally secure. If any virtual machine gets damaged or collapses, we have built a backup solution, which will take a minute to restore the same version of HPE Nimble Storage in our company."
"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 solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The customer support is helpful."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"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 UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"We need better data deduplication."
"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."
"Many options to check performance, like read, writes, random writes, and random reads, are missing in Pure FlashArray X NVMe."
"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."
"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."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"Right now, the box itself is just strictly working as a backend storage system. It would be fantastic if we could access it directly like a NAS device through network access or SIS drives. I think they have an interface, but I am not sure how good it is. If we could address a box directly on the network without having to go through a server, it would be great. The replication schemas could be improved. We are not using replication on the storage level right now. We use a different type of replication. If their replication would be as good as the one that we have, I would probably run the replication schema because it might be faster, but I don't know that for a fact. So, I cannot say that they have good replication. All I can say is that they need to inform us better."
"More reporting is probably the only thing that is really lacking. It would be helpful to go to the business and say, "This is how we've evolved with our solution, and this is why we need more." Being able to put forward a business case with data to back it up, essentially."
"There is a new version of the Nimble and 3PAR systems called Alletra and they have a lot of new features."
"The solution’s stability could be better. The tool’s pricing is high and depends on the partner."
"I would like deduplication by default on all the volumes. I still don't understand (or know why) dedupe isn't enabled for the templates out-of-the-box. We have to go in and manually enable it each and every time."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"The only thing I'm really looking for in my next array is some hyperconverged, so if they had something in that space... But I know they have SimpliVity so that is probably not going to happen."
"It was a bit expensive."
"There should be faster interfaces."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"I would like to see them improve their IOPS per second to match their contemporaries in the industry."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"The technology and the features need improvement."
"The speeds of the disks themselves need to be faster. The disks are not flash. When we opened our hard drive from the inclusion, I saw a converter, and it's not entirely flash."
"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
"The product could always be faster."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Dell Unity XT. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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