We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and IBM FlashSystem 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 duplication algorithm allows us to get a lot more use out of less storage. We're running a five terabyte array right now and we're running probably about 30 terabytes on it. So the duplication rate is pretty phenomenal, without a cost to performance. It still runs pretty smoothly."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."
"The system allows for seamless learning experiences, facilitating quick and easy cloning of environments within minutes."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the overall simplicity."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"It is very easy to use."
"The product offers good performance."
"We can use Huawei OceanStor Dorado capacity storage for many different purposes."
"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 initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The valuable features are high availability, compression, and a failover mechanism. It's a very highly available storage solution."
"This solution is really user friendly. It also offers good performance and is highly reliable."
"The most crucial feature of IBM FlashSystem is compression."
"IBM FlashSystem is a stable solution."
"No queuing and high ops, speed, and performance."
"Most of the features for the reduction in data compression are useful. It is also very easy to use and administer. Its performance is also good."
"Over the years, it has become increasingly user-friendly."
"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"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."
"It is on the expensive side."
"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"The price must be improved."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
"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."
"I know they have a flashcopy manager, but it is extra software, an additional license, and some customers don't like to add addition costs to their infrastructure. If IBM could create, or include snapshot management within the GUI, that would really be helpful."
"Cloud file sharing is an area that needs improvement."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"The support could improve by allowing you to speak to someone when you call rather than them calling you back. However, once we do have contact with one of their technicians they are excellent."
"The deduplication and compression ratio is not very good. It's not reaching a very high ratio."
"Their technical support needs improvement in terms of reachability for the clients and response times. They should be more responsive and have more online platforms for support. They should make more technical information available online. There could be some kind of documentation community."
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"Events/log analysis tools."
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 106 reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and HPE Nimble Storage. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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