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."The most valuable feature is replication."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"They are quite responsive and our local team was pretty good."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"Pure Storage FlashArray has significantly improved our data center performance. It handles high workloads efficiently, providing better performance in the environment. With increased storage capacity, it has led to improved overall system performance. The tool's technology is a standout feature. It has helped me reduce storage costs by 15 percent."
"The product's initial setup phase was very easy."
"For access from virtual machines, iSCSI, and NFS, it is very good. It helps increase performance."
"This solution is highly flexible and offers efficient online compression capabilities."
"This solution is very useful to us as we use it internally for all of the services that we need. We use it as a lab and we showcase new technology to the customers and how it can help them going forward."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerStore is the all-NVMe flash storage. This is the most powerful feature of this series. It supports compression and duplication leads."
"Typically, high-performance and high-availability features, such as application snapshots and remote and local replication, are highly valued."
"The way you're able to manage all your PowerStores as one solution is very good for us. PowerStore enables you to federate or cluster multiple appliances with automated load balancing. In terms of management, it's helpful that we can do it from a single interface where we're able to manage multiple PowerStores. When you have multiple PowerStores it works intelligently by running the workloads based on the needs of the infrastructure."
"There is no complicated configuration for queries and calls. You just create a model and go."
"We can use Huawei OceanStor Dorado capacity storage for many different purposes."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The product offers good performance."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"They could improve the price."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve in the area of cryptographic information in the consoles. The user-friendliness could improve. The Pure Storage FlashArray team should come and log into the system with their maintenance credentials and then pull out the information as evidence of cryptography."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"The only thing is that with PowerStore, we don't have a solution for the file object."
"There are certain shortcomings with the technical support team of Dell PowerStore, where improvements are required."
"You cannot delegate permissions."
"Where the system needs to improve is by adding more enterprise features like replication on other sites. We would also like it to be much more aligned with the VMware version. For example, today we have two different versions of VMware ESXi running to keep the PowerStore online. It would be better if the software cycling was faster."
"It needs more mature code."
"The pricing could be lower. It is very expensive."
"It doesn't support SSD or Flash."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"In additional features, it would be easier to do snapshots on a regular basis. So, like, a new feature that would allow you to take snapshots every hour."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
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 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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