We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ 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 that maintenance is free."
"It helps to simplify storage. For most of our customers, when they move to Pure Storage, storage becomes an afterthought."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"We can store more for a cheaper price as opposed to paying for larger devices and larger rack spaces which get outdated sooner and which we'd have to change every two years. It simplifies storage for us."
"Technical support is excellent. I've had very good responses from technical support. We had a couple of cases where we needed support. Some of the communications were purely over email and some has been an actual call to the service desk."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"The availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"Stability is awesome. Its performance has been steady and it stays up."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"We use a virtual domain in 3PAR and we can create individual pools where clients are able to manage their own resources, instead of we, as storage admin, getting involved in that."
"OneView is a nice interface."
"It is a stable solution."
"I like that 3PAR can remake the disk online. That's one of the best features because when we first started, that was the best. The team provisioning feature was also a good one. Those features are the best for me, provisioning and online optimization, and the tier you can have for storage."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."
"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."
"There are plenty of features available in this solution."
"The performance is good."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"I would like to see a Nagios monitoring plugin which watches the health and performance of the system. The only one available just checks volume capacity."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"I would like to be able to deploy and manage 3PAR within OneView Global Dashboard so we do not have to use the interface for 3PAR."
"Anything new can be complex. There were some things in the initial deployment that I was not happy about. One of my directives was, "However, it's configured, ensure that it can never be overprovisioned." That one key thing was overlooked. This is why I had to have a support call last year, because it actually became overprovisioned and I had to move some stuff around."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"The replicating software is pretty complicated. I probably would have put it on a sequence."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"The price is a little bit high."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"The solution's price could be better."
"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."
"I would like to see them improve their IOPS per second to match their contemporaries in the industry."
"This solution can improve by providing easier migrations and better Metro features."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"The product could always be faster."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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