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 offers amazing performance."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"The solution is very reliable."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"We use InfoSight predictive analytics. It helps us from a performance perspective by identifying potential bottlenecks."
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"Some of the beneficial features I have found are the Block-level backups, the interface is easy to use, backups work well and the portal is functional."
"Regarding their support, you always get through to somebody who knows exactly what they're talking about."
"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 deployment is fast."
"The solution runs pretty fast."
"Good architecture and produces a lot of IOPS."
"The primary factors that make Huawei OceanStor Dorado Series highly valuable to us are its competitive pricing, exceptional performance, and stability."
"It is very easy to use."
"The most valuable aspects encompass a comprehensive set of common features, such as NetFlow technology, hyper-micro, and hyper-application functionalities."
"The performance is good."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"The product offers good performance."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"The GUI is simplistic and basic. I feel like it's explanatory, but not enough, it needs a little more to it."
"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."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"We have had some stability issues with one array which has happened twice during subsequent software updates but is due to a bad Postgres database."
"I’d like to see in-line deduplication extended to Nimble non-flash (called “Hybrid”) arrays, even if it’s only the C500 and higher controllers that support it."
"When we’re setting up the solution, making options available regarding the replication tool mechanism would be ideal."
"They keep talking about doing one-to-many replication. This is what we'd like to see, just to help with data replication."
"The way the market is going, supporting NVMe storage would be useful as a step up."
"The quality of technical support depends on which member of the support team you speak with."
"I would like to see an added feature to auto-fix, or a dynamic alerting system on storage."
"HPE Nimble Storage's cost is very high, making it one of its downsides."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"The technology and the features need improvement."
"The price must be improved."
"This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"Engineers with two to three years of experience with Huawei will find that Huawei OceanStor Dorado is a bit complicated to use compared to other Huawei storages."
"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."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
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, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and HPE Primera. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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