We performed a comparison between Huawei FusionStorage and Pure Storage FlashBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two File and Object Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"Provides easy access to our data."
"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily."
"The initial setup was straightforward. If you know how to plug in power and network you're pretty much qualified. They were on site to configure the network, the box to fit into our network architecture. Other than that, we self-managed from there."
"The initial setup is pretty quick."
"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."
"We have integrated it with VMware. The integration process is pretty good. Especially with VMware, it helps with the capacity of it."
"The snapshots, replication, and the ability to have immutable blades are the most valuable features. You're putting data snapshots out in those blades, and they cannot be touched. Its performance is great."
"The solution provides many controllers."
"We can capacity plan at a greater level than we used to."
"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."
"Their cloud services could be improved."
"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."
"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."
"Commvault has mainly driven the Analytics, providing data and reports. However, the product has room for improvement, especially regarding storage analytics. Upgrading firmware has caused issues, requiring feature disabling to revert to traditional backups. The firmware upgrades sometimes affect Commvault backups."
"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."
"I would like to see better integration."
"The Pure Storage Orchestrator is our biggest pain point at the moment. If we can have more say in future developments of feature sets that we will need to support for our use case, that would be pretty beneficial to us."
"The solution is expensive."
"I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features."
"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."
Huawei FusionStorage is ranked 16th in File and Object Storage with 4 reviews while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 6th in File and Object Storage with 31 reviews. Huawei FusionStorage is rated 7.8, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Huawei FusionStorage writes "Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "A high-performing and scalable solution that improves data performance for S3 workloads". Huawei FusionStorage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Google Cloud Storage and Dell ECS, whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, MinIO, Pure Storage FlashArray and Red Hat Ceph Storage. See our Huawei FusionStorage vs. Pure Storage FlashBlade report.
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