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 most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"It's extremely stable and has good performance."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"This is a stable product that we can use for DR in production."
"It is very easy to use."
"There are plenty of features available in this solution."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the price to performance ratio."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"The primary factors that make Huawei OceanStor Dorado Series highly valuable to us are its competitive pricing, exceptional performance, and stability."
"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"We've found the solution to be very stable so far."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature in demand is virtualization and its support storage of virtualization features."
"The performance of IBM FlashSystem is very good. The new technology and high throughput have given us more confidence in the solution. The management of the system has improved and we can control the monitoring system alerts and multiple FlashSystems with the Enterprise Cloud Edition, which is free. The migration of recently stored data to a new flash is much easier. You can move your data because you can utilize it externally."
"Installing FlashSystem is very easy. It takes less than half an hour, and I can handle it all myself."
"We are a 100% satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"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."
"One of the key areas that need enhancement pertains to the software procurement process."
"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"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."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"The price must be improved."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"IBM could do more marketing and improve brand awareness. I had never heard of this product until a colleague told me about it. FlashSystem could add a few features, but it would probably increase the price. For example, Pure Storage offers instant snapshotting and partitioning. That would be nice to have, but I think the cost would go up."
"Our model does not support compression or deduplication."
"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."
"Our customers have raised concerns about the limitations of the FlashSystem 5200 and 7300, which only offer a 32-gigabyte connection."
"I would like to see bigger modules."
"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 an improvement in the handling of large amounts of rights."
"AHV is Acropolis Hypervisor – A relatively new Hypervisor, robust and stable as VMware vSphere, has built-in advanced analytics and powerful operations, Self Service Portal and components for DevOps included, managed by a single pane of glass (Prism) via HTML5 and it is free of charge – That is why Nutanix is so advanced and revolutionary."
IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 6th in All-Flash Storage with 105 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, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Primera. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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