We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Kaminario K2 [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"The most valuable feature is that maintenance is free."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"We have seen savings in our storage. The speed of deployment has gone from several days to a few minutes. This product has reduced that time into minutes, simplifying storage for us."
"It is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it deduces better, whereby it can be assigned six times the usable capacity, depending on the nature of the data."
"The solution’s overall security is good."
"The solution is scalable."
"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."
"The solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"The capacity that we're saving by using Kaminario's K2 is giving us a four-to-one ratio for our deduplication."
"The speed and, for us in particular in what we're doing, the data de-duplication."
"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"Scale out is a differentiator for them, especially in the enterprise market. It's key for a lot of customers."
"Logic/software management"
"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 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"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."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"The solution's price could be better."
"This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0."
"The product could always be faster."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"They should add a feature to the platform to help us manage storage communication with one of the vendors."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"The interface look and feel could be improved."
"I'm hoping to see Active Directory integration. Right now, you still have to use a local admin account to log in and manage everything."
"I would love to see capacity on its DRAM. I know it's not cost effective for them to do it, but I think that it could be a big differentiator and was a big differentiator from the beginning."
"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
Earn 20 points
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with .
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