We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and NetApp AFF 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 speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"It reduces space and the polar consumption. It also accelerates the application."
"It's actually very stable"
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The reliability is very good."
"It is easy to deploy and it's all-flash, so it's very fast."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"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 customer support is helpful."
"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"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 platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"NetApp AFF is very good at cleaning up your storage."
"Deduplication"
"High availability"
"The performance of NetApp AFF allows our developers and researches to run models and their tests within a single workday instead of spreading out across multiple workdays."
"The most valuable feature, primarily, would be speed. That's why we got it. Storage is costly but it's very, very fast. Very efficient, very fast."
"The most valuable features of this solution are snapshotting and cloning."
"Batch times went from approximately seven hours down to about two and a half. Functionality during the day, such as taking or removing snapshots and cloning instances, is higher than it has ever been."
"The most valuable features of AFF are its speed and the responsive support from NetApp."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"They could improve the price."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"The solution is not cheap."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."
"The solution's price could be better."
"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."
"Difficult integration with third parties."
"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."
"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."
"The data compression and deduplication ratio of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is not as good as other solutions, such as EMC and Pure Storage. It is important when looking at capacity effectiveness."
"They should add a feature to the platform to help us manage storage communication with one of the vendors."
"It's a little behind on security. It's starting to get into multi-factor authentication, they just started to introduce it but not for all products."
"The total cost of ownership has increased a little."
"There are no RDMA capabilities in CIFS (SMB) and NFS protocols."
"The response to basic problems could be faster. They usually respond fast when there are critical issues, but you always want it right now."
"The price of NVMe storage is very expensive."
"It would be better if they just improved the performance of the system."
"The initial setup has a lot more steps in it than are probably necessary for a base deployment, unlike other vendors where it's more straightforward. It could be a little bit more streamlined."
"There are no pNFS with VMware VVOLs."
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 15 reviews while NetApp AFF is ranked 2nd in All-Flash Storage with 43 reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while NetApp AFF is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Unlocking exceptional performance and reliability with outstanding support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp AFF writes "It has simplified our operational model by making routine processes easier and less prone to error". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe and HPE Nimble Storage, whereas NetApp AFF is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, VMware vSAN and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. NetApp AFF report.
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