We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays 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 data reduction."
"Pure Storage is extremely reliable — it's never failed."
"Support has been helpful."
"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The stability and performance are the best things about the solution."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"The first year, we started out with one or five terabytes and it took what was 20 terabytes of storage down to less than one terabyte."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable aspects encompass a comprehensive set of common features, such as NetFlow technology, hyper-micro, and hyper-application functionalities."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"It is very easy to use."
"The installation and management are very easy."
"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance of the database access."
"It provides multi-protocol, which is what gives the edge when it comes to big lineage PC workloads."
"Having the option of such high-speed storage in the data center is what makes it valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its speed."
"It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The benefits are better up-time, better response time."
"The NetApp EF-Series gave our organization easy access to our data bases."
"Rapid deployment, easy integration management and cloning of areas."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"The technology and the features need improvement."
"There could be local support services available for the platform. Additionally, they should provide a bundled license, including all protection and encryption rules."
"We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly."
"The price of the All Flash solution is very high."
"This solution has limited storage."
"There could be better integration with some of our Cisco products."
"I would like to have the ability to replicate data between All Flash and other NetApp storage systems."
"They could improve overall scalability through performance. Denser capacity, which is doable, it is what the competition is doing."
"Its pricing should be better. Its price is competitive, but they need to improve the pricing. They have different licensing models, which they need to improve. My expectation was cloud integration, which they have, but it is a different license. Therefore, people cannot enjoy it. If I want to use it, I need to pay extra. There is a cost involved for everything, but it should reach everyone. It is similar to having a Rolls-Royce, but you need to pay extra for the key. If you want the key, you need to pay."
"I would like to see higher-capacity drives, as they come out; I have heard that 15 TB are out on a different NetApp series. Getting those on the EFs would be nice."
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Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, HPE Primera and IBM FlashSystem. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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