We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and NetApp FAS Series 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 availability and ease of use are the big features."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"As soon as we introduced our first Pure Storage FlashArray, the first benefit was at least twice the performance increase. Our production databases simply ran twice as fast with no other change."
"Because we were able to afford to go all flash, we don't manage the tiers, we're not moving data up, and we're not waiting for overnight cycles."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"The solution is easy to scale. I'm running two environments right now, so I need to scale. I'm running a part technology. I've got an A-side and a B-side."
"Support has been helpful."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the price to performance ratio."
"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The customer support is helpful."
"There are plenty of features available in this solution."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."
"The performance is good."
"Most of the features which all enterprises storages solutions have are available in Huawei OceanStor Dorado."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"The file functionality could be better."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"They should add a feature to the platform to help us manage storage communication with one of the vendors."
"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."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"The product must support more drives."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while NetApp FAS Series 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 NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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