We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor 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 simplicity of it. The performance is good, but the simplicity is the best thing. Storage management is quite complex, but Pure Storage is easy to manage."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"We've had to use tech support on a number of occasions. They did everything remotely and talked us all the way through. They fixed the issue within 30 minutes. Every single time we contact them, they're perfect. I would give their technical support a ten out of ten."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"The support is excellent."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is easy to use, deploy, communicate and manage this solution."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in the rail, as it is hybrid storage."
"Huawei OceanStor is easy to manage."
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"It provides a full feature set without separate licensing (deduplication, compression, snapshot, asynchronous replication, stable performance, etc.)."
"Ease of use: My installers - my administrators over the system - they love how easy and fast it is to install and spin up a LUN and get going."
"Implementation of the solution is very simple."
"Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms would have had us license separately."
"Logic/software management"
"Scale out is a differentiator for them, especially in the enterprise market. It's key for a lot of customers."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"Huawei OceanStor should work on its saturation level and should be able to take up more load. It should give the same performance that it gives at 20 or 30 percent load for 80 percent as well."
"I would like to see more iterations and direct integration with other solutions."
"The speed has room for improvement."
"The product must improve the local technical support in China."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"The main concern is regarding the usability of the data storage."
"The technical support has been a let down for us. It's something the company has to work on. We haven't been satisfied with their level of service."
"Improved scale and budget planning with flexibility of the solution for budget needs and efficiency for growth with the great optimization ratio due to the nature of our use."
"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."
"Access to technical support should be improved for our region. Technical support is good, but they're very hard to access."
"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 like to see them work with Cisco, so it comes off the FIs, instead of having to go through my 10-gig network."
"Some of the nice to haves for us, in terms of today, would be VVols but again, it’s not a critical feature."
"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."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
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Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews while Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4, while Kaminario K2 [EOL] is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". 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 is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and DDN SFA7990X, whereas Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with .
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