We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE 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 data reduction technology part of the scalability has been impressive, like its ability to host additional workloads, volumes of data, and databases."
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"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."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"OceanStor is cheaper than Dell EMC, and its management interface is quite simple."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"The support is excellent."
"Huawei OceanStor is a good product. Its interface is very simple. The complexities we encounter with recovery points are gone. We just attach to remote storage, click the application, and it starts."
"The setup and the price are the most valuable and not the features related."
"Excellent and efficient support, and the product is a good price."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Huawei OceanStor is designed with built-in high availability features, such as fault tolerance, ensuring consistent data access and minimizing downtime."
"The solution is very easy to troubleshoot. It's one of the most valuable features. It also doesn't take long to deploy and normally it comes with a three-year warranty."
"The most valuable features of the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series are the dual controllers, available installation documentation, and the option of multiple host bus adapter interfaces."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is quite an elementary box, no frills. It does not have all the functionality of the DM but it is acceptable, it does its task. It integrates pretty well."
"Fewer features is not necessarily a negative as it leads to simpler operation and lower price."
"ThinkSystem's storage performs well, and the price per gigabyte is good, especially on SSD solutions. It's also easy to use."
"We have been working with the solution for around a year and so far it has shown itself to be stable."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is simple to use"
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"One thing I'd like to see in a future release is integration between their main storage array and what they call their FlashBlade product; to be able to snapshot directly from the primary array into multiple different backup copies on FlashBlade."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"Huawei is not that cheap."
"The administration should be simplified because there are a large number of options that make it too complicated, and the customers can get confused."
"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."
"Unfortunately, this product doesn't support Flash Disks, but it's IOPS capacity is a great compromise."
"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."
"The product must improve the local technical support in China."
"Its storage capacity could be better."
"Configuration complexity and the tools available."
"There could be a snapshot feature in the solution."
"Usually, when a part fails, we have to replace it and it takes a while. It would be better if the part could be available locally here in Kenya so we don't have to wait so long to repair the solution."
"Its performance could be faster."
"The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs."
"Improvements can be made to the product's performance."
"In the next release, I would like to see more functionality. But, again, it is an entry-level product."
"In the next release, I would like to see support for Hyper-converged infrastructure."
"It would be useful to have structured solutions replicated to other sites."
Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is ranked 20th in All-Flash Storage with 11 reviews. Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4, while Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is rated 8.6. 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 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series writes "Provides good stability and is reliable in terms of performance". Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, NetApp AFF, IBM FlashSystem and NetApp FAS Series. See our Huawei OceanStor vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series report.
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