We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor and NetApp NVMe AFF A800 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 amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"I like the speed, and I like the API and how programmable it is."
"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."
"The deduplication and compression rates are beyond impressive."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"Huawei OceanStor is easy to manage."
"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 most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"Its technical support team is helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in the rail, as it is hybrid storage."
"The solution is easy to scale as needed."
"Generally stable with good technical support."
"We get a quick response in case any component defaults. We have seen the benefits mostly."
"Low latency is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are stability and performance."
"NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is easier to use than some other solutions and the UI is very good to use for day-to-day activities. Overall, the solution has good technology."
"We find the product to be very flexible."
"The product can be scaled vertically as well as horizontally."
"You can easily scale up, and scale-out."
"The storage features are valuable."
"During the use cases of the solution, its reliability and suitability are the best."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"Its storage capacity could be better."
"The deployment took a little longer."
"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."
"Could have a more stable, lighter Metro and better logging system."
"The security could be a bit more robust."
"The main concern is regarding the usability of the data storage."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"The product’s UI could be better."
"The initial setup should be easier, and more like a plug-and-play approach."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The cost of the solution is quite high. It would be ideal if they could adjust it so that it's a but less."
"Increasing the RAM, and including physical cords would be beneficial."
"The support can take a few days to have a response. However, the response that we do receive is very informative."
"The product's performance has some shortcomings, making it an area that could be a little better."
Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews while NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is ranked 17th in All-Flash Storage with 10 reviews. Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4, while NetApp NVMe AFF A800 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 NetApp NVMe AFF A800 writes "Very easy to manage, highly stable and offers robustness of the CLI, API, and GUI ". Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, whereas NetApp NVMe AFF A800 is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Dell PowerMax NVMe, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and IBM FlashSystem. See our Huawei OceanStor vs. NetApp NVMe AFF A800 report.
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