Huawei OceanStor Pricing

ZH
Senior Networks Manager at STZA

This product is fairly priced. EMC storage with similar specifications was offered to us at double the cost. This was around 20 million local currency, while Dell EMC was 40 million. Almost double the price. 

That's why we went with Huawei, even though Dell EMC was our initial preference due to their high cost.

OceanStor is much cheaper. 

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Saleem Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd.

Huawei OceanStor is a cost-effective storage solution. It allows its users to optimize their storage infrastructure and achieve enhanced resource utilization. 

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AJ
Data Center Engineer at Emerging Communications Limited

The pricing depends on the features the customer wants, such as storage, RAM, and processors, but in general, Huawei is much cheaper compared to Dell and Cisco.

I rate the price of Huawei OceanStor a four out of five.

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JS
IT Solution Architect at Altopro

Usually, the license is included in the basic bundles. Some parts of the license are additional, but mostly everything customers need is included in the basic bundle. Some customers use advanced licenses for duplication and compression, and there are three or four different licenses available that distinguish the duplication ratios. But, in general, most customers use the basic license bundle. Also, all licenses on the Huawei storage rates are not limited to capacity, so if you buy them at the beginning, you don't have to extend or buy additional licenses when you scale out.

There are extra costs when you buy certification licenses for higher deduplication ratios or Hyper Metal features to make reflective storage clustering. But the price of the license is quite low, so it's not something special or expensive. Most customers spend several hundred or maybe a few thousand euros on these additional licenses. In the overall price of the storage rate, it's perfectly negligible.

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Tobias Kohler - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Central Services / CFO at JOSEF MEYER Rail AG

The product is cheap.

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NADEEM AHMAD - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at GCS Pvt. Limited

The price of Huawei OceanStor should be less expensive. It is expensive at the moment.

As a salesperson, I always prefer lower prices from the manufacturer because it makes it easier for me to secure orders. However, the solution itself is very good and customers tend to like it. Dell entered the market in 2017, and they marketed their solutions as the cheapest and best option, which helped them secure the most orders in Pakistan. Their strategy was to offer a good solution at a competitive price.

I rate the price of Huawei OceanStor an eight out of ten.

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Jose Miguel Porto - PeerSpot reviewer
ITC Manager at Fabric Editors SA

The solution’s price is affordable.

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DK
Computer Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

I'm not sure of the exact pricing. Our IT team handles the licensing.

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GB
Chief Executive Officer at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

Huawei OceanStor is priced very well but is a bit complicated.

You have a price list but have to wait for a discount, which depends on the distribution, where you get it from. This is intransparent, I prefer a clear price policy.

I would prefer having a price quote based on whether you are a reseller if you have silver or gold status, or a customer.

The price list is high and you get a large discount from the price list. I prefer a comparable price list and a smaller discount.

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HT
System Admin at Kucukcekmece Belediyesi

I am satisfied with the tool's pricing, which is in the middle. It is overpriced. I rate it an eight out of ten. 

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QS
Technical Pre-sales at Freelancer

The product has a good price.

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EG
Architect at a recreational facilities/services company with 1-10 employees

When compared to other options on the market, Huawei OceanStor stands out as the most affordable solution. Payment is determined by the amount of storage capacity required, and we have paid 50,000 euros for our usage.

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ST
Head of Data Centre Solutions at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

The tool's pricing is competitive and affordable. It has the best possible pricing that we can get from Huawei. The prices are fixed and there are no additional costs. 

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Yordan Velez Rodríguez - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect of solutions at Datrix

Huawei have de better price, an intuitive and easy UI for maintance and operation, and the license mechanism is perpetual, you don´t need to paying all years 

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PP
Engineer Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The price of the solution could be less expensive. However, there are not any licensing costs.

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SS
Technical Support Executive at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

We do not find the pricing to be very high. It's quite affordable. 

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LA
IT Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Pricing is very fair. It's competitively priced. 

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EG
Architect at a recreational facilities/services company with 1-10 employees

Pay attention to other systems with licensing. This system included everything in perpetual mode. Setup cost and time is very simple. As a new player price is very competitive.

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it_user711198 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This product value matches its price.

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FN
Consulant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

OceanStor's pricing is based on features and volume. If you have a feature like IPCC One or HyperMetro, you will get the license for a specific volume. So when you reach that volume limit, you need to extend the license. That is a significant issue with it.

With many other vendors, the licensing model is mainly based on the feature. For instance, if a file is part of the license for Snapshot, once you have the license, it's not linked to the volume or the number of snapshots you do, even when you extend your storage capacity. It is a perpetual license not based on volume. But with Huawei, that is an issue because you need to extend it to still benefit from the feature if you exceed the volume. You have to pay a lot for data. I would estimate that it accounts for about 10% of the license, but the fact that it is based on volume is not a good point, in my opinion.

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AS
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We pay a monthly licensing fee for this solution. The price could be less expensive.

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CW
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Since Huawei is a Chinese product we've got the tendency to think that it is very cheap. But Huawei is not that cheap. We compared Huawei's price before purchasing. We compared costs per GB to other suppliers, as well. We compared the cost to EMC and NetApp, which are quite nimble solutions. We had to also evaluate the local support that is in our country. We evaluated other criteria, as well. After these evaluations we chose Huawei. It was not only cost. Basically it's not the cheapest but it's in the mid-pricing. We've got the high end, the mid-price, then we've got the low end. Huawei would be in the middle.

I will keep it general and not provide a detailed analysis in terms of storage and the All-Flash requirements. In this case, people, especially application guys, should understand that All-Flash is not for all applications. This is important because of the cost of All-Flash compared to other storage solutions. In fact, you need to emphasize this very well and tell application guys that you're spending a lot of money on All-Flash when it's not really required. In my opinion, this is the main thing. Otherwise, you end up upgrading and upgrading and it's quite a budget for All-Flash compared to other storage.

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it_user711933 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's roughly affordable.

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