We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and Huawei OceanStor Dorado 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."Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."
"It has good, reliable, fast storage."
"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."
"The solution is scalable."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."
"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."
"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."
"The most valuable feature is InfoSight, and the ability that InfoSight gives you, from insight within your environment to what is going on at the storage layer."
"Definitely ease-of-use. I've experienced many different arrays out there and Nimble is definitely there."
"This solution has given us reliability that is evident by the fact that it has been running for five years with virtually no hiccups."
"The fact that you can manage the requirements is one the most valuable features of HPE Nimble Storage. The other is the rapid deployment time."
"Our upgrades are seamless. Whether we're adding storage, or upgrading the software, we don't take an outage for those upgrades."
"They have really thought through their solution. They've covered everything."
"Even if one control fails, it automatically turns on the other controller and everything moves from one to the second instantaneously without any issues."
"InfoSight is a valuable feature."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Two things really stand out for me. First, there's group cloning, which is very nice. It simplifies managing multiple clones across the group. Second, Huawei's multi-controller architecture with load balancing is a good part."
"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the overall simplicity."
"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."
"The tool's pricing is higher than competitors."
"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."
"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."
"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"We need better data deduplication."
"The large hardware components may be difficult to fit into some standard racks."
"The solution could improve by having more granularity. For example, having the ability to go deeper into specific IO channels or specific latency issues that can happen would be a benefit. HPE has this ability on their side but it would be useful to have it on our side."
"The stability can be improved."
"Its pricing could be better. It's expensive."
"I would like to have integration into cloud providers, apart from HPE."
"I want it to be an active-active array. Nimble would be great as an active-active array because then everything checks out. It would give a feeling of comfort."
"We are doing a hybrid and are moving some machines to Microsoft Azure to run in hybrid mode. We are checking the availability of extra software-defined storage so that we can configure it."
"The most difficult part about Nimble was the fact that it didn't have a standard length."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"There could be local support services available for the platform. Additionally, they should provide a bundled license, including all protection and encryption rules."
"I would really like to see Heterogeneous Storage Virtualization in a future release."
"The solution's price could be better."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"I would like to see them improve their IOPS per second to match their contemporaries in the industry."
"Engineers with two to three years of experience with Huawei will find that Huawei OceanStor Dorado is a bit complicated to use compared to other Huawei storages."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews. HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Pure Storage FlashArray, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Dell Unity XT. See our HPE Nimble Storage vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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