We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor 9000 and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has many options for scalability, and it is stable."
"The storage capacity is really one of the most valuable features. Also, the GUI is very friendly and the switches gives high performance. The technology used in storage is RAID which as helped us a lot to expand and store various items ."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The solution is stable."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The call charges and the management cost should be more friendly. They can also include monitoring and management."
"The handling of data deletion and bulk servers setup could have been more straightforward and easier when dealing with data removal or setting up servers. I believe Huawei could enhance their solutions, especially managing storage, to provide a better experience for customers."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The product must support more drives."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The WAFL is slow."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
Huawei OceanStor 9000 is ranked 11th in NAS with 2 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 reviews. Huawei OceanStor 9000 is rated 8.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor 9000 writes "An entry-level, flash-based storage system designed for enterprise-class applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". Huawei OceanStor 9000 is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), IBM FlashSystem and Qumulo, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our Huawei OceanStor 9000 vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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