We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor and Huawei OceanStor Dorado based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Huawei OceanStor Dorado came out ahead of Huawei OceanStor. Although the two products have straightforward deployment and multiple valuable features, our reviewers found Huawei OceanStor more expensive and that it needs to improve its technical support.
"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."
"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."
"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 very straightforward to set up."
"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."
"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."
"Great value for money."
"We get a quick response in case any component defaults. We have seen the benefits mostly."
"Stability: The product is designed to have always HA (High Availability) with redundant network and processors."
"The most valuable feature is the availability."
"The solution has improved our organization by speeding up our operations."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"If your virtual machine that resides on it completely fills the storage space, thanks to it's built-in function of all-zero data space reclamation, you just have to ask to System Engineer to run a zero-free on hosts (thin provisioned) and you will get more space instantaneously."
"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the price to performance ratio."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"Most of the features which all enterprises storages solutions have are available in Huawei OceanStor Dorado."
"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."
"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of the product."
"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."
"There is room for improvement in catering to midrange storage needs, especially for customers seeking Enterprise-class features."
"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."
"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."
"Its data replication features work slowly for nodes."
"The solution needs to improve the compression side of the application."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"The deployment took a little longer."
"Could have a more stable, lighter Metro and better logging system."
"CFS integration is one area where OceanStor has some room for improvement. The CFS on OceanStor is dedicated, so it's not integrated with the existing active directory domain."
"The duration of the built-in snapshot technology must be improved."
"The overall price of the solution should be reduced."
"Having distinct modules for data compression and encryption features enhances flexibility and performance optimization for users with varying requirements."
"It should have easy connectivity with the AIX, however, I've found that with AIX, it has some issues and due to this, we need to remove the exact fiber card sometimes and then plug it in again so that it can connect with the AIX systems."
"The product could always be faster."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"The technology and the features need improvement."
"The speeds of the disks themselves need to be faster. The disks are not flash. When we opened our hard drive from the inclusion, I saw a converter, and it's not entirely flash."
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 32 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 32 reviews. Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4. 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 Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem and HPE Primera, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, Pure Storage FlashArray and HPE Primera. See our Huawei OceanStor vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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