We performed a comparison between Dell PowerMax NVMe and Huawei OceanStor 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."One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"As soon as we introduced our first Pure Storage FlashArray, the first benefit was at least twice the performance increase. Our production databases simply ran twice as fast with no other change."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"It's extremely stable and has good performance."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"It's just very easy for general block storage."
"The best feature is the protection - PowerMax NVMe is volume-based and replicates data, so it's very comfortable for us to use."
"The compression and deduplication are always on. We get more than 4:1 capacity savings using them. The efficiency benefits from compression and deduplication are through a specialized hardware module within the storage itself, and that means there is no overhead to the compression and dedupe."
"It is efficient and very simple for our administrators to use."
"I have been highly satisfied with the resiliency and scalability of the solution."
"PowerMax NVMe has made it a lot easier to understand how much we are able to provision. It has made it a lot faster to provision new things. 90% of my time for provisioning has been reduced. Also, it has made it very easy to understand and see everything behind it versus the older heritage, where Dell EMC was very convoluted and hard to get working. Things that used to take an hour, probably now take five to 10 minutes."
"I am impressed with the tool's reliability since we see a few hardware failures with it. Also, the solution's replication configuration is good."
"The PowerMax software and CloudIQ let us get an inside view of our compression and compaction, as well as our usage of the storage."
"It's faster and more resilient."
"This is a stable storage system."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Huawei OceanStor is stable."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The support is excellent."
"Stability: The product is designed to have always HA (High Availability) with redundant network and processors."
"We get a quick response in case any component defaults. We have seen the benefits mostly."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"Dell PowerMax NVMe is costly compared to other solutions."
"When it comes to Oracle and database workloads, data reduction could be a little bit better. Some of the competition, like Pure, have post-processes which do additional deduplication and compression on the backside; everything is in-line and then they do a secondary process. It would be a good option if you could start getting 5:1 or 6:1 data reduction on database workloads."
"The NVMe integration could be improved."
"The initial setup was complex. ESRS is a very complex solution to put into our environment, because it requires external access to the Internet. That's a very tough thing for us to do, because we are a PCI and PII company. We store a lot of data for people which is personal. Therefore, going out to the Internet is not our preferred path."
"I think management is where PowerMax is weakest. We're still managing it like we managed EMC arrays in the early 2000s. There's a slicker, fancier GUI that does more things, but at the end of the day, you still have to dig into the command line and issue a lot of the same commands that we still were using almost 20 years ago."
"Setting up PowerMax with VMAX is always complex."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"There is room for improvement in the replication. It's an important requirement for us."
"Could have a more stable, lighter Metro and better logging system."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"The technical support has been a let down for us. It's something the company has to work on. We haven't been satisfied with their level of service."
"We did experience a little latency with this solution."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"Its data replication features work slowly for nodes."
"I would like to see more iterations and direct integration with other solutions."
"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."
Dell PowerMax NVMe is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 66 reviews while Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews. Dell PowerMax NVMe is rated 8.8, while Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerMax NVMe writes "Simplified storage provisioning for us, enabling us to assign any volumes in two to three minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". Dell PowerMax NVMe is most compared with Dell PowerStore, IBM FlashSystem, Dell Unity XT, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and DDN SFA7990X. See our Dell PowerMax NVMe vs. Huawei OceanStor report.
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