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Dell SC Series vs Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Dell SC Series
Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (18th)
Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage...
Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays
4th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Frame-Based Disk Arrays category, the mindshare of Dell SC Series is 15.1%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System is 9.5%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Frame-Based Disk Arrays Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell SC Series15.1%
Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System9.5%
Other75.4%
Frame-Based Disk Arrays
 

Featured Reviews

RafaelGamaluis - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect Engineer, IT INFRASTRUCTURES Project Manager at Vilavi
User interface offers clarity and detailed information while technical support consistently delivers
The best features of Dell SC Series are stability and replication. The replication solution is excellent, and they have a solution named Live Migration. It is a robust platform. The interface and the GUI (graphical user interface) for administrating the Compellent are exceptional, with abundant information that is very clear. The management capabilities are excellent, and the stability of our storage hardware is remarkable.
reviewer1456134 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager Applications at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Offers good support but there are issues with the language barrier
Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are. They have a really nice marketing team that keeps on promoting all of their successes over various platforms. They are relatively cheaper when it comes to cloud services but they have a few weaknesses at the same time. IBM has AI tools and they have IBM Watson and Huawei doesn't. If you compare our deployment team from IBM versus our technical team from Huawei, with IBM we have five people, and for Huawei, we have 20 people. There is a major difference because you're getting more business from Huawei compared to IBM. We have a separate team for administration, installation, configuration, storage, and cloud.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Simplicity and stability are very important for me, and this solution is very simple to use, it's very efficient and a customer won't make many mistakes when using it."
"The Phone Home support is very good, providing proactive troubleshooting and responding quickly, and we also have a local vendor who supports all our IT infrastructure and acts as our consultant."
"With mixed workloads, we are seeing at least a 15 to 20 percent improvement."
"It has given us a reliable and dynamic storage system that we did not match before with our previous solution."
"The solution has a wide variety of valuable features. The data progression works well. We use the snapshot functionality quite a bit and really like it."
"The most valuable features are the with back-end dedupe, and the thin nodes. For a 20TB or 60TB, we're using almost a one-to-two ratio."
"Component support was great; on a scale of one to ten they were a ten, they were always helpful."
"It's allowed us to have one hundred percent uptime over the last five years — maybe more."
"Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are."
"Considering the penetration that they have in the market, I would recommend Huawei."
 

Cons

"I would like to improve the processing ability."
"Dell could improve the upgrading process. It was the lifecycle that made it very short."
"Overall, I'd like to see more synergy between Dell EMC's higher-tier platforms and their mid-tier platforms. What I have said, constantly, to my partners at Dell EMC is that the clear articulation of the path is really important to us. In that vein, what I'd also like to see is, with the migration strategy that's built into this product, a lot more attention paid to Dell's - in particular - legacy platforms and how we get from some of our legacy EMC platforms onto this platform with a straight-through migration and scaling strategy, not host-based migrations and not piecemeal... Dell EMC would do well to focus more on my ability to skip a generation, rather than having me take individual hops because I can't greenfield my way into a software-defined data center fast enough. This journey of multiple hops is not helpful."
"We had times that we needed a file service solution. We've used FluidFS, but it's a solution that is being transitioned out."
"The tool's pricing is high and not suitable for medium companies."
"The only issue with scaling up is that the pricing gets pretty high."
"I would like to have 100% functionality through the web app."
"I would like to see higher compression, dedupe, faster I/O, and bigger drives."
"When we sell Huawei to our customers, they always have some support issues, probably because of the language barrier."
"It is an expensive product. They should lower the price."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of this solution is competitive."
"It's a very affordable solution."
"Compared to other solutions out there, it's affordable."
"This solution could be better priced in comparison with other vendors."
"The pricing is reasonable, but it is expensive."
"Always keep in mind, this is not just a enclosure with disks is a complete SAN as a service. There is software, license, and storage in one single solution."
"We have reviewed many platforms over the years. It is probably the best solution for its value."
"We were able to afford two tiers of flash storage at a price where the competition was giving us one tier or just a handful of discs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise20
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell SC Series?
In our case, we received favorable pricing with Dell because of our strong partnership. While I acknowledge that Dell SC Series can be expensive for many companies, we received good discounts. The ...
What needs improvement with Dell SC Series?
For us, it is a great product. The deduplication and compression could potentially be improved, though they are already good. We cannot identify any significant areas that need improvement.
What is your primary use case for Dell SC Series?
We use Dell SC Series in a VMware environment.
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Also Known As

SC Series Storage, Compellent
OceanStor T-Series, OceanStor 18000 Series, OceanStor 6800, OceanStor 5000 Series, OceanStor 2000 Series
 

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Sample Customers

TGen, Frost Science, Gerrie Electric
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