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Dell PowerStore vs Huawei OceanStor 9000 comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 7, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore
Ranking in NAS
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
238
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (4th), Enterprise SAN (1st), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)
Huawei OceanStor 9000
Ranking in NAS
18th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the NAS category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 7.3%, down from 11.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor 9000 is 2.4%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NAS Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerStore7.3%
Huawei OceanStor 90002.4%
Other90.3%
NAS
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2304864 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Resilience has supported proactive management and secured audit readiness across multiple sites
The resilience in Dell PowerStore benefits my company from an auditing perspective because we know we have that resilience in place. I see Dell PowerStore playing a bigger role in the future because we are starting to use it more, and that is pushing it. The biggest return on investment for me when using Dell PowerStore is scalability. Scalability is key. I can amplify that scalability is the biggest return on investment because we have redundancy between two sites; if something goes down, we have to manage it, but we want to do it proactively.
ChukwuemekaOnyemelukwe - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Administrator - Server, Storage & Virtualization at MicroAccess Ltd
An entry-level, flash-based storage system designed for enterprise-class applications
It took significantly longer to set up the solution with Huawei compared to other options. But when creating servers for VMware virtualization in one data center, it was a relatively quick process. The Huawei's solution, even with the assistance of an engineer, took more than one month, possibly extending to two months. Chinese engineers were involved in the process, which contributed to the delays.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Dell PowerStore built-in integrations are important for my customers because they can control most of the features in a single dashboard, which adds value for them since they don't need to log in separately to check the storage status."
"PowerStore is easy to use. All the drives use soft encryption. To upgrade it, you download the app, and it runs by itself. It's very easy to deploy, share, and create volumes."
"As far as data resiliency with Dell PowerStore, I have not had any problems with corruptions."
"Dell PowerStore has good value for money and some scalability features that are better than other products."
"Dell PowerStore improves my organization in general as we are more confident regarding DRP tests and regulations that require us to have a DRP plan."
"Typically, high-performance and high-availability features, such as application snapshots and remote and local replication, are highly valued."
"Dell PowerStore is a great machine for storage with big performance when data is needed."
"Dell PowerStore is designed to consolidate the different product lines, VNX and Unity, into a single frame, and is one of the top-tier storage solutions for mid-enterprise level, featuring unique innovations such as AppsOn, which allows you to run your VMs directly on Dell PowerStore without needing additional hardware while facilitating faster performance and reducing hardware costs."
"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 ."
 

Cons

"It doesn't support SSD or Flash."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"Even though most customers have four-hour support, it sometimes takes two days for parts to arrive when I would expect it the next day."
"The interface of Dell PowerStore reminds me of the Cisco mentality where it's just boxes moving around as you're clicking; it's not easy to understand what you're trying to do, and you have to have solid documentation to navigate the system and make changes to ensure you're not jeopardizing your system as you present and remove storage and expand LUNs."
"What would make it perfect is addressing the occasional lack of continuity with consultants who are on projects for five to six weeks regarding Dell PowerStore."
"While transferring data from NetApp initially posed some challenges, we have faced none since the deployment and configuration of Dell PowerStore."
"There could be better reporting."
"The only area I can highlight for improvement is that the 4:1 data reduction target has not been reached. This may be due to an issue with Dell EMC's initial analysis of data compression. As a result, we have had to add new physical disks to reach our goal of total available disk space."
"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 call charges and the management cost should be more friendly. They can also include monitoring and management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The software features are included in the pricing without any additional purchase requirements."
"We are happy with the pricing that we get from Dell."
"We purchased it with a five-year warranty."
"It is easy to work with Dell from the licensing perspective."
"It is very expensive though when you get to this point of using the 3000 with a client. They will start to think about using another vendor. There are a lot of solutions similar to PowerStore in regards to networking capacity and their prices are very cheap compared to PowerStore."
"The solution's price was comparable to other products for the use case, size, and setup."
"The price of Dell PowerStore could improve. The price should be managed more compared to Huawei Dorado or IBM All-Flash series."
"The price is high compared to the Tunisian market."
"It is cheaper than other solutions."
"The installation is expensive as they often come as a comprehensive package. The design is more integrated, and everything is bundled together as part of the solution. This is what contributes to the higher cost of their solutions because when you purchase one element, it often comes with additional features and components, and you end up paying for the entire package."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
University
12%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business79
Midsize Enterprise45
Large Enterprise119
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Questions from the Community

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