We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and Huawei OceanStor Dorado 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."This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"Support has been helpful."
"When compared to Pure Storage, Dell PowerStore's cost was quite attractive."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to use this frame. I am a SAN administrator, but I was able to train my colleague, who had only been a VMware administrator, on the PowerStore in about half a day. Now he's autonomous in assigning volumes and creating data stores..."
"The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from the PowerStore and is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
"There is no complicated configuration for queries and calls. You just create a model and go."
"Has a great mapping feature."
"The support is very good."
"Migrations are very easy and fast."
"The most valuable feature for me is that it deduces better, whereby it can be assigned six times the usable capacity, depending on the nature of the data."
"The solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"The solution is scalable."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"The performance is good."
"The customer support is helpful."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"Automation could be simplified."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"It was very new when we first deployed it a year ago. Even the upgrade processes and knowing what to expect, as well as documentation, could be more robust."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"The upgrades themselves are running fine, but after the upgrade is when we have a problem. With the update to 1.4, we had a head crash. They told us, 'This is a known issue. Please upgrade to 2.' We upgraded to 2 and, one week later they told us, 'Yeah, there are some issues in 2.0.0. You can lose data. Please upgrade to 2.0.1.' Overall, they need to make the system stable."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"Dell PowerStore is a good solution overall, but some models could support hypervisors better by allowing for more customization and flexibility for customer needs."
"The customer service and support are bad."
"The solution only does thin provisioning."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"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 technology and the features need improvement."
"In additional features, it would be easier to do snapshots on a regular basis. So, like, a new feature that would allow you to take snapshots every hour."
"I would like to see them improve their IOPS per second to match their contemporaries in the industry."
"The data compression and deduplication ratio of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is not as good as other solutions, such as EMC and Pure Storage. It is important when looking at capacity effectiveness."
"The localization problem needs to be improved."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 35 reviews while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 14th in All-Flash Storage with 12 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "Saves us power and floor space, and we can quickly assign new data stores for our developers' VMs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Highly expandable, plenty of features, and good support". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF and Dell SC Series, whereas Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF, HPE Nimble Storage and Dell PowerMax NVMe. See our Dell PowerStore vs. Huawei OceanStor Dorado report.
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