Dell PowerVault vs Huawei OceanStor SNS comparison

Dell Technologies and Huawei are both solutions in the Fibre Channel category. Dell Technologies is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Huawei is ranked #2. Dell Technologies holds a 27.9% mindshare in FC, compared to Huawei’s 26.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution.

Dell PowerVault

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerVault

Ranking in Fibre Channel

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise SAN (2nd)

Huawei OceanStor SNS

Ranking in Fibre Channel

2nd

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Fibre Channel category, the mindshare of Dell PowerVault is 27.9%, down from 32.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor SNS is 26.0%, down from 34.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Fibre Channel Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerVault	27.9%
Huawei OceanStor SNS	26.0%
Other	46.1%

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RichardLynch

Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Administrative ease and dependable support consistently enhance our operations

I would say my favorite features of Dell PowerVault are that it's pretty easy to use. It has been pretty stable. Firmware updates have been pretty easy to install and updates are pretty easy to do. Replacing a bad drive is fairly simple. It is just fairly easy to administer it.

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

13%

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	10

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerVault?

Dell PowerVault offers valuable full flash storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerVault?

For the licensing cost of Dell PowerVault, we can recommend it as an eight. The pricing is very good, there's no issue with it, and the price is very cheap. We can take more discounts from Dell acc...

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerVault?

I would like Dell PowerVault to be integrated with all other vendor hardware; it requires improvement.

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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerVault

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Overview

PowerVault MD3 storage arrays help you cost-effectively address the challenges of data growth with versatile solutions that are optimized for smaller-scale storage consolidation, flexible virtualization projects and high business continuity.

Dell Technologies

Huawei OceanStor SNS2124, 2224, and 2248 are Fiber Channel (FC) switches designed for small-scale independent SANs and edge topologies of large-scale core switching networks.

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Sample Customers

Dayco, FAW Foundry, University of Cambridge, Finder, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co.

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