We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series 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."Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"It gives us capacity planning."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"The solution is stable; we've had no problems at all."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replicate. We are running a financial company and it needs to be available 24/7. We can't afford any downtime."
"The interface is easy to use which makes the product user-friendly."
"The setup and installation is much simpler now, because Dell has standardized the configure process."
"What is most valuable about the Dell EMC SC Series system was its reliability."
"Customers are most impressed with SC's provisioning because you don't need to buy a large amount of storage upfront. It's pay-as-you-grow. It also has solid compression and duplication features."
"I think that Dell EMC is one of the best technical support services in Ukraine."
"In terms of stability, it's good enough. It's okay."
"The pricing is very reasonable."
"Great value for money."
"This is a stable storage system."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications."
"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Huawei OceanStor is stable."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered higher performance, at least on the back end."
"The lower model, the 3000, should have duplication. It doesn't right now. It's only from 5000 that this is offered, but it depends on the performance. It could be they don't offer it on lower models because the duplication is too much of a burden to the performance."
"This solution could be improved if overall performance was improved and operated with a higher speed and supported a higher volume of RAM."
"One option I would like to see is, when you're up on the view-screen, to be able to incorporate getting to what HPE call the iLO, the Integrated Lights-Out. To be able to get that instead of having to go back and trying to find IP addresses and re-institute those would be good. It would be good to be able to that put on the initial splash screen."
"I would like to see an integrated key manager in the controllers. Currently, it's an external product. It would be nice to have the option of having a built-in key for self-encrypting drive features."
"While the scalability is good, there are certain limitations."
"An issue we had was that the controller went down during an upgrade because of their upgrading the code. One side of the switch was down."
"Licensing, especially on the storage line, could use some simplification. It's not terrible, but, for example, with the Isilon series, they've gone to completely a la carte. A la carte is very difficult to traverse, as to what you need. It would be more beneficial, at least from my point of view as a customer, if they did it more like car companies do, where there are package lines"
"The speed has room for improvement."
"The duration of the built-in snapshot technology must be improved."
"The upgrading process needs improvement. Deploy it and notify the customers when new versions and stuff comes out. I don't think they're doing that well."
"Its data replication features work slowly for nodes."
"The product must improve the local technical support in China."
"The user interface is not so user friendly."
"Integration with mainstream solution technologies could be better."
"The main concern is regarding the usability of the data storage."
Dell SC Series is ranked 24th in All-Flash Storage with 49 reviews while Huawei OceanStor is ranked 12th in All-Flash Storage with 30 reviews. Dell SC Series is rated 8.4, while Huawei OceanStor is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell SC Series writes "Automated architecture that proactively optimizes your database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor writes "User-friendly and robust storage solution with good performance and easy setup". Dell SC Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF, whereas Huawei OceanStor is most compared with Huawei OceanStor Dorado, NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT and DDN SFA7990X. See our Dell SC Series vs. Huawei OceanStor report.
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