We performed a comparison between FlexPod XCS and Huawei FusionStorage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."The solution’s unified support for the entire stack provides one stop shopping."
"FlexPod is easy to setup, maintain and has great stability."
"It's a new architecture, really scalable and programmable. When you look at SDN propositions it fits very well in a next-gen data center."
"The system is designed for easy scaling. Because we define everything clearly. So when we plug the system in, we apply the profile, and it scales easily."
"We have seen a 20 percent improvement in application performance."
"One of the easiest solutions to implement, maintain, and scale."
"I live by the Validated Designs. I do exactly what those designs say and I haven't had a problem as a result. For example, they used to do the FCoE. They figured out there was a problem and they went over to the NFS. I moved over and I agreed with them. It worked better."
"Centralized administration with Cisco UCS Director allows you to perform all administrative functions from a single interface, as well as automate tasks."
"Provides easy access to our data."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily."
"I would like to see improvements in the documentation. I understanding how things are coming together and a lot of that is from the UCS side."
"NetApp has some tools that you can purchase to do performance management, or you can go with another vendor and buy a product which does the same thing. It would be nice if there was more of these features with the product, not add-ons."
"I had one problem at the site where I had an aggregate that would not shrink after I had deleted some stuff. It took a few tries to get the right guy on the call. We do have a NetApp SAM with our company, and it really took getting to him to get the solution fixed."
"They should cram more space in there and find a way to compress things more; dedupe better."
"It would be helpful if they sold a pre-boxed option so that you can buy a rack and everything's already there, everything's connected."
"Perhaps having a unified interface for managing the entire company could lead to improved efficiency and performance."
"I would like to see programmability into a SaaS-based offering, as I know Cisco's going in a lot of directions with their Intersight application."
"This solution is very hard to maintain and keep up."
"Their cloud services could be improved."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."
"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."
FlexPod XCS is ranked 2nd in Converged Infrastructure with 295 reviews while Huawei FusionStorage is ranked 13th in Cloud Storage with 4 reviews. FlexPod XCS is rated 8.6, while Huawei FusionStorage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FlexPod XCS writes "Integrates everything so you are using fewer tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei FusionStorage writes "Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems ". FlexPod XCS is most compared with Dell PowerFlex, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle Exadata, VxRail and Dell VxBlock System, whereas Huawei FusionStorage is most compared with Red Hat Ceph Storage, Google Cloud Storage and Dell ECS.
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