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Huawei FusionStorage vs Oracle Private Cloud Appliance comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionStorage
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (16th), File and Object Storage (20th)
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Huawei FusionStorage and Oracle Private Cloud Appliance aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Huawei FusionStorage is designed for Cloud Storage and holds a mindshare of 2.6%, up 1.8% compared to last year.
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, on the other hand, focuses on Converged Infrastructure, holds 8.3% mindshare, down 15.5% since last year.
Cloud Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei FusionStorage2.6%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise6.9%
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP5.6%
Other84.9%
Cloud Storage
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance8.3%
FlexPod XCS12.8%
HPE ConvergedSystem10.9%
Other68.0%
Converged Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

Wondwossen Abebe Kebede - PeerSpot reviewer
Program and performance manager at Ethio Telecom
Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems
The product integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems in the telecom sector. Our partners manage services, including detailed integration and migration-related operations. The platform upholds the uptime and reliability of our business applications. We classify our systems into different tiers, ranging from machine-critical to business-critical, and FusionStorage helps us run all the services. It delivers a remarkable uptime of 99.9%. With our expectations for continuous service availability, we are operating 24/7. In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Mir Gulzar Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Synergy Computers
Offers comprehensive support and performance but initial deployment requires expertise
Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is a complete solution that includes built-in hypervisor management and Appliance Manager, and integrates with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It simplifies the management of virtual machines, networking, compute, and storage, allowing me to create multiple virtual machines easily without logging into the storage system. It offers free licensing of Oracle Linux and Solaris, and provides high-performance capabilities through extreme performance storage options. Additionally, the product ensures comprehensive customer support.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Provides easy access to our data."
"It is a stable solution."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"This is a good solution and we haven't had any issues with it."
"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."
"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"The solution’s most valuable feature is its performance."
"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use."
"The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA."
"It has helped us to reduce Oracle licensing costs for database and applications."
"It is scalable as the box can be increased by one compute node, if required."
"It's the most cost-effective solution for your mixed Oracle and non-Oracle workloads."
"You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable."
"The main advantage of the PCA is licensing, for Oracle Database."
"Supports connection to most of network topology, such as VLAN and network segmentation."
"This is really a good consolidation play, so typically customers would have 10 or 15 servers out there, probably older, and what PCA does is give them a platform for consolidation."
 

Cons

"The only thing I really know about the initial setup is that currently the installation is not that straightforward."
"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."
"Their cloud services could be improved."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"I'd like to see better product maturity including their branding on the cloud environment. Their cloud services are not up to that of AWS, Azure or Oracle cloud platforms."
"The solution’s support could be improved."
"The problem with Huawei is that it generally oversells. As a principle, Huawei does not educate the partner or the end user enough to scale up their solution correctly."
"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."
"Customer Service: Since the PCA is relative new, finding experienced resources is bit hard; need a lot of improvements in terms of documentation and technical details."
"In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly."
"The overall engineered system is years behind other vendors, I'm thinking of VMware, OpenStack, Azure Stack."
"For pricing, it is more expensive than the normal solution or the hyper-converged system."
"The deployment process of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is complicated and requires significant knowledge for initial configuration."
"I think a tighter integration with external storage, the simplicity of having, let's say for example, EMC storage or Hitachi storage connected to PCA would have been a nice little added."
"The initial setup was very complex."
"Patching processing takes a long time. Only one compute node is patched at a time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is expensive but might be optimal based on the partnership."
"If one is a cheap solution and ten means it is a very expensive product, I would rate the price as two or three."
"It is relatively cost-effective."
"If you have many Oracle products, such as databases, middleware, and apps, it will help you reduce Oracle app licences and support costs."
"It is more expensive than the normal solution or the hyper-converged system."
"No licenses for the shipped software or firmware."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
13%
Comms Service Provider
13%
University
9%
Performing Arts
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Huawei FusionStorage?
The solution’s support could be improved.
What is your primary use case for Huawei FusionStorage?
Huawei FusionStorage provides a scalable, high-performance, and highly available distributed storage solution designed to support critical enterprise applications and big data workloads. We deploye...
What needs improvement with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
The deployment process of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is complicated and requires significant knowledge for initial configuration. Streamlining and simplifying the deployment process would make ...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
I use Oracle Private Cloud Appliance ( /products/oracle-private-cloud-appliance-reviews ) as a complete solution for hypervisor management. It includes a built-in hypervisor, Appliance Manager, and...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
The product overall is rated at 7.5 out of 10. There is room for improvement, particularly in simplifying the deployment process. Simplifying this aspect could increase the rating to nine.
 

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Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Liaoning, Zhejiang
Agnitum Information Technologies, Mediacloud, Xait AS, Atos Global Managed Services, CaixaBI, ICA AB, BT Spain, Secure-24, Xait
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