We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 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."On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"It is an SSD array that has awesome performance, low submillisecond latency, and does what it is supposed to do. It just works, which is difficult for things to do anymore."
"The customer support is helpful."
"The product has the best compression and encryption features. The most valuable features I have found in the tool are its performance and cost-effectiveness. While Huawei OceanStor Dorado may not always be chosen for its features compared to other brands like Dell, HPE, etc., it is often selected due to its affordability. Customers opt for Huawei OceanStor Dorado primarily because it offers similar performance features as other brands at a lower cost."
"The primary factors that make Huawei OceanStor Dorado Series highly valuable to us are its competitive pricing, exceptional performance, and stability."
"This is a stable product that we can use for DR in production."
"The product offers good performance."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The platform's most valuable features are reliability, intelligence, and fast performance speed."
"It is very easy to use."
"ThinkSystem's storage performs well, and the price per gigabyte is good, especially on SSD solutions. It's also easy to use."
"We have been working with the solution for around a year and so far it has shown itself to be stable."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is quite an elementary box, no frills. It does not have all the functionality of the DM but it is acceptable, it does its task. It integrates pretty well."
"The solution is very easy to set up."
"This solution is good for virtualization and meets the need for CPU and RAM requirements."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is simple to use"
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"The price could be better."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"The price should be lower."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"The product could always be faster."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols"
"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"The price must 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 speeds of the disks themselves need to be faster. The disks are not flash. When we opened our hard drive from the inclusion, I saw a converter, and it's not entirely flash."
"Its performance could be faster."
"Usually, when a part fails, we have to replace it and it takes a while. It would be better if the part could be available locally here in Kenya so we don't have to wait so long to repair the solution."
"Improvements can be made to the product's performance."
"It would be useful to have structured solutions replicated to other sites."
"In the next release, I would like to see support for Hyper-converged infrastructure."
"The solution could be more scalable, although it suits our present needs."
"In the next release, I would like to see more functionality. But, again, it is an entry-level product."
"ThinkSystem could be better integrated with backup software like Commvault, Veritas, or Symantec."
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is ranked 20th in All-Flash Storage with 11 reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series writes "Provides good stability and is reliable in terms of performance". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, NetApp AFF, IBM FlashSystem and HPE 3PAR StoreServ. See our Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series report.
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