Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs SolidFire comparison

Huawei and NetApp are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Huawei is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8, while NetApp is ranked #28 with an average rating of 9.0. Huawei holds a 4.4% mindshare in AFS, compared to NetApp’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

SolidFire and Huawei OceanStor Dorado are leading storage solutions. Users are generally happier with SolidFire's pricing and support, but Huawei OceanStor Dorado is favored for its extensive features and perceived value.

Features: SolidFire is praised for its scalability, simplicity, and cost efficiency. Huawei OceanStor Dorado stands out due to its high performance, advanced data reduction technologies, and robust feature set. Users highlight Huawei's speed as a significant advantage over SolidFire.

Room for Improvement: SolidFire users cite the need for better reporting tools, enhanced integration options, and more comprehensive documentation. Huawei OceanStor Dorado users seek improvements in the documentation, clearer guidelines, and more responsive support resources.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SolidFire is commended for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service, making it easier for users to get up and running. Huawei OceanStor Dorado, while powerful, tends to have a steeper learning curve and users report mixed experiences with support responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: SolidFire offers competitive pricing with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency, leading users to report a good ROI. Huawei OceanStor Dorado, although more expensive, is seen as delivering excellent value for money through its powerful features and robust performance.

To learn more, read our detailed Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. SolidFire Report (Updated: July 2025).

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is 4.4%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SolidFire is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Jaehoon Oh

Chief Technology Officer at Lambda256

Supports efficient storage management through volume snapshots and offers reliable non-disruptive upgrades

I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, but it does not show the performance by 4K byte unit. It displays IOPS and bandwidth, but IOPS is about real use, and I want to know how many IOPS are currently running in 4K byte units. I cannot see that IOPS because most storage systems report their performance by 4K byte unit. I want to see Pure Storage performance by 4K byte unit to compare with other storage or other internal NVMe SSD.

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Saleem Ahmed

Cloud Architect at ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd.

A highly stable solution that provides features like SmartMigration, HyperReplication, and SmartPartition

Other Huawei mid-end storages, like 5600 and 5500, are very easy to use. Engineers with two to three years of experience with Huawei will find that Huawei OceanStor Dorado is a bit complicated to use compared to other Huawei storages. Unlike other storages, you cannot configure the disk domain and storage pool in Huawei OceanStor Dorado.

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Ramil Cerrada

Solution lead at Globe Mobile

A versatile storage solution suitable for various workloads in cloud environments providing scalable architecture, granular Quality of Service and consistent performance

The most significant benefit lies in its exceptional performance, driven by its Flash-based architecture. This enhances routing speed and, consequently, database performance. The provisioning process is efficient and doesn't demand higher latency, ensuring optimal data transfer performance which is particularly valuable for tasks like data mining, where quick results are essential.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I use the tool for Oracle databases, Oracle virtual machines, and Oracle Linux databases. I'm on the storage side, not a database administrator."

"The duplication algorithm allows us to get a lot more use out of less storage. We're running a five terabyte array right now and we're running probably about 30 terabytes on it. So the duplication rate is pretty phenomenal, without a cost to performance. It still runs pretty smoothly."

"The solution is very straightforward to set up."

"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."

"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."

"On a scale of one to ten, I rate Pure FlashArray as ten."

"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."

"It has benefited my organization because it has reduced time to insights."

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"The installation and management are very easy."

"The integrated Huawei Flash technology within OceanStor Dorado stands out as one of the most valuable features."

"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."

"The most valuable feature for me is that it deduces better, whereby it can be assigned six times the usable capacity, depending on the nature of the data."

"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."

"The customer support is helpful."

"This is a stable product that we can use for DR in production."

"Most of the features which all enterprises storages solutions have are available in Huawei OceanStor Dorado."

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"The most valuable feature of this solution is its scalability."

"I would say in terms of architecture and in terms of functionality, the product is quite good."

"The most valuable feature is the performance, as well as how you manage performance on the system."

"Individual settings you can put on each individual volume, if you want to do that."

"Greater IOPS, speed, it's all-flash. So seeing that everything is going to all-flash, all SSDs, SolidFire fits right in there with the emerging trend in IT."

"SolidFire is one of the products that does have great APIs right out-of-the-box. It works great. The tools and the other stuff seem to work a little better right out-of-the-box than the ONTAP stuff does, C-Mode."

"The scalability and being able to implement it quickly."

"It's a very compact device. For a medium-sized business, it's very helpful because the device is efficient and very fast."

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Cons

"The software layer has to improve."

"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."

"We would like to see VNC integration or be able to use Pure Storage with VNC."

"The UI for this solution needs to be improved."

"The tool's portfolio is minimal. It is expensive."

"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."

"One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them."

"They could add more support for file storage and different types of storage."

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"The product should be better aligned with the virtual environments"

"From the customer's point of view, Huawei OceanStor Dorado is expensive."

"Difficult integration with third parties."

"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."

"The localization problem needs to be improved."

"There could be local support services available for the platform. Additionally, they should provide a bundled license, including all protection and encryption rules."

"In additional features, it would be easier to do snapshots on a regular basis. So, like, a new feature that would allow you to take snapshots every hour."

"The technology and the features need improvement."

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"One of the challenges we faced while using SolidFire was that the product line that we were using in our company was discontinued."

"The user interface needs to be improved. Much of the client feedback involves comments such as "Oh, it's hard to navigate through.""

"The tool should improve its initial cost which is expensive compared to other products."

"You don't have business continuity with SolidFire. I think it could be a nice feature to have in the future."

"We have a large fiber channel infrastructure, and that's one area that we haven't seen implemented in SolidFire, its more iSCSI."

"I would like to see integration with the cloud, number one. Being able to spin SolidFire in the cloud."

"The technical support is really bad and has to be improved."

"This solution would be improved if it were made to be more compatible with other products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is expensive."

"As far as the licensing costs, everything is included in the license."

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The tool is an investment that we've budgeted for. While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits. We don't regret purchasing it."

"We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees."

"Given its price, Pure is not the first option."

"Pretty much everything that you need is licensed when you buy the product. Licensing to me is different than the maintenance cost, but they can bleed into one another. We buy the product, and we expect three years of support bundled into what we negotiate on our storage arrays. I would start to see maintenance costs going into the fourth year, but we're not there yet."

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"We saw ROI in terms of both money and time saved. It is worth the price."

"It is an expensive solution."

"The price of the solution is competitive compared to others, such as Dell EMC and Hitachi. I believe the reason they are providing a discount is they want to increase their penetration into the market."

"The pricing is one thing that works for them. I think their pricing is more competitively affordable than these top competitors."

"This product is not too expensive, and the price is competitive on the market."

"You need to pay for the license."

"It stands out as the fastest purpose-built storage solution available on the market, and the pricing is highly competitive and excellent."

"The solution's licensing structure needs improvement."

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"On a scale where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the solution between three and four. It is an expensive solution."

"Based on what I heard from other people, its price was on the higher side."

"We would probably use SolidFire more, except we're getting more bang for our buck with our purchases of ONTAP right now, and the deal we made with NetApp, so it's more of just a cost decision"

"The price of this solution is more expensive than others."

"It might be considered expensive, but when evaluating performance, it represents good value online because you pay for what you get."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

14%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

The price of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is very expensive, though I do not know the actual price because I am using the E...

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could ...

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What do you like most about Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

The product has the best compression and encryption features. The most valuable features I have found in the tool are...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

The products they offer are quite cheap. However, I do not have much information about licensing since we don't buy t...

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What needs improvement with Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

Some customers have reported not understanding how the immutable part can be unlocked. From my perspective, it's not ...

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What do you like most about SolidFire?

The provisioning process is efficient and doesn't demand higher latency, ensuring optimal data transfer performance w...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SolidFire?

It might be considered expensive, but when evaluating performance, it represents good value online because you pay fo...

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What needs improvement with SolidFire?

There is room for improvement with a focus on creating a centralized storage system, functioning similar to AWS. This...

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Comparisons

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Compared 25% of the time

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Pure Storage FlashBlade vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 13% of the time

Dell PowerMax vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 13% of the time

HPE Alletra Storage vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 16% of the time

IBM FlashSystem vs Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Compared 13% of the time

HPE Alletra Storage vs Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Compared 12% of the time

Huawei OceanStor vs Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Compared 12% of the time

NetApp AFF vs Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Compared 10% of the time

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Also Known As

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

OceanStor Dorado V3 All-Flash Storage System

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Overview

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Pure Storage

Huawei's OceanStor Dorado V3 all-flash storage is the ideal choice for enterprises' mission-critical business. It is the industry's first commercial use of NVMe all-flash storage, and it delivers high-performing, reliable, and efficient storage services.

Huawei

SolidFire delivers all five core elements needed to deliver newfound storage agility to your next generation data center and beyond. With SolidFire you can deploy new applications and capabilities faster, provide more agile and scalable infrastructure, increase application performance and predictability, enable automation and end-user self-service and raise operational efficiency and reduce cost.

NetApp

Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

Telecom Italia, Hi3G Sweden, KPN

California Public Utilities Commission, RFA, 1&1, Ultimate Software , Endicia, ezVerify, MercadoLibre, Sungard Availability Services, ServInt, Elastx, Hosted Network, Colt, Crucial, iWeb, Datapipe, Databarracks

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