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Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs StarWind Storage Appliance comparison

Huawei and StarWind are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Huawei is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8, while StarWind is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.5. Huawei holds a 4.4% mindshare in AFS, compared to StarWind’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of StarWind users who would recommend it.
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Pure FlashArray X NVMe
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100% willing to recommend
Huawei OceanStor Dorado
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92% willing to recommend
StarWind Storage Appliance
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

StarWind Storage Appliance and Huawei OceanStor Dorado are key storage solutions with distinct benefits. Huawei OceanStor Dorado stands out for its advanced features, making it a superior choice for those who value top-tier functionality.

Features: StarWind Storage Appliance is praised for its simplicity, high availability, and efficient performance. Users value its ability to integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is noted for its high-speed performance, extensive storage capacity, and robust reliability. Users highlight its advanced data protection and ease of handling large workflows. Huawei OceanStor Dorado outperforms in terms of advanced features and performance.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest that StarWind Storage Appliance could benefit from enhanced scalability and broader integration options with other technologies. Reviews for Huawei OceanStor Dorado indicate a need for a more intuitive management interface and simplified configuration processes. Despite these areas for improvement, Huawei OceanStor Dorado’s advanced capabilities still give it an edge.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StarWind Storage Appliance users find deployment straightforward and highlight responsive customer service. Huawei OceanStor Dorado also receives positive feedback for deployment, particularly for its comprehensive documentation and support. However, users note that it can be complex to set up without guidance from support services. StarWind’s easier deployment wins favor among less tech-savvy users, while Huawei’s detailed support helps offset its complexity.

Pricing and ROI: StarWind Storage Appliance offers attractive pricing, resulting in a faster ROI according to user reviews. Huawei OceanStor Dorado, while more expensive, justifies its cost with exceptional performance and features, leading to strong long-term ROI. Users acknowledge StarWind for cost-effectiveness but consider Huawei Dorado worth the investment for its superior benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Organizations reduced costs and improved performance with Pure FlashArray X NVMe, achieving quick ROI and efficient resource management.
Sentiment score
5.5
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers excellent ROI with low cost of ownership, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, despite higher initial costs.
Sentiment score
6.0
StarWind Storage Appliance users saw reduced costs, improved performance, and increased efficiency, with easy scalability and high reliability.
By opting for the gold subscription every three years, you get a free upgrade to the latest controller release.
If you wait more than seven years to buy another one, you get a return on your investment.
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They are, however, available and reliable, so it is a good investment.
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SajithEruvangai - PeerSpot reviewerEugene Hemphill - PeerSpot reviewer
JG
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe's technical support is praised for responsiveness, despite occasional follow-up issues, earning high customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.3
Huawei OceanStor Dorado customer support is efficient and responsive, with evolving service models and suggested improvements for high-demand regions.
Sentiment score
9.0
StarWind Storage Appliance customer service is praised for 24x7 troubleshooting, professionalism, high technical support ratings, and helpful videos.
We also had one outage where a controller of one of the products had failed and had to be replaced on-site.
Customers always have their issues resolved promptly.
Pure has good storage.
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Huawei's technical support in Romania for Europe is good.
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reviewer943512 - PeerSpot reviewerEugene Hemphill - PeerSpot reviewerGokhan Dikmen - PeerSpot reviewer
JG
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers scalable storage with low latency, easy upgrades, though capacity customization and high costs are noted.
Sentiment score
7.4
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers superior scalability, efficiently supporting varied organizations with seamless horizontal and vertical expansion, outperforming competitors.
Sentiment score
7.5
StarWind Storage Appliance is scalable, adaptable, hardware-independent, supports unlimited storage, and is effective in standalone and hyperconverged environments.
It is highly scalable.
It is suitable for both medium-sized and enterprise businesses.
It hasn't broken down anytime in the last six to seven years, despite hurricanes, earthquakes, and power outages.
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Joerg Utesch - PeerSpot reviewerJaka Demšar - PeerSpot reviewerEugene Hemphill - PeerSpot reviewer
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Pure Storage offers exceptional stability and reliability with outstanding support, consistently achieving high user ratings for performance and service.
Sentiment score
7.9
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is praised for its high reliability and stability, with ratings between seven and ten out of ten.
Sentiment score
8.9
StarWind Storage Appliance is praised for stability, robust performance, and high user ratings, especially on well-maintained Windows OS.
During the eight years, there have been no problems such as hardware failure or stopping.
I would rate the stability of the solution as a ten out of ten.
I would rate the stability of the product at seven out of ten.
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Gokhan Dikmen - PeerSpot reviewerSajithEruvangai - PeerSpot reviewer
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Room For Improvement

Pure FlashArray X requires cost-effective improvements in UI, integration, cloud features, multitenancy, analytics, backup, AI, and scalability.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado faces integration, performance, and usability challenges, compounded by licensing and geopolitical issues affecting adoption.
StarWind Storage Appliance requires improved integration, easier setup, better insights, and feature parity between demo and paid versions.
We would appreciate a built-in transparent failover in the next release to eliminate the need for a separate metro cluster.
I'm eagerly anticipating the roadmap's promise of introducing multiple controllers, which could significantly boost scalability and resilience.
We mostly rely on long-term releases. We don't need the most up-to-date features, but we need a reliable environment.
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Some customers have reported not understanding how the immutable part can be unlocked.
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Joerg Utesch - PeerSpot reviewerSajithEruvangai - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer943512 - PeerSpot reviewer
JG
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers see Pure FlashArray X NVMe as a justified premium investment due to performance and comprehensive licensing.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers cost-effective pricing with minimal maintenance, although advanced features may require extra purchases.
StarWind Storage Appliance is praised for its affordability, straightforward licensing, and excellent value compared to competitors for SMEs.
While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.
The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.
I would give it a nine out of ten in terms of costliness.
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The products they offer are quite cheap.
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Enes SUZER - PeerSpot reviewerEugene Hemphill - PeerSpot reviewerSajithEruvangai - PeerSpot reviewer
JG
 

Valuable Features

Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers exceptional performance, reliability, scalability, and seamless VMware integration, enhancing workload efficiency and user experience.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers high performance, reliable scalability, and cost-effective storage with exceptional features and technical support.
StarWind Storage Appliance is praised for its user-friendly interface, high performance, reliability, excellent support, affordability, and robust data protection.
Pure Storage has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator.
The platform's robust features include excellent sustainability tracking, and a comprehensive dashboard offering insights into IOPS, bandwidth, performance, and virtual activities.
Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen.
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The fast performance and reasonable pricing of Huawei OceanStor Dorado are the main reasons we sell them.
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Gokhan Dikmen - PeerSpot reviewerSajithEruvangai - PeerSpot reviewerEugene Hemphill - PeerSpot reviewer
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Categories and Ranking

Pure FlashArray X NVMe
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Ranking in All-Flash Storage
14th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)
Huawei OceanStor Dorado
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
StarWind Storage Appliance
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
30th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
NAS (16th)
 

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 StarWind Storage Appliance is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Jaehoon Oh - PeerSpot reviewer
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 - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Kishore CA - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers stable performance even with a single node failure and manages everything with just two nodes.
The only drawback is that it takes a bit of time during initial synchronization, especially after restarting the environment. This is a potential area of improvement. There's a synchronization time, but it takes time. Initially, when we start the first environment deployment, it starts synchronizing between the storage. So, it is taking time. One thing is that even when you restart. Let's assume that the synchronization is completed and the storage is synchronized. Both storages are fully synchronized, and it is in sync mode. Now, if we want to restart both nodes, there is a case for maintenance purposes. You took both nodes for maintenance, and we rebooted it. Then, it should not synchronize again. It should be a checksum. And if there is a checksum match, there should be no synchronization again. So, one thing that should be taken care of. Another thing is that I used freeware- the community version, free license, which we deployed using PowerShare. In that case, it was very difficult to bring back another node when one node was faulty. Let's assume that both the nodes are working fine. And we found one node faulty. And we destroyed all the volumes in that and tried to bring it back. So that was a difficult factor. The final solution is that we were not able to bring back the failed node. So, we reconstructed a new data source for that. That is another drawback. In future releases, I would like to see the integration with VMware or some other things as a plugin model for VMware.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 StarWind Storage Appliance?
I would say data protection and easy management are the most valuable features of the product...I rate the technical ...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StarWind Storage Appliance?
I rate StarWind Storage Appliance's pricing an eight out of ten.
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What needs improvement with StarWind Storage Appliance?
StarWind Storage Appliance's demo version should be similar to the paid one.
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Pure FlashArray X NVMe
August 2025
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August 2025
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StarWind Storage Appliance
July 2025
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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

For SMB and Enterprises who are looking for high performance primary storage for server virtualization, VDI, database and Big Data scenarios, or inexpensive secondary backup tier, our solution is StarWind Storage Appliance. It unifies commodity servers, disks and flash, and associated software into an easily scalable storage platform.

Additionally, the appliance features an optional gateway to Azure public cloud, which helps to implement an effective Disaster Recovery plan or meet regulatory requirements. StarWind SA scales up by adding individual disks and flash modules, or JBODs, while adding ready controller nodes allows scaling out. 

StarWind SA targets those, who need high-performance primary storage or secondary storage for backup. In case there is a whole virtualization infrastructure to build from scratch, StarWind HCA will come in handy. Otherwise, if all the required hardware is present, StarWind Virtual SAN will be enough to build a high-performance virtualization setup. 

StarWind
 

Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company
Telecom Italia, Hi3G Sweden, KPN
Bosch, EC2 IT, Solid Earth Inc., Canon
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