We performed a comparison between Huawei OceanStor Dorado and VNX [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"We consume less physical storage because of the solution’s deduplication and compression."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"All our junior partners can administer the storage arrays. It is simple and easy to use. We don't have to dedicate a whole team of full time people to work on it."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"Support has been helpful."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"We can use Huawei OceanStor Dorado capacity storage for many different purposes."
"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 solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."
"Most of the features which all enterprises storages solutions have are available in Huawei OceanStor Dorado."
"The deduplication features and the graphical user interface (GUI) of the solution are the most valuable to me."
"The majority of our customers find this solution simple to use."
"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."
"Two things really stand out for me. First, there's group cloning, which is very nice. It simplifies managing multiple clones across the group. Second, Huawei's multi-controller architecture with load balancing is a good part."
"FAST (auto-tiering): Doesn't require configuration and is managed by the array itself."
"Multi-tiering, positively affects the efficiency of the storage space."
"The implementation of both block and file system storage in a single GUI provides is better situated than most other storages."
"Integration with VMware"
"One of the best features of the VNX is the ability to combine drives of different types into a virtual Storage Pool. By combining small but fast flash drives, SAS drives, and high-capacity but slower NL-SAS drives, the VNX can intelligently move data to the different tiers of storage based on usage."
"It is very stable even during multiple power failures."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-tiering, which helps in the speed of data access."
"The most valuable feature is the tight VMware integration, due to the migration from bare metal to virtualized environments and then on to the cloud."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"The built-in reporting tools need some enhancement."
"Difficult integration with third parties."
"The solution needs to improve its integration."
"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."
"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."
"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."
"One of the key areas that need enhancement pertains to the software procurement process."
"I would like to see them improve their IOPS per second to match their contemporaries in the industry."
"The administrative console (Navisphere/Unisphere) needs some improvement, especially on their Java-based GUI. The updated version of Java is not compatible."
"The CLI could be better documented, like with VMAX."
"Poor connection to FC."
"Intel Xeon processors with under 2 GHz processing speeds could be replaced with more recent ones."
"If the VNX had embedded encryption, that would be great."
"VNX can improve by offering flexible upgrade options. It's not possible to add a single HDD to a current array and there are fixed rules to make upgrades."
"It would be very helpful to get an automated report that shows you the size of the checkpoints and get warnings when a checkpoint is reaching either maximum capacity per a file system or hitting the ceiling on the SavVol pool consumption."
"There is an easy replication process between distinct data centers via VPLEX and/or RPA. But I hope in the future that EMC/Dell could replicate this with other types of storage."
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Huawei OceanStor Dorado is ranked 11th in All-Flash Storage with 31 reviews while VNX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. Huawei OceanStor Dorado is rated 8.4, while VNX [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Huawei OceanStor Dorado writes "Good performance and simple to deploy and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VNX [EOL] writes "The auto-tiering helps in the speed of data access". Huawei OceanStor Dorado is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Huawei OceanStor, IBM FlashSystem, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerMax NVMe, whereas VNX [EOL] is most compared with .
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