Huawei FusionCube Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Reviews

The main use case is for when the customer wants to publish their applications to the cloud or access the internet. We are using it where applications are quite critical and where we can't have any downtime.

The functionality of the solution is fairly good.

The pricing of the solution is excellent. It's one of the main reasons a customer chooses Huawei. It's much, much better than VMware.

The stability is poor as compared to VMware. It's a big issue for the customers as well. In our last two to three deployments we were having some issues with the hardware side. Huawei always offers its own hardware servers. However, there are stability issues associated with them. This isn't ideal when you have critical applications on the solution and you can't afford downtime.

The solution needs to focus more on network security. We do have NSX and we are integrating multiple applications like Carbon Black. 

From our perspective, if we're talking about multiple data centers, Huawei needs to have a virtualized solution, which can better compete with VMware.

Technical support needs improvement. There's a lot of language barriers.

I've been using the solution for a year and a half.

The solution lacks stability. VMware is much more stable.

If we're talking about a small data center, which I have tested, it's okay in terms of scalability. We haven't had any feedback from the customer yet to make us believe it doesn't scale small data centers well. I haven't tested in an STDC architecture such as multiple data centers. I cannot say much about that. But for a smaller scale, I think it's okay. It works. For a larger scale, I'm not sure. I'd have questions for them.

Technical support is a bit slower and weaker because the teams are comprised of mainly Chinese techs, so there's a lot of language barriers for us. The local support in Pakistan is not that good yet. For the switching and network parts, Huawei is pretty good, however, for technical support in general, I think there's some room for improvement.

We also use VMware. It's more expensive, but it's also more stable and offers a virtualized solution. Typically, if a client wants the lowest possible price, they go with Huawei, but VMware is a better product.

Huawei is a bit more complex than, say, VMware, but not by that much. VMware does have VxRail, and that deployment is quite easy. In that case, you just have to power up the server and everything boots up.

I would rate VMware a bit above Huawei in terms of deployment and configuration point of view. Huawei isn't as good.

If a company is looking for a local solution, a local SCI, the company should go for Huawei. However, if we are talking about a longterm investment and a requirement for scalability, then I would say a company is better off with VMware.

We are a reseller partner for Huawei. I don't think I would necessarily recommend the solution to a client. I prefer VMware because it is more reliable.

I'd rate this solution six out of ten due to its lack of stability.

We primarily use the solution for hosting. We're pretty much we're running the Huawei computers now. We also have the switches, etc., so we're using mostly all Huawei products. 

The solution is stable and everything is taken care of through the Huawei support center. They ensure everything is running smoothly. It's been very good.

The solution requires wider visibility on Google. You have to go to the Huawei website rather than searching for answers through Google. They should make it so that they have a wider audience and if answers to queries were widely accessible via a quick internet search.

It would be helpful if the solution was able to collaborate or integrate with other well-known monitoring tools. Right now, you have to work hard to get it configured. It would be a good selling point for them if they could open up their solution to more integrations.

I've been using the solution for about five years.

The solution is very stable. We haven't had any bugs, glitches or malfunctions. The stability is one of the solution's best features.

Within the period of EOM, yes, it's scalable as long as it's available in the market and from there, scalability is quite straightforward.

We have close to 3,000 users on the solution currently. They include admins, managers, etc. There are about 200 people on the solution regularly and the rest come and go, utilizing the computer resources as required.

The technical support has been fantastic. We're more than happy with the level of support we are provided.

We previously used Cisco UCS. Cisco is quite well-known, as are its net app, switches, etc. it's much simpler to add support and engineers to Cisco as the systems are relatively well known by most in IT. With Huawei, there's a bit more training involved because it's less well-known. However, it's less expensive.

The initial setup was actually done by the Huawei team itself. There was not much of effort from our side. We just watched and learned about the product and how it's implemented.

Huawei handled the implementation for us. They were fantastic. We were quite satisfied with the level of service they provided.

The solution is less expensive than most competitors, including Cisco.

We have a business relationship with Huawei.

I'd advise others to give the solution a try. It's less expensive than other solutions, so it can save a company money.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten overall.