Huawei FusionStorage vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

Huawei and Nutanix are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Huawei is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.3, while Nutanix is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.7. Huawei holds a 1.3% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Nutanix’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Huawei FusionStorage and Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) are competitors in the enterprise storage solutions market. Nutanix Unified Storage often has the upper hand due to its advanced features, which many believe justify its pricing, whereas Huawei FusionStorage is preferred for its competitive pricing and responsive support.

Features: Huawei FusionStorage is known for its high scalability, robust management capabilities, and flexible architecture for businesses with expanding data needs. Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) stands out with its hyper-converged infrastructure, seamless data management, and enhanced performance, focusing on integration and simplicity.

Room for Improvement: Huawei FusionStorage could enhance its user interface and provide more versatile integration options to match varied IT environments. Expanding its feature set to match global competitors would be beneficial. Nutanix Unified Storage may improve by offering more cost-effective scalability options, diversifying its pricing models to attract different market segments, and enhancing data migration features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Unified Storage offers straightforward deployment that seamlessly integrates with existing IT infrastructure and provides reliable support. Huawei FusionStorage also provides a comprehensive deployment model with superior customer service, making the setup process smoother and more supported, particularly for businesses that prioritize customer interaction.

Pricing and ROI: Huawei FusionStorage presents a lower initial setup cost, appealing to cost-sensitive enterprises, while providing satisfactory ROI. Nutanix Unified Storage, though initially more expensive, offers superior long-term ROI, with feature-rich solutions that can significantly optimize operational efficiencies. Huawei’s emphasis on pricing gives it a competitive edge for initial investment, while Nutanix focuses on long-term value.

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 5.3%, down from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei FusionStorage is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is 2.6%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

File and Object Storage Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)	2.6%
Pure Storage FlashBlade	5.3%
Huawei FusionStorage	1.3%
Other	90.8%

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Featured Reviews

MikaelHellström

IT Manager at Regin Dalarna

Has handled backup storage needs reliably and supports seamless upgrades

In environments requiring high throughput and low latency, Pure Storage FlashBlade provides high throughput and normal latency, but we do not have any application that requires low latency right now, so the latency of three to five milliseconds is considered kind of high. Pure Storage FlashBlade's ability to integrate with enterprise applications is not important for us, as we only want to present an S3 bucket for our backup, which we have done, and it works very fast. We use the Purity software's data reduction techniques; we have a backup software that compresses everything before sending it to the S3 bucket, achieving a data reduction of 1.1 to one. I would recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade to other companies because it's a very fast and scalable solution for anyone who needs it. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution an 8.

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Wondwossen Abebe Kebede

Program and performance manager at Ethio Telecom

Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems

The product integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems in the telecom sector. Our partners manage services, including detailed integration and migration-related operations. The platform upholds the uptime and reliability of our business applications. We classify our systems into different tiers, ranging from machine-critical to business-critical, and FusionStorage helps us run all the services. It delivers a remarkable uptime of 99.9%. With our expectations for continuous service availability, we are operating 24/7. In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels. I rate it an eight out of ten.

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Amarnath Charugundla

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy

Unified management and cost-effectiveness lead to positive experiences and future savings

Improvement is necessary wherein the memory or storage should not breach 90%, because if breached, it becomes unmanageable. We have to set alerts or CPU triggering for 95% for the first warning. Other activities on nodes or file systems should be properly maintained. We must monitor the dashboard for P1, P2 alerts in the Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) file share system including SMB, NFS, objects, and blocks. Attention should be maintained for any alerts such as CPU, memory, and RAM alerts, as exceeding these creates issues within teams. If triggered to 95% and forgotten, it crosses the SLA breach, causing disturbances to application, web, and platform teams. Continuous monitoring on the Nutanix dashboard is essential. Even a highly experienced person in Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) cannot provide a 10 rating out of 10 because it is a vast system. I would rate it eight from my perspective.

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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

"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."

"It helps simplify our storage, because the user interface is very simple and the installation is easy."

"The main feature I have found to be product replication."

"I would rate Pure Storage FlashBlade a ten out of ten."

"The performance of FlashBlade is excellent. It does not necessarily leverage the SOS API that some of the newer products leverage, but I found its speed pretty much on par and comparable. It is fast, and it does what it is supposed to do."

"The onboarding and integrated monitoring tools are pretty good."

"It performs well and it is also very fast."

"Speed and ease of use are the two most valuable features."

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"Provides easy access to our data."

"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily."

"It is a stable solution."

"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."

"The solution’s most valuable feature is its performance."

"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."

"I rate Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) nine point five to ten, as it's easy to manage, scalable, has great performance, and includes advanced features."

"I would rate Nutanix Unified Storage a ten out of ten."

"It removes a layer of aggregation to present storage to end users, so we do not have Windows file servers. This benefits our company by reducing one of our attack planes from a cybersecurity perspective, so we do not have to worry about the OS."

"Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language."

"I strongly recommend Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) to all users."

"One of the main features of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) that I find most valuable is the flexibility and scalability of it, as well as the ability to perform replication for our Disaster Recovery environment."

"Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is very fast in terms of migration and data access with respect to VM, OS, and storage, experiencing a 30% faster performance compared to VMware."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Unified Storage is the ease of setting up file shares. As a global company with data centers around the world, our files clusters are accessible globally. Managing and setting up shares for our over 12,000 employees is straightforward."

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Cons

"I have not seen ROI."

"Its configuration should be easier."

"I would like to see the licensing fees improved as well as the price per terabytes."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"Recently, while upgrading the version code, one of the controllers failed. Replacing the controller took between 14 to 20 days."

"The Pure Storage Orchestrator is our biggest pain point at the moment. If we can have more say in future developments of feature sets that we will need to support for our use case, that would be pretty beneficial to us."

"An area for improvement in Pure Storage FlashBlade is its price. It could be reduced. The technical support for Pure Storage FlashBlade also needs improvement. It used to be good, with more experienced engineers. Nowadays, it isn't, and it takes longer for support to solve problems."

"The speed could be improved."

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"The problem with Huawei is that it generally oversells. As a principle, Huawei does not educate the partner or the end user enough to scale up their solution correctly."

"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."

"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."

"Their cloud services could be improved."

"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."

"The solution’s support could be improved."

"One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered."

"I haven't had any issues with the solution so far."

"Improving quota policies would be advantageous, particularly by offering the option to implement blocking instead of just issuing warnings."

"Nutanix needs to improve their cybersecurity options at the storage level."

"Its features can be further enhanced from the DR and high availability points of view to match other vendors, such as NetApp. It has snapshot, replication, high availability, and other data and storage-level replication, but there are some limitations."

"There are still some gaps in the solution's synchronization that could be improved."

"Regarding areas where Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) could improve, they should focus on pricing transparency and reducing licensing complexity."

"Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) needs improvement in compatibility with Windows solutions."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

"The price of this solution could be made more affordable."

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"The price is a little high."

"Pure Storage FlashBlade is a hardware appliance, and it's very expensive if you compare its price with other solutions. You can get the same features and benefits from its competitor, VAST Data, but for half the price of Pure Storage FlashBlade."

"We used a reseller for the purchase."

"Licensing fees are paid yearly."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

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"It is expensive but might be optimal based on the partnership."

"If one is a cheap solution and ten means it is a very expensive product, I would rate the price as two or three."

"Licensing-wise, I have no complaints. Their license is pretty simple and easy. It gives us everything we need, so I have no complaints about licensing."

"It is very good. It is much more competitive than a dedicated storage platform."

"It's competitive and attractive for moving things to it and then prioritizing those newly freed up resources for something else."

"The cost of Nutanix Unified Storage can be prohibitive for some small and medium-sized businesses, making it challenging for them to adopt the product."

"The solution's pricing is fair."

"The product is pricey."

"In the manufacturing industry, we operate under very lean principles where costs are heavily scrutinized. There was some initial hesitation, but the performance we've experienced since switching to the Nutanix platform, along with the peace of mind from having confidence in our platform to not give us issues that keep us up at night, has smoothed over much of that scrutiny."

"The pricing of Nutanix is generally higher compared to other vendors, which is a common observation, but it provides value through its support and features offered to customers."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Retailer

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

21%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	30
Large Enterprise	64

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power out...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Regarding pricing, it is okay; we needed exactly this in size, and the price was a lot lower than competitors, making...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

In my opinion, one way Pure Storage FlashBlade can be improved is by having more compatibility between the FlashArray...

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What do you like most about Huawei FusionStorage?

In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service l...

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What needs improvement with Huawei FusionStorage?

The solution’s support could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Huawei FusionStorage?

Huawei FusionStorage provides a scalable, high-performance, and highly available distributed storage solution designe...

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What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified Storage?

It is very cost-effective compared to the traditional environment. With new hardware, it's a long-term investment but...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?

To improve Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS), cost is always an issue for every company, especially when we talk about la...

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Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage

Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

Huawei FusionStorage fully distributed cloud storage features massive scale-out capability designed for cloud-based architectures. The on-board storage system software combines the local storage resources of standard x86 servers into fully distributed storage pools, providing block, object, or file storage resources to the upper layer. An enterprise can easily obtain the required flexibility and efficiency in data storage to keep up with the ever-changing dynamics of business.

Huawei

Nutanix Unified Storage offers seamless scalability and high availability with a user-friendly interface, supporting multi-protocol operations while integrating effortlessly with cloud platforms. It enhances performance and security with features like ransomware protection and advanced data management.

Nutanix Unified Storage streamlines storage management by consolidating infrastructure and optimizing virtualization. It reduces operational complexity and enhances performance across diverse workloads. Despite feedback on integration challenges and suggestions for improving pricing, API capabilities, and security, it remains a key choice for dependable storage solutions. Calls for streamlined implementation and enhanced AI capabilities reflect its potential to better support evolving organizational strategies, driving cost efficiency and data accessibility.

What are the key features of Nutanix Unified Storage?

Intuitive Interface: Simplifies management with easy navigation.
High Availability: Ensures minimal downtime and reliable performance.
Seamless Scalability: Adapts to increasing data requirements effortlessly.
Multi-Protocol Support: Facilitates comprehensive operations across different systems.
Advanced Security: Offers ransomware protection and secure data backup.
Cloud Integration: Allows smooth interaction with cloud platforms.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Operational Efficiency: Reduced complexity through streamlined management.
Cost Optimization: Achieved via data compression and consolidation.
Enhanced Data Visibility: Improved insights with advanced data lens.
Performance Improvement: Significant uplift in workload handling and database performance.
Scalable Infrastructure: Enables growth and adaptation to changing demands.

In industries, Nutanix Unified Storage is deployed to centralize storage needs, improve database efficiency, and enhance file sharing and security. Organizations use it to consolidate infrastructure, support virtualization, optimize costs, and facilitate virtual machine hosting. It's instrumental in scalable object storage, ransomware protection, integrating legacy systems, and catering to critical applications.

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Sample Customers

ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

China Merchants Bank, Liaoning, Zhejiang

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco

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