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Huawei FusionStorage vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionStorage
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (16th), File and Object Storage (24th)
Vblock [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Wondwossen Abebe Kebede - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
TS
Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services
Centrally-managed and stable, but the initial setup could be made simpler and technical support can be improved
There is a different platform and there are different interfaces for different parts of the product. Although there are some centralized components, you still manage each component using its own set of tools. There is definitely room for improvement in this regard. I would like to have a catalogue like menu where you simply define your end computing needs and the rest would be taken care of internally. The initial setup could be unified to make it simpler.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a good solution and we haven't had any issues with it."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution’s most valuable feature is its performance."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that it is centrally managed, as it is quite easy for our customers to manage everything, end-to-end."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"We were able to achieve significant capital savings in our tech refresh capital projects due to implementing the Vblock solution in our environment."
"We used to have different departments, each with their own IT section, everybody was making their own IT investments and running different applications and tools in a multi-vendor environment, and now it is all coordinated and synchronized in one solution, reducing the risk of equipment and costs as well."
"UCS brings the entire datacenter system together, letting us offer non-disruptive, seamless upgrades and storage tiering for people with higher IO demands, and it gives us flexibility."
"Capability for scale and growth within a single rack brings strong possibilities for capacity planning."
"Not having to worry about the firmware integrations with the software infrastructure components has been grand."
"The high redundancy of components has minimized frequent service degradation/failure."
 

Cons

"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 only thing I really know about the initial setup is that currently the installation is not that straightforward."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"The solution’s support could be improved."
"I'd like to see better product maturity including their branding on the cloud environment. Their cloud services are not up to that of AWS, Azure or Oracle cloud platforms."
"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'm not so excited with Vblock solution."
"Currently, there is some uncertainty about the future of the product line with regards to Dell's takeover of EMC."
"With respect to the technical support, there is room for improvement."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
"Paid support is expensive so the cost of operation could be lowered."
"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."
"Tighter alignment could simplify and speed up the configuration and delivery process.​"
"The VCE Vision product definitely needs some improvement as it is not as easy to use as other commercial off the shelf software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"It is not cheap."
"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."
"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."
"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."
"Strive for a consolidated ELA."
"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."
"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."
"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Performing Arts
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise16
 

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Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Liaoning, Zhejiang
Xerox, ACS, and Columbia Sportswear.
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