Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs IBM FlashSystem comparison

"The initial setup was extremely simple and straightforward."

"The solution is scalable."

"FlashArray has some fresh efficiency features. I've never seen a storage solution with a compression rating this high before. It's at least 4-to-1 on Oracle databases. It's the best flash storage for Oracle."

"The high availability of the product is the most valuable feature."

"Overall stability is very good. It is a very stable solution."

"It's helped us because we've changed fundamentally what we talk about. We don't talk about storage and different tiers of storage anymore nor do we talk about servers. We talk now about applications and how applications impact the business and end users."

"What I really like about this program, is that it is easy to use and easy to configurate."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."

"The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment takes about a day."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the overall simplicity."

"The most valuable features are the five chips architecture and the purpose-built NVMe hard disk drive. Additionally, the IOPS feature is good."

"I've been satisfied with the level of attention I'm given when I reach out to technical support."

"The initial setup is very straightforward."

"The most valuable features of the solution are SmartMigration, HyperReplication, HyperSnap, HyperCopy, HyperClone, SmartPartition, and SmartCache."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the price to performance ratio."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is compression."

"IBM FlashSystem is the best solution for storage virtualization."

"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."

"IBM's technical support do excellent work."

"Virtualization of external storage, while adding cache and speed to the external storage."

"The ability to create LUNs and modify them are the most valuable features of this solution."

"The maintenance service and support from IBM is very good."

"The storage system is one of the best in the world."

"The software layer has to improve."

"We need better data deduplication."

"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."

"Maybe the price can be reduced since the solution is very expensive."

"One point I'd like to improve is that the tool should start selling small boxes again. It discontinued some products and is focusing on bigger, more capable boxes, neglecting the SMB market. Even though it's not a big market, it shouldn't have removed them."

"Managing data isn't difficult for me. The performance is usually perfect, but we sometimes have capacity problems."

"In terms of what needs improvement, the dashboard and management could be simplified."

"In the future, I would like to see integration with enterprise backup systems."

"They should add a feature to the platform to help us manage storage communication with one of the vendors."

"Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve the integration, there have been some compatibility issues with some operating system functions."

"The technology and the features need improvement."

"Huawei OceanStor Dorado's biggest weakness is its lack of cloud integration."

"The speeds of the disks themselves need to be faster. The disks are not flash. When we opened our hard drive from the inclusion, I saw a converter, and it's not entirely flash."

"The product should be better aligned with the virtual environments"

"The product could always be faster."

"The price must be improved."

"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."

"The solution's infrastructure technology level could be PCI Express 5 instead of PCI Express 4 for the next version."

"They can include Amazon file system S3 protocol in the upcoming releases. It is a cloud file system. IBM FlashSystem doesn't have this feature in the box for high-end or mid-range. We have got requests for this from customers because we need to use S3 for EDI application storage. At the beginning of every year, IBM releases firmware. When I find any bugs in the firmware during the year, I am unable to find any information from IBM regarding the bug. I need to open a ticket, and the IBM engineering team makes a patch only for me. This patch is not public. By creating a customized patch for a client, they don't really solve the issue for everyone. If multiple users have the same bug, IBM should upload the patch on the official website so that we can download it. IBM FlashSystem has a monitoring tool in the box, but it is not advanced. I need a more advanced tool for more advanced equations and monitoring. All top three storage vendors, that is, EMC, IBM, and Pure Storage, don't have a powerful monitoring tool. To monitor our box to show the statistics for I/Os and latency, I need to pay for extra software. The built-in monitoring storage is not mature enough to handle all requests and generate all reports that I need. They can include the functionality to stretch a cluster natively without using any additional boxes. In addition, there are some features that EMC has integrated with the box. These features are not available in IBM FlashSystem."

"The solution is not easy to use and could improve."

"The ease of installation should be improved. We had issues with the configuration model."

"The solution's pricing is a bit high so there is room for improvement."

"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."

"The solution has a low number of NVME host attachments at 16 per IO group over the fiber channel."

"Pure FlashArray X NVMe’s pricing is cheaper than other products."

"They can tout the functionality and cutting edge technology that they have, but that's where the price tag comes in. The cost is high, but I think as they grow their business and get more customers that it will probably go down a little bit."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Our licensing fees are $500,000+ USD."

"Given its price, Pure is not the first option."

"The tool's pricing is cheap; I rate it a six to seven out of ten. Most of our sales are not subscription-based. We sell the hardware, and customers keep using it. They only renew the service part annually. The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there."

"Pretty much everything that you need is licensed when you buy the product. Licensing to me is different than the maintenance cost, but they can bleed into one another. We buy the product, and we expect three years of support bundled into what we negotiate on our storage arrays. I would start to see maintenance costs going into the fourth year, but we're not there yet."

"The support cost per array is about $20,000 a year for 24/7 support."

"You need to pay for the license."

"We usually recommend our customers choose advanced licensing and enterprise companies are more inclined to choose this solution because it is more cost-effective than competitors."

"I rate the pricing a six on a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive, not cost-effective, and ten is cheap."

"There are lots of features included with this solution and some of them require additional licensing, such as creating high availability storage using a cluster."

"The price of the solution is competitive compared to others, such as Dell EMC and Hitachi. I believe the reason they are providing a discount is they want to increase their penetration into the market."

"The pricing is very competitive."

"There are some costs in addition to the standard licensing fees, depending on the requirements."

"Huawei has very good pricing. They have some promotions that can be taken advantage of at certain times of the year, such as the end of December. They are providing aggressive pricing. In the Pakistan market, they are ready to beat any vendor in Pakistan because they want to grab the market."

"If five is a good price and one is a high price, I would rate the price a two or three out of five."

"The price depends of the technology that our customers need. The price can come at a lower cost but this may increase as storage is added."

"I would rate the pricing of this solution a four out of five."

"IBM V7000 has a new license and price structure which provides intuitive licensing based on the functions customers wish to enable and use the most."

"The pricing is competitive in our country."

"Overall the price of the solution is expensive and this includes the license."

"Our customers would like IMB FlashSystem to be less expensive."

"It pays to go back and get the best price you can from your supplier. The first offer is not always at the best discount."