Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

Huawei and Pure Storage are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Huawei is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8, while Pure Storage is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.6. Huawei holds a 4.5% mindshare in AFS, compared to Pure Storage’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.

Huawei OceanStor Dorado

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92% willing to recommend

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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Huawei OceanStor Dorado

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Pure FlashArray X NVMe are two strong competitors in the NVMe storage market. Based on our data comparisons, Huawei OceanStor Dorado seems to have an edge in customer satisfaction regarding pricing and support. However, Pure FlashArray X NVMe's advanced features make it a favorite among users who prioritize performance.

Features: User reviews highlight that Huawei OceanStor Dorado provides robust data protection, high availability, and efficient storage management. Pure FlashArray X NVMe is praised for its efficient data reduction technology, superior speed, and advanced performance features.

Room for Improvement: User feedback indicates Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve its scalability options, integration capabilities, and user interface. Pure FlashArray X NVMe users suggest enhancements in data migration tools, better support for multi-cloud environments, and improved cost management features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Reviews suggest Huawei OceanStor Dorado is easy to deploy but could benefit from faster customer service response times. Pure FlashArray X NVMe is noted for its seamless deployment and highly responsive support team.

Pricing and ROI: Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers competitive setup costs with a strong ROI, according to user reviews. Pure FlashArray X NVMe, while more expensive, provides substantial ROI due to its performance efficiency and lower operational costs over time.

To learn more, read our detailed Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

15th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is 4.5%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 0.8%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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TOLGA ALNIAK

Expert (System Architect) at Migros Ticaret A.Ş.

Offers ransomware protection for files stored on servers

Data processing is the most important feature. We are using Huawei OceanStor Dorado, which employs SSD storage on the hardware side. No reported performance issues or improvements are required for our systems because all of the systems run on memory on the host side. The Oracle data and Oracle virtual machines also operate from memory. Additionally, we use Oracle for patching systems, with all data residing in memory. There is some latency during backup times, typically at night, but this is acceptable for us. These latencies occur outside of office hours, so they do not impact our operations during normal times when there is no noticeable latency.

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Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Helps to save money and resources with the data compression feature

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. One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware. It could also establish more alliances with other operational systems.

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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

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

"The product offers good performance."

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

"The performance is good."

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

"It is a scalable solution."

"The solution's pricing is its most valuable feature."

"We can use Huawei OceanStor Dorado capacity storage for many different purposes."

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"Offers excellent features like efficient data reduction, a reliable SafeMode, and a great support model for continuous assistance and updates."

"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."

"On a scale of one to ten, I rate Pure FlashArray as ten."

"We're able to get higher-density workloads on the same infrastructure, and we have a smaller physical footprint. The performance is excellent – during our test the bottlenecks are never on the X array, it just keeps picking up the pace to match what you need. The real-time visibility is a differentiator in my opinion."

"It's incredibly easy to use and greatly simplified our ability to both deploy and manage our storage subsystems."

"The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability."

"The solution is very straightforward to set up."

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

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Cons

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

"An area of this product that has room for improvement is the NAS capability."

"There are some limitations to this product because they do not have unified storage."

"There could be local support services available for the platform. Additionally, they should provide a bundled license, including all protection and encryption rules."

"The solution's price could be better."

"The user interface of Huawei OceanStor Dorado could be more user-friendly. Other solutions, such as EMC, have a better user interface."

"The product could always be faster."

"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."

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"We need better data deduplication."

"We have run into a couple of instances recently where we are running out of space. So we have had to buy some more packs for it and they have deployed fine and it has increased smoothly."

"The software layer has to improve."

"You cannot tag a LUN with a description, and that should be improved. What I like on the Unity side is that when I expand LUNs or do things, there is an information field on the LUN. This is the Information field that you can tag on your LUNs to let yourself know, "Hey, I've added this much space on this date". Pure lacks that ability. So, you don't have a mechanism that's friendly for tracking your data expansions on the LUN and for adding any additional information. That's a downside for me."

"Right now, the box itself is just strictly working as a backend storage system. It would be fantastic if we could access it directly like a NAS device through network access or SIS drives. I think they have an interface, but I am not sure how good it is. If we could address a box directly on the network without having to go through a server, it would be great. The replication schemas could be improved. We are not using replication on the storage level right now. We use a different type of replication. If their replication would be as good as the one that we have, I would probably run the replication schema because it might be faster, but I don't know that for a fact. So, I cannot say that they have good replication. All I can say is that they need to inform us better."

"Every time I think of something that needs to improve, they're one step ahead, which I love. The only area I wish to see improve, I believe is coming, is in the FlashBlade product. Blade implementation fell short on a few of the services."

"Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This product is not too expensive, and the price is competitive on the market."

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

"Huawei OceanStor Dorado is more affordable than the competitor solutions"

"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."

"We saw ROI in terms of both money and time saved. It is worth the price."

"Huawei OceanStor Dorado has a competitive price compared to other solutions."

"It stands out as the fastest purpose-built storage solution available on the market, and the pricing is highly competitive and excellent."

"The pricing is one thing that works for them. I think their pricing is more competitively affordable than these top competitors."

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"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."

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

"As far as the licensing costs, everything is included in the license."

"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 product is expensive."

"The tool is an investment that we've budgeted for. While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits. We don't regret purchasing it."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

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 a...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

The products they offer are quite cheap. However, I do not have much information about licensing since we don't buy them directly.

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What needs improvement with Huawei OceanStor Dorado?

Some customers have reported not understanding how the immutable part can be unlocked. From my perspective, it's not a security problem.

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What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

I am an engineer and am not aware of the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics should not incur extra charges. This is one of the main things organizations need.

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Comparisons

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Compared 18% of the time

Pure Storage FlashBlade vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Also Known As

OceanStor Dorado V3 All-Flash Storage System

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

Overview

Huawei's OceanStor Dorado V3 all-flash storage is the ideal choice for enterprises' mission-critical business. It is the industry's first commercial use of NVMe all-flash storage, and it delivers high-performing, reliable, and efficient storage services.

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Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

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Telecom Italia, Hi3G Sweden, KPN

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

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