Huawei OceanStor Dorado Reviews

Huawei OceanStor Dorado is used for storing data.

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

Huawei OceanStor Dorado could improve by having a multi-tier cloud option and additional protocols.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor Dorado for approximately two months.

The solution is stable.

The implementation was simple.

The price of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is very inexpensive, it cost approximately $5 per gigabyte.

I rate Huawei OceanStor Dorado a seven out of ten.

Huawei has good pricing. It also has its SSD and NVMe hard drives. The company also develops its testing tools. It also has enough instances.

If you need a cluster for tool storage, you don't need any additional source area network switches. Only a network with sufficient bandwidth is required for the clusters. Huawei's setup is capable of operating on standard networks. However, it is incompatible with Nimble, Dell, or IBM networks.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor Dorado since 1998. We are using the latest update of the solution.

I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.

The solution’s scalability is high. It is deployed on small and medium businesses.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

The customer support is excellent.

Positive

The initial setup is easy and takes a few hours to complete. The configuration is easy.

The product is cheaper for small businesses but expensive for middle businesses. It's the same as IBM and Dell.

I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

We are looking at selling OceanProtect to a major retailer in South Africa, and they are using it for Oracle workloads, SQL workloads, and VMWare and IBM AIX Power servers.

We are a Huawei partner and we predominantly sell storage, hence we are looking at OceanProtect which competes with other products, like Dell Data Domain, NEC HYDRAstor, etc. Pricing is a significant factor, but everyone's pricing is really good, making it less of a differentiator.

The localization problem needs to be improved.

We have to speak with Chinese resources, and sometimes there is a bit of a language barrier.

There is a need for more local people with the necessary knowledge about the product set to present to ourselves and customers.

We have been a Huawei partner for 12 months.

We haven't run in an environment as of yet, but we have heard that it is quite stable where customers have deployed this solution.

I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten.

I rate the solution’s scalability a seven out of ten.

The customer support is helpful.

Neutral

We have sold other storage solutions before.

Huawei approached our company and asked us to test Huawei OceanStor Dorado's storage. We thoroughly tested the product for safety, security, and stability before signing up as a partner.

The initial setup was reasonably easy.

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

I recommend this solution. 

Overall, I rate the solution seven out of ten.

We are an IT distributor and this is one of the storage solutions that we implement for our clients. The primary use case is for VMware virtualization, although it is also used for database system storage. Oracle and other SQL databases require a lot of performance in terms of IO per second, which is met by using OceanStore Dorado.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the price to performance ratio. It is a very good price compared to other products and taking the performance into account, it is probably the best price-to-performance ratio on the market right now.

This solution is easy to manage and storage can be provisioned in a very easy way.

The logistics can be improved because sometimes we have to wait a long time for the product to be delivered, despite there being stores available in Europe. Some of our customers are discouraged due to this long wait time.

The marketing for this product needs to be improved because it does not have enough exposure.

This solution does not support VMware VVols 2.0. However, I do not feel that this is necessary.

I have about a year and a half of experience with OceanStor Dorado.

The product is stable. We have not had any complaints about the features or stability of this solution from our customers.

I have not been in contact with technical support, and I have not heard that any of our customers have needed to contact them either.

I am also familiar with Pure Storage. They have a nice product and they concentrate only on storage solutions. It is very easy to manage, as well.

I have also worked with storage solutions by Fujitsu and HPE.

The initial setup is short and rather straightforward. One person can do it on their own.

The length of time required for deployment varies depending on how complex the environment is. For example, the simple provision of storage is very easy, but it is always connected through some kind of SAN so it can take time. However, the product itself takes an hour, at most, to deploy.

We are the distributors for this product and our resellers are the ones who do the implementation and deployment.

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.

In Poland, cloud-based workloads are just starting to be adopted. For the time being, the majority of solutions are still deployed on-premises.

Overall, this is a good product that performs well and is easy to manage. Everything that is required by the market, this product already has.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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 always be chosen for its features compared to other brands like Dell, HPE, etc., it is often selected due to its affordability. Customers opt for Huawei OceanStor Dorado primarily because it offers similar performance features as other brands at a lower cost.

The tool's high availability design is achieved through several components and features. It typically comes with dual controllers and redundancy configuration. Customers can send data to another location, typically another data center, for real-time synchronization and replication. 

The solution needs to improve its integration. 

I have been using the product for five years. 

The product is stable.

Huawei OceanStor Dorado is scalable. My company has four to five customers. 

The tool's deployment takes 10-30 mins to complete. 

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. The tool's performance is reliable and comparable to other brands. While it may be priced lower, it is still considered a good product.

Most of my clients are using this solution to manage their smaller storage and as a backup solution.

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

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

I have been using this solution for approximately one year.

We have not had an issue with the scalability.

The solution is scalable.

The local support has been very good.

The installation is straightforward. The team did not do a lot of training and was able to handle the installation without issues.

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.

I have evaluated Dell EMC and Hitachi solutions.

I rate Huawei OceanStor Dorado a six out of ten.

The solution is very fast, but IBM is winning at the right speed. The GUI is very simple, however, in comparison to IBM. The interface is nice and simple, as are the guides.

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.

It would be helpful in the future if they could create another solution that can manage both Huawei and non-Huawei boxes.

I can't speak to its stability. We haven't run any stability tests yet.

Technical support is very responsive. We have many products from Huawei. If something happens, we open a ticket and they assist.

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

We had a consultant assist in the implementation. We just provided the help connecting the cable and installing the rack.

I don't handle pricing, but I do believe it is less expensive than IBM.

We use a hybrid deployment model, and we're currently testing the solution.

I'd rate the solution 8.5 out of ten.

The solution's most valuable feature is performance.

The solution's price could be better.

We have been using the solution for one or two months.

It is a stable solution. I rate its stability as a ten.

It is a scalable solution. We have ten customers using it.

The solution's technical support team provides the best services.

The solution is easy to set up and takes four hours to complete. It requires two managers for deployment and maintenance.

The solution is expensive.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it as a ten.