Dell SC Series vs Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System comparison

Dell Technologies and Huawei are both solutions in the Frame-Based Disk Arrays category. Dell Technologies is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8, while Huawei is ranked #4. Dell Technologies holds a 13.5% mindshare in FBDA, compared to Huawei’s 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution.

Dell SC Series

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0% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Dell SC Series and Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell SC Series

Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (27th)

Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage...

Ranking in Frame-Based Disk Arrays

4th

Average Rating

0.0

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Frame-Based Disk Arrays category, the mindshare of Dell SC Series is 13.5%, down from 20.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor V3 Storage System is 8.4%, up from 7.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Steven McClendon

Data Center Server & Storage Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Superior platform with excellent snapshots and cost-saving auto-tiering

I'm a big fan of the SC Series platform. Its feature set is superior to some of the other platforms. The snapshots on SC are excellent, allowing for multiple snapshot schedules for any one system. The auto-tiering functionality intelligently moves new data to the highest performance tier and then progresses it down to less expensive tiers over time, providing cost savings for customers.

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reviewer1456134

General Manager Applications at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Offers good support but there are issues with the language barrier

Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are. They have a really nice marketing team that keeps on promoting all of their successes over various platforms. They are relatively cheaper when it comes to cloud services but they have a few weaknesses at the same time. IBM has AI tools and they have IBM Watson and Huawei doesn't. If you compare our deployment team from IBM versus our technical team from Huawei, with IBM we have five people, and for Huawei, we have 20 people. There is a major difference because you're getting more business from Huawei compared to IBM. We have a separate team for administration, installation, configuration, storage, and cloud.

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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

"Customers are most impressed with SC's provisioning because you don't need to buy a large amount of storage upfront. It's pay-as-you-grow. It also has solid compression and duplication features."

"It had many features, like a snapshot, replication, on-the-file RAID levels, mix-and-match files, those kinds of things."

"It was very easy to install, maintain, and provides excellent manageability."

"This solution is easy to use."

"Its leading feature is the price-performance ratio, which is very good."

"The solution is stable; we've had no problems at all."

"Performance-wise it's high speed. It's also more stable and scalable."

"Easy management of volumes: You can create volumes and easily assign them to VMware clusters, increasing their size."

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"Huawei has a lot of penetration into accounts in Islamabad and the whole region, especially in Islamabad, because this is where our capital is, this is where most of the government offices are."

Cons

"The lack of reporting would be the main issue."

"The SC Series doesn't support NVMe storage."

"I would like to see higher compression, dedupe, faster I/O, and bigger drives."

"I would like to see an integrated key manager in the controllers. Currently, it's an external product. It would be nice to have the option of having a built-in key for self-encrypting drive features."

"I don't think the solution is very scalable."

"The ease of use could be improved. It took me a while to learn it."

"The tool's pricing is high and not suitable for medium companies."

"Some menus aren't so intuitive."

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"It is an expensive product. They should lower the price."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have reviewed many platforms over the years. It is probably the best solution for its value."

"It's absolutely affordable. Again, not having to do a forklift upgrade like some of the others have had to do in the past, it's very affordable for our customers and they continue to buy."

"We have found the solution to be affordable."

"This product is too expensive compared to others, and I don't see any value in using it."

"The pricing of this solution is competitive."

"The maintenance is usually pretty good. It's not like some of the others where they increase it in the fourth, fifth, or sixth years."

"We have found it to be affordable. Comparing the cost with other hardware, it seems to be right in line with the compute and the storage that we get with it."

"This solution could be better priced in comparison with other vendors."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell SC Series?

I find this version to be more budget-friendly compared to products from other vendors. This aspect greatly benefits my customers. It's highly advantageous due to its affordability. The operational...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell SC Series?

I've always found the pricing of Dell SC Series very good. I believe the product is being phased out because the pricing model was very cost-effective.

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What needs improvement with Dell SC Series?

If Dell SC Series wasn't being phased out, adding an NVMe tier and secure snapshots like those on the PowerStore platform would be beneficial. Secure snapshots are immutable and serve as a good sec...

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Also Known As

SC Series Storage, Compellent

OceanStor T-Series, OceanStor 18000 Series, OceanStor 6800, OceanStor 5000 Series, OceanStor 2000 Series

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Overview

Dell EMC SC Series arrays provide a unified platform for the ultimate in performance, adaptability and machine-driven efficiency. SC Series software delivers modern features that help you meet aggressive workload demands using the fewest drives necessary. With an open, future-ready design, SC Series storage integrates seamlessly with applications and infrastructure, enabling you to scale on a single platform and add capabilities without forklift upgrades.

The OceanStor V3 DAS is a storage product for direct-attached storage applications. It provides customers with enterprise-class DAS solutions featuring high reliability, elastic scalability, and great cost effectiveness. With a dual-channel, fully redundant, high-density architecture, the storage system employs modules and 12 Gbit/s SAS interconnection technology to achieve industry-leading ease of use and efficiency.

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TGen, Frost Science, Gerrie Electric

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