Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs IBM FlashSystem comparison

Huawei and IBM are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Huawei is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.7, while IBM is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.4. Huawei holds a 4.9% mindshare in AFS, compared to IBM’s 7.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

IBM FlashSystem and Huawei OceanStor Dorado are high-performance storage solutions. IBM FlashSystem has an advantage in support and pricing, while Huawei OceanStor Dorado excels in features and user satisfaction.

Features: IBM FlashSystem offers robust performance, easy scalability, and efficient data reduction. Huawei OceanStor Dorado provides high-speed performance, seamless integration, and advanced AI capabilities. Huawei OceanStor Dorado stands out with innovative AI-driven functionalities and superior speed.

Room for Improvement: IBM FlashSystem users suggest better documentation and enhanced predictive analytics. Huawei OceanStor Dorado users need improved interoperability with third-party solutions and better customer support responsiveness.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM FlashSystem has a straightforward deployment and reliable customer service. Huawei OceanStor Dorado also offers easy deployment but has mixed feedback on customer service efficiency. IBM FlashSystem has a slight edge in deployment simplicity and service quality.

Pricing and ROI: IBM FlashSystem is perceived as cost-effective with a strong ROI. Huawei OceanStor Dorado, although pricier, is seen as worth the investment for its advanced features and performance.

To learn more, read our detailed Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs. IBM FlashSystem Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 0.8%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is 4.9%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM FlashSystem is 7.6%, up from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Saleem Ahmed

Cloud Architect at ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd.

A highly stable solution that provides features like SmartMigration, HyperReplication, and SmartPartition

Other Huawei mid-end storages, like 5600 and 5500, are very easy to use. Engineers with two to three years of experience with Huawei will find that Huawei OceanStor Dorado is a bit complicated to use compared to other Huawei storages. Unlike other storages, you cannot configure the disk domain and storage pool in Huawei OceanStor Dorado.

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Raanan Sitton

Vice President Sales at BELOCAL LTD

Offers cost-effective storage for small companies with budget constraints

IBM FlashSystem 5300 is offered at a very low cost in Israel, which is advantageous for small companies. However, other features like deduplication and compression do not perform effectively. The price sensitivity makes it a viable option for clients with budgetary constraints, as it allows us to secure deals based on the cost rather than advanced performance.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable features of this solution are its ease of use and performance."

"The most valuable features of Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its superior performance compared to other flash tiers, as well as its ease of use, with an intuitive user interface that is simple to deploy and use."

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

"Pure FlashArray X NVMe will quickly overcome all the hurdles you face, including network and latency issues."

"The solution uses newer technology for deduplication and compression."

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

"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."

"It has good, reliable, fast storage."

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"The solution’s overall security is good."

"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 customer support is helpful."

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

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

"The platform’s most valuable features are speed, accuracy, and encryption."

"Has good capacity, is effective and easy to manage."

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

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"The performance is very good and we use this product to enhance our core system."

"The most valuable features were the performance of the array, i.e., very low latency and high IOPS. Plus, the management interface is very easy to use."

"FlashSystem offers proven technology in a compact package."

"Speed (IOPS/second) – It is most vital for applications that need low latency and high speed for transferring the data."

"The most valuable features are flexibility and performance."

"The all-flash storage has tier replication capabilities."

"Data deduplication is one of the most valuable features of this solution."

"The price-performance ratio is most valuable."

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Cons

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

"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."

"There is room for improvement in catering to midrange storage needs, especially for customers seeking Enterprise-class features."

"The software layer has to improve."

"There are some challenges with data encryption and reduction."

"I would like to see replication and DR features in the next release of this solution."

"It's more multi-tenant functionality in their Pure1 manage portal that is lacking."

"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."

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"The solution needs to improve its integration."

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

"For future releases, it would be beneficial for OceanStor Dorado to integrate advanced analytics and AI-driven functionalities for predictive maintenance and performance optimization."

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

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

"Engineers with two to three years of experience with Huawei will find that Huawei OceanStor Dorado is a bit complicated to use compared to other Huawei storages."

"If they implement a backup solution directly into the OceanStor then it will be a valuable feature."

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

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"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."

"I would like to see bigger modules."

"The GUI for monitoring performance metrics could provide better visibility. For example, it doesn't let me segregate the IOPS per volume."

"I think the only thing the developers can look at, is that it is limited to 25 gigabytes currently. In the next release they might want to increase that."

"The design is a little old-fashioned and could be updated. The rack is very primitive and designed in an older style."

"Cloud file sharing is an area that needs improvement."

"IBM FlashSystems is lagging in optimizing storage technologies."

"The product could be cheaper."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"The product is expensive."

"With VMware, we pay $300,000 annually."

"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."

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

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

"With Pure Storage, we would like to continue seeing price reductions with flash storage. I don't think we're any different than anybody else when we continue to look to the industry for price reductions of both NVMe and traditional SSD storage. We would like to see these prices continue to decline and erode, even displacing large spinning disks."

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

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

"It is an expensive solution."

"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."

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

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

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

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"The solution requires a license and could be less expensive."

"We have no issues with the price as it is very competitive."

"The price of IBM FlashSystem is a little high because you pay a premium because the solution is from IBM. We had paid for the SLA prior to using the solution."

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

"My customers got the IBM FlashSystem bundle offer. It was a one-time purchase for three years of service. The price would depend on the storage size and could reach between $25,000 to $55,000."

"This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced it would be better."

"The total storage capacity vs price is still quite high for the IBM Flash Array."

"You purchase it as a bundle and the price is comparable."

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Questions from the Community

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?

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

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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...

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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 t...

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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 ...

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What do you like most about IBM FlashSystem?

It is simple to make an update.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM FlashSystem?

Many factors affect purchasing directly from IBM, often involving a multi-step process. Customers, especially in bank...

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What needs improvement with IBM FlashSystem?

There is room for improvement in the troubleshooting part, specifically related to IBM Spectrum for Insight. Customer...

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Also Known As

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

OceanStor Dorado V3 All-Flash Storage System

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Overview

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.

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.

IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.

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