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Huawei OceanStor Dorado vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.5
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers excellent ROI with low cost of ownership, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, despite higher initial costs.
Sentiment score
1.0
Organizations reduced costs and improved performance with Pure FlashArray X NVMe, achieving quick ROI and efficient resource management.
They are, however, available and reliable, so it is a good investment.
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
If you wait more than seven years to buy another one, you get a return on your investment.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.3
Huawei OceanStor Dorado customer support is efficient and responsive, with evolving service models and suggested improvements for high-demand regions.
Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe's technical support is praised for responsiveness, despite occasional follow-up issues, earning high customer satisfaction.
Huawei's technical support in Romania for Europe is good.
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
Customers always have their issues resolved promptly.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Technical support is good at least through vendors, not directly with the principal.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers superior scalability, efficiently supporting varied organizations with seamless horizontal and vertical expansion, outperforming competitors.
Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers scalable storage with low latency, easy upgrades, though capacity customization and high costs are noted.
It is highly scalable.
Sales Director at systemzwo group
It hasn't broken down anytime in the last six to seven years, despite hurricanes, earthquakes, and power outages.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Huawei OceanStor Dorado is praised for its high reliability and stability, with ratings between seven and ten out of ten.
Sentiment score
8.1
Pure Storage offers exceptional stability and reliability with outstanding support, consistently achieving high user ratings for performance and service.
I would rate the stability of the product at seven out of ten.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Huawei OceanStor Dorado faces integration, performance, and usability challenges, compounded by licensing and geopolitical issues affecting adoption.
Pure FlashArray X requires cost-effective improvements in UI, integration, cloud features, multitenancy, analytics, backup, AI, and scalability.
Some customers have reported not understanding how the immutable part can be unlocked.
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
Storage replication should be essential.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
I would like to see some AI features that would allow arrays to intelligently identify threats or unusual behavior in the data pattern and give an alert.
Cloud Architect at DXC Technology
 

Setup Cost

Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers cost-effective pricing with minimal maintenance, although advanced features may require extra purchases.
Enterprise buyers see Pure FlashArray X NVMe as a justified premium investment due to performance and comprehensive licensing.
The products they offer are quite cheap.
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.
Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
I would rate the solution as an eight out of ten in terms of costliness.
Sales Director at systemzwo group
 

Valuable Features

Huawei OceanStor Dorado offers high performance, reliable scalability, and cost-effective storage with exceptional features and technical support.
Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers exceptional performance, reliability, scalability, and seamless VMware integration, enhancing workload efficiency and user experience.
The fast performance and reasonable pricing of Huawei OceanStor Dorado are the main reasons we sell them.
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
We are satisfied with the performance as it is significantly faster compared to traditional storage options.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
The standout features for us in Pure FlashArray X NVMe are its robust DDoS protection, seamless transparent failover, and failback capabilities ensuring high availability.
Sales Director at systemzwo group
 

Categories and Ranking

Huawei OceanStor Dorado
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
11th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pure FlashArray X NVMe
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Huawei OceanStor Dorado is 4.4%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
All-Flash Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Huawei OceanStor Dorado4.4%
Pure FlashArray X NVMe1.4%
Other94.2%
All-Flash Storage
 

Featured Reviews

JG
Chief Technical Officer at Integra Systems
Inexpensive with fast performance enhances data storage efficiency
We are using Huawei OceanStor Dorado for Hyper Metro and under Datacore products and some Sunpro products Huawei OceanStor Dorado is fast and has significantly improved data storage efficiency. The fast performance and reasonable pricing of Huawei OceanStor Dorado are the main reasons we sell…
Jaehoon Oh - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Lambda256
Supports efficient storage management through volume snapshots and offers reliable non-disruptive upgrades
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, but it does not show the performance by 4K byte unit. It displays IOPS and bandwidth, but IOPS is about real use, and I want to know how many IOPS are currently running in 4K byte units. I cannot see that IOPS because most storage systems report their performance by 4K byte unit. I want to see Pure Storage performance by 4K byte unit to compare with other storage or other internal NVMe SSD.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise12
 

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...
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.
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.
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
The price of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is very expensive, though I do not know the actual price because I am using the Evergreen monthly payment. I do not know the exact device price, but I think the ...
What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, b...
 

Also Known As

OceanStor Dorado V3 All-Flash Storage System
Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Telecom Italia, Hi3G Sweden, KPN
Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company
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