Huawei OceanStor vs VAST Data comparison

Huawei and VAST Data are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Huawei is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.8, while VAST Data is ranked #21 with an average rating of 10.0. Huawei holds a 2.1% mindshare in AFS, compared to VAST Data’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of VAST Data users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Huawei OceanStor and VAST Data both target enterprise storage solutions, with distinct strengths. Huawei OceanStor is perceived to have the upper hand in pricing and support, while VAST Data stands out for its feature set, justifying a higher cost for many users.

Features: Huawei OceanStor is recognized for comprehensive unified storage capabilities, scalability, and robust data protection. VAST Data is known for its high performance, all-flash architecture, and advanced data reduction capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Huawei OceanStor could enhance integration with cloud environments, improve documentation, and bolster hybrid cloud functionality. VAST Data could improve its APIs, offer more granular monitoring tools, and enhance customization and visibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Huawei OceanStor users find the deployment process straightforward with sufficient support, though more detailed guidance would be beneficial. VAST Data users appreciate the simplified deployment process but sometimes face challenges in initial setup due to complex configurations. Customer service from VAST Data is highly rated, although response times could be faster.

Pricing and ROI: Huawei OceanStor offers competitive pricing and a strong ROI, with lower setup costs balancing price against functionality. VAST Data, while having a higher upfront cost, is viewed as delivering excellent ROI due to its performance and advanced features, justifying the expense for performance-focused enterprises.

To learn more, read our detailed Huawei OceanStor vs. VAST Data Report (Updated: January 2025).

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Huawei OceanStor vs. VAST Data

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei OceanStor is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VAST Data is 2.5%, down from 2.6% 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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ChukwuemekaOnyemelukwe

Infrastructure Administrator - Server, Storage & Virtualization at MicroAccess Ltd

Uses a proprietary technology with simple interface and has easy deployment

If you are not generating a substantial amount of data, the available storage space might suffice, making scalability less of a concern. However, if your data generation increases and you require more storage, Huawei OceanStor offers solutions to expand your storage capacity. Expanding storage resources can involve additional costs and configuration efforts. Acquiring more storage solutions and ensuring their integration with your existing setup might require a significant investment of time and resources. While this process can be complex, it allows for seamless scalability as your data storage needs grow. I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

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Alan Powers

HPC CTO at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years

The failover capability and resiliency are some of the solution's valuable features. The big thing is resilience because it has richer coding in it, so multiple devices can't fail. Also, one can still access a number of CBoxes that can allow one to access their file system. Once a device fails, it fails the transparency of the end-user, and it just starts using another resource. The encryption capability, the snapshots, along with a whole bunch of features make the tool valuable. VAST Data keeps adding more and more features all the time.

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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

"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."

"I use the tool for Oracle databases, Oracle virtual machines, and Oracle Linux databases. I'm on the storage side, not a database administrator."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability."

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

"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."

"Pure Storage has signature security technology, which cannot be deleted, even if you are an administrator."

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

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

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"If your virtual machine that resides on it completely fills the storage space, thanks to it's built-in function of all-zero data space reclamation, you just have to ask to System Engineer to run a zero-free on hosts (thin provisioned) and you will get more space instantaneously."

"It is easy to use, deploy, communicate and manage this solution."

"Stability: The product is designed to have always HA (High Availability) with redundant network and processors."

"The performance and ease of management are the most valuable features."

"The main selling point of Huawei OceanStor is its ability to handle all storage protocols, including block, file, and object."

"The support is excellent."

"Huawei OceanStor is stable."

"The solution works well for non-critical applications that do not require a heavy workload. The tool's all features are valuable."

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"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."

"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."

Cons

"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."

"We've seen that when we create a POD in synchronous mode, it increases the latency."

"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."

"We would like to see more visibility into garbage collection and CPU performance in the GUI."

"In the next release, I would like to see real-time analytics for further insight into consumption models."

"We need better data deduplication."

"Efficiency improvements would always be welcome, but I'm not sure if they could get more efficient."

"It is on the expensive side."

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"The upgrading process needs improvement. Deploy it and notify the customers when new versions and stuff comes out. I don't think they're doing that well."

"The user interface is not so user friendly."

"Its storage capacity could be better."

"The speed has room for improvement."

"The management is not a good feature in all of Huawei products. It's not easy or simple. Huawei has some problems with management and handling storage information from one interface."

"The solution needs to improve the compression side of the application."

"I would like to see the next generation all-flash, which could be combined."

"When it comes to the technical support team, I feel that the response time is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

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"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."

"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is on a yearly basis."

"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."

"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."

"We pay approximately $50,000 USD per year in licensing fees."

"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."

"Its price could be better. It is not too expensive, but it is the high-end cost. It is kind of a Rolls-Royce. You pay a lot, but you get a lot out of it. So, the price pressure on the way down would be great, but at the end of the day, if you need to do the work, you just pay for it."

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

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

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"Its price is affordable."

"Payment is determined by the amount of storage capacity required, and we have paid 50,000 euros for our usage."

"The price of the license is quite low, so it's not something special or expensive."

"Overall, the solution's pricing was cheaper."

"The price of the solution could be less expensive. However, there are not any licensing costs."

"We pay a monthly licensing fee for this solution. The price could be less expensive."

"Huawei's prices are very good compared to those of its competitors."

"The price of Huawei OceanStor should be less expensive. It is expensive at the moment."

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"Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one."

"We acquired VAST Data as a one-time, capital purchase."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

University

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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?

Adding some functions to the product would be beneficial. Storage replication should be essential, and the analytics ...

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What do you like most about Huawei OceanStor?

Huawei OceanStor has the capability of SSDs, high-performance disks, and higher disk support.

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

Huawei OceanStor's pricing is very aggressive, making it highly competitive.

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What needs improvement with Huawei OceanStor?

Huawei currently lacks a solution for high-performance AI, unlike other companies like DDN, WekaIO, or IBM BlueStore....

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What do you like most about VAST Data?

The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VAST Data?

Price-wise, VAST Data is not the cheapest, not the most expensive one.

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What needs improvement with VAST Data?

The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement.

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Also Known As

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

OceanStor Dorado V3 All-Flash Storage System, OceanStor 18000 V3 Series Storage Systems, OceanStor 6800 V3 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.

Pure Storage

OceanStor Dorado V3 is the industry's first all-flash storage that puts NVMe into commercial use. It is specially designed for enterprises' mission-critical businesses, meeting the most-demanding performance and reliability requirements of databases, VDI, server virtualization, and SAP HANA.

Huawei

Innovation to break decades of data storage trade-offs.

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Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

Piraeus, Clinique Univeritaires Saint-Luc

Norwest Venture Partners, General Dynamics Information Technology, Ginkgo Bioworks

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