Huawei OceanStor Reviews

The OceanStor is a versatile solution that can be used for general purposes, such as an all-flash for high-speed systems or as backup storage. It is ideal for various IT environments.

The performance and ease of management are the most valuable features. Additionally, the price-to-performance ratio is quite impressive.  It's really easy to manage, and the price is quite low for the performance you are getting. Customers appreciate these features the most.

I would like to improve certain things in Huawei OceanStor. Unfortunately, due to the US ban on Chinese technologies, Huawei is unable to develop plugins or cooperate with vendors like Veeam and VMware. This is causing customers to miss out on certain features, but it's currently impossible to improve.

In the next release, I would like to see more integration features with different platforms. Due to restrictions imposed by the US government, Huawei is currently unable to develop plugins for OceanStor support.

I have been working with Huawei OceanStor for eleven years. 

The stability is impressive. We have sold hundreds of storage devices, and we didn't face any outages or problems with the upgrades. The stability of their own developed SMP disks is incredible. The failure rate is really low. I would rate stability a ten out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution and can accommodate additional storage devices, disks, and shelves with ease. It doesn't take more than ten minutes to scale it. I would rate the scalability ten out of ten. 

We have more than 100 open sources and more than 50 customers using them.

I have contacted the customer service team many times. When I compare it to other vendors like IBM, Lenovo, and others, I would say that Huawei's support is one of the best. They respond quickly, analyze the problem efficiently, and provide spare parts easily. This is something we really appreciate.

The initial setup is straightforward and easy, especially when working with the storage arrays and familiar with the management. You can be quick with it. Generally, it takes about 30 minutes to deploy the storage rack physically.

It is on-premises, but it has connectivity for storage to the cloud. However, we don't use the cloud since we are in the EU, so we use the on-premises solution.

Usually, for physical installations, you need two people. Some of the parts can be really heavy to put in the rack, but for deployment, including the software, only one person is usually required. However, we generally have two or three people available in case one of them is sick or leaves the company, so we can still manage it.

The solution can be deployed by either an admin or an engineer because the structure is easy to manage. Even a management person can do it, but they may be lost if something more difficult comes up. So I would say the engineer or admin person would be okay for deploying the solution. 

Usually, the license is included in the basic bundles. Some parts of the license are additional, but mostly everything customers need is included in the basic bundle. Some customers use advanced licenses for duplication and compression, and there are three or four different licenses available that distinguish the duplication ratios. But, in general, most customers use the basic license bundle. Also, all licenses on the Huawei storage rates are not limited to capacity, so if you buy them at the beginning, you don't have to extend or buy additional licenses when you scale out.

There are extra costs when you buy certification licenses for higher deduplication ratios or Hyper Metal features to make reflective storage clustering. But the price of the license is quite low, so it's not something special or expensive. Most customers spend several hundred or maybe a few thousand euros on these additional licenses. In the overall price of the storage rate, it's perfectly negligible.

I would advise customers to look at the old flash, and new flash systems because they are great in price, performance, and features. They should go with the low end if they want something for backups.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We have used Huawei OceanStor for our Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in the back end, where we deliver cloud services and Platform as a Service (PaaS), typically built on OpenStack. We have also used the singular product line for VMware's private cloud.

Huawei OceanStor has the capability of SSDs, high-performance disks, and higher disk support. The solution can provide high IOPS, which helps the overall performance and processing of the product.

The solution’s reporting could be improved.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor for five years.

Huawei OceanStor is a stable solution, and we haven't faced any issues with the solution's stability.

Huawei OceanStor is a scalable solution. The solution can be scaled up to the promised terabytes.

The solution’s technical support is very good. The solution provided very knowledgeable technical support.

Huawei OceanStor has a very straightforward implementation, and its engineering team is also involved in the basic setup.

The solution's deployment support starts from rack and stack, power on, configuration according to the solution needs, and testing.

Overall, the solution's pricing was cheaper. We need to pay for the solution's license. Users can configure the licenses based on their requirements.

We used Huawei OceanStor as purely backend storage. The solution was used as block storage, which contributes to the processing timeline. The solution's performance was good and impacted our data accessibility. I would recommend the solution to other users. People who really want to save money and explore alternatives to products like Dell or Hitachi can consider using Huawei OceanStor.

Huawei OceanStor is a cheap, stable, and scalable solution. We faced no downtimes and could scale the tool as promised on the product sheet.

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

The tool is a file server for virtualization.

The solution is easy to use. We are using the product for all our workloads, including VDI, Exchange, and SQL. We did not have any issues with the performance and reliability of the tool. It is easy to manage the interface. The user interface is easy to use.

The duration of the built-in snapshot technology must be improved. We must be able to keep the snapshots for a specific time period.

I have been using the solution for two years.

The product is scalable. We did not scale it, though.

The technical support team is very good.

Positive

The initial setup was not difficult. It took us three hours to deploy the product.

The product has helped us save money.

The product is cheap.

I do not have any special needs. The tool works. It’s my storage. We started using the solution because it was recommended to us. The old storage had to be replaced, and we wanted good storage for a low price. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Most of my clients are service providers and they use it for database storage and the other internal applications.

The most valuable feature of Huawei OceanStor is the hybrid applications.

In the future release, Huawei OceanStor should improve on what they already have. It is a good solution.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor for approximately six years.

Huawei OceanStor is stable, it has high availability.

We have local support in Tanzania, they give us great support.

I rate the technical support from Huawei OceanStor a five out of five.

I have used other solutions, such as Dell and Cisco. The main difference is a matter of compatibility. Most Dell storage, have compatible with the new processors. Huawei uses its own company processor, which is not as compatible with our customers' needs.

Huawei OceanStor could improve the deployment stage, configuration, and documentation. It is difficult. Huawei OceanStor is not similar to Cisco or Dell. The documentation or procedures is not readily available to the customers.

I would rate the difficulty level of Huawei OceanStor a three out of five.

The pricing depends on the features the customer wants, such as storage, RAM, and processors, but in general, Huawei is much cheaper compared to Dell and Cisco.

I rate the price of Huawei OceanStor a four out of five.

I rate Huawei OceanStor a ten out of ten.

My client is using Huawei OceanStor to store data on it.

The most valuable features of Huawei OceanStor are the dashboards, bandwidth, and data performance.

The overall price of the solution should be reduced.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor for approximately five years.

I rate the stability of Huawei OceanStor a nine out of ten.

Most of my clients are enterprise-sized companies.

I rate the scalability of Huawei OceanStor an eight out of ten.

The initial setup of Huawei OceanStor is easy and it took us approximately a few weeks.

I rate the initial setup of  Huawei OceanStor a ten out of ten.

We use two people for the deployment of the solution.

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

As a salesperson, I always prefer lower prices from the manufacturer because it makes it easier for me to secure orders. However, the solution itself is very good and customers tend to like it. Dell entered the market in 2017, and they marketed their solutions as the cheapest and best option, which helped them secure the most orders in Pakistan. Their strategy was to offer a good solution at a competitive price.

I rate the price of Huawei OceanStor an eight out of ten.

I rate Huawei OceanStor an eight out of ten.

We are using Snapshot switches, which capture all our databases and help us take data backups. We use these snapshots in our development environment, troubleshooting, and R&D. Additionally, the application feature allows us to replicate data efficiently, which greatly enhances performance.

I have been using Huawei OceanStor for three years. We are using the latest version of the solution.

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

It is scalable.

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

Support is good.

Positive

It is very easy because we have to hire professional services. They locate us for data science and any other patching and firmware activities, and their engineers do these activities. Complete deployment takes a month in total.

Deployment was done by a third party.

There is a 50% code reduction.

It is not expensive. The storage is not expensive, like IBM storage. As soon as the support of your Optus Storage is very low, there's a financial benefit for us.

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

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use the solution for storing file servers, virtual machines, and SQL databases.

The solution processes the data quickly and has good stability.

We need help with the solution's storage capacity. They could provide more disk space.

We have been using the solution for three years.

The solution is very stable. I rate its stability a ten out of ten.

We have 60 solution users in our organization. It is scalable, and I rate its scalability an eight. However, it is expensive to scale.

We have contacted the solution’s technical support team twice. It is helpful.

Neutral

The solution is straightforward to set up. It takes a few hours to complete the process.

We implemented the solution with the help of Huawei specialists. Also, I, along with one technician from our IT department, maintain it.

The solution’s price is affordable.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

I use OceanStor for my organization.

I find the scalability features of OceanStor valuable. Additionally, installation is easy, and it only requires one person to install it. Maintenance is also easy and not a big issue.

A concern with OceanStor is pricing. However, apart from that, there are no significant limitations or technical issues.

I have been using OceanStor for three years.

Overall, the solution is stable.

The scalability features of OceanStor are good.

I would rate the technical support eight out of ten. It is quite good.

Positive

The initial setup is easy, only requiring one person for installation.

I have seen some return on investment, including time savings and cost savings of about twenty percent.

The pricing is a concern, as it is seen as expensive.