DCIG, a technology analysis and research firm, recognized Huawei OceanStor Dorado 18000 and 8000 as top high-end storage arrays in the 2023-24 DCIG TOP 5 report. Based on research covering 14 products that met DCIG’s criteria for high-end storage arrays, Huawei’s OceanStor Dorado earned plaudits for continuous innovation in reliability, usability, and resilience.
DCIG TOP 5 is an annual research report featuring a comprehensive analysis of the industry’s most competitive products and solutions. It takes into consideration the main indicators that guide customers when procuring a product, namely, business benefits, efficiency, and data reliability.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado 18000 and 8000 proved their worth in multiple ways. The storage systems set a new benchmark in reliability. Running the SmartMatrix full-mesh architecture, the systems are the industry’s only offerings that ensure service continuity in the event of a failure of seven out of eight controllers or one out of two controller enclosures. Combined with the innovative FlashLink intelligent algorithm, the systems deliver ultra-fast file and block performance across controllers, enclosures, and SSDs.
In terms of usability, OceanStor Dorado 18000 and 8000 provide SmartIDC built for data center storage infrastructure to help customers streamline and optimize the configuration and performance of storage systems, hosts, applications, and disaster recovery. In addition, the SmartVirtualization eliminates data silos by integrating heterogeneous storage systems, simplifying storage management, data migrations, and disaster recovery. More importantly, Huawei OceanStor Dorado 18000 and 8000 support the convergence of SAN and NAS — a leading setup that enables a single device to provide high-quality services for diverse workloads.
Like much of the Huawei OceanStor Dorado family, 18000 and 8000 come with built-in ransomware detection, secure snapshot, and WORM features that, together with isolation zone, equip enterprise networks with end-to-end ransomware protection. These high-end storage systems build a last line of defense for data protection, helping customers around the world to ease their ransomware worries.
Huawei OceanStor Dorado All-Flash Storage has already been listed in DCIG’s top high-end storage arrays for several years in a row. And yet, Huawei innovation doesn’t stop. Looking forward, Huawei will continue to explore breakthroughs in the flash storage field, to help customers in finance, telecommunications, government, manufacturing, and healthcare industries to unleash the power of flash storage.
For details about the 2023-24 DCIG TOP 5 High-End Storage Arrays report, visit https://e.huawei.com/en/material/enterprise/33ecc40712124a1db32ed0146505d9b4.
