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As companies increasingly look toward a more digital future, the volume of data created, processed, and stored is causing them to look to storage companies such as Huawei for storage management solutions.
In this article, we review Huawei data storage management solutions, delving into three top products in their storage management portfolio and their features and functionalities. We some use cases from Huawei partners, discuss industry attitudes towards Huawei storage management products and provide insight on peer reviews:
Huawei storage management portfolio
Huawei is a leading information and communication technology (ICT) company based out of China. They offer three core storage management options, although they provide other types of technology for telecom operators, enterprises, governments, utilities, and retailers.
Rising to the challenge of data storage involves using an all-flash data center with reliable performance and intelligent storage management that can properly handle data life cycles and bridge cloud platforms with data center systems.
Huawei Data Management Engine (DME) is an intelligent storage management solution that improves the efficiency of data centers by streamlining entire processes. Compatible with a variety of applications, DME automates storage throughout its life cycle. It opens APIs, scripts, and plug-ins that integrate with the most commonly used cloud management platforms and works with third-party platforms, such as information technology service management (ITSM) systems.
Huawei’s DME is compatible with an array of applications, offering openness, intelligence, and convergence. Streamlining storage management and operations and maintenance, DME optimizes the efficiency of data centers and automates storage. Huawei distributes its storage through FusionStorage, OceanStore 100D, and Oceanstor 9000 as well as a few select third-party storage systems. DME is compatible with hosts, such as Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, and ESXi.
OceanStor BCManager is another storage management product from Huawei that serves as disaster recovery (DR) and backup software for enterprise-class data centers. Capable of centrally managing various DR solutions through the proprietary BCManager eReplication module, this software can provide active-passive, active-active, and geo-redundant DR solutions. OceanStore BCManager enables users to view in real-time the operating status of DR services with visual switchboards, allowing them to quickly engage in data recovery or DR testing. Data is backed up through the BCManager eBackup module, which uses virtual machines (VM), including FusionSphere and VMware vSphere virtualization platforms as well as cloud-based platforms.
Huawei Cloud Managed Network Service is used for delivering cloud management, from planning, deploying, optimization, and inspection to multi-branch networks. CampusInsight powers total visibility as well as fault prediction. Compatible with either public or private cloud management services, this software works with over 100 open APIs in four separate categories.
Huawei storage management partners
Huawei Ascend Processors launched The Ascend Partner Program based on their Atlas AI computing platform. The Ascend program invites partners to adapt solutions to the Atlas AI computing platform, creating an Ascend network and ecosystem. Members of this partner program receive full support from Huawei, such as training and technology marketing as well as sales.
Partners include Vanguard Business Solutions and Consulting, Infosys, Coremail, Bespin Global, and China Mobile International.
Huawei storage management use case
Huawei’s data storage solutions were recently used by Luzhou, a smart city in China located in the southeast Sichuan province. Luzhou relies on cloud computing and big data technologies to power their smart city.
The city chose Huawei as their data storage partner as they built a big data industrial park that would power everything in the city from health care, precision agriculture, cash flow projections, and financial services. Huawei’s NetEco management platform enabled system operations to manage data center resources efficiently, providing cloud-based management and control.
The success of Luzhou depended on reliable, flexible, and easy-to-maintain data centers. Working with Huawei’s data storage management systems reduced O&M labor by 80%, compared to the solutions offered by traditional data centers. The development of a mobile app empowered operations to monitor vital equipment in real-time from the convenience of their smartphones. The phones added inspectors and also stabilized device operation.
User reviews of Huawei storage management
Huawei’s Cloud Managed Network earns high reviews at Gartner Peer Insights, scoring highest in the support and product categories.
Oceanstor 9000 receives similar levels of ratings on the site. However, some users comment that the installation process is complex.
Huawei’s Cloud Managed Network is highly secured and provides strong service, according to the review site G2. Large networks are able to communicate easily and saving files, contacts, messages, and emails is simplified.
Industry recognition of Huawei storage management
Interop Tokyo 2021, an internet communication exhibition, named Huawei’s OceanStor Pacific Storage as “Best of Show,” winning them the grand prize in the server and storage category.
Huawei competitors
Huawei has many competitors in the data storage category, such as Dell Technologies, which leads the way in storage sales. Acquiring many competitor vendors over the years, such as EMC, Dell managed to create a large presence in the data storage market from the early days of the internet. Dell EMC Powerstore is one of the data management products offered by the company that competes with Huawei.
Similarly, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is a major Huawei competitor and market leader in enterprise storage. Its products address nearly all areas of the storage landscape, with much of the storage available as a service.
