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Huawei OceanStor Dorado 18000 V6
High-end · all-flash · multi-controller - Previous-generation high-end NVMe all-flash array with full-mesh SmartMatrix for core enterprise services.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | Huawei |
| Family | OceanStor Dorado |
| Class | High-end |
| Architecture | Multi-controller |
| Status | Legacy / superseded |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | OceanStor Dorado V6 (V700R001C00) |
| Controllers | 32 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 32,768 GB |
| Availability | 99.9999% |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash |
| Drive types | NVMe SSD, SAS SSD, Storage-class memory |
| Drive note | Palm-sized NVMe SSDs (incl. encrypted), SAS SSDs; 800 GB/1.6 TB SCM (contact sales) |
| Flash drive sizes | 0.96, 1.92, 3.84, 7.68, 15.36, 30.72 TB |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 6400 |
| Controller enclosure | 4U |
| Expansion | SAS SSD enclosure, Smart SAS SSD enclosure or Smart NVMe SSD enclosure (2 U), 2U |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID-TP |
| Protection note | RAID 10 marked 'contact sales'; tolerates failure of 7 of 8 controllers |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 40,000,000 |
| Maximum throughput | n/a |
| Latency | 50 µs |
| Conditions | System cache 512 GB-32 TB (1 TB = 1024 GB). 40,000,000 IOPS and 0.05 ms latency are series claims for Dorado 8000/18000 V6, not broken out per model. host_ports_max = 'Maximum Number of Front-End Ports' on product page (data sheet: 96 per controller enclosure). base_ru from published 175 mm controller enclosure height. Superseded by New-Gen OceanStor Dorado 8000/18000. |
| Protocols | Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, SMB / CIFS, NVMe over FC, NVMe over RoCE, S3 object |
| Fibre Channel | 64 Gb |
| Ethernet | 100 GbE |
| Host ports | 768 |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | 65,536 |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | DeviceManager, UltraPath, NFS+, DME IQ |
| Power | n/a |
| Positioned for | Databases, Virtualization, Mission-critical |
| Warranty | n/a |
| Design terms | Storage pool · LUN · Host group (mapping view) · HyperReplication (asynchronous) |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
✓ Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
✓ Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
✓ Active-active / metro
✓ Encryption at rest
✓ Immutable snapshots
✓ Ransomware detection
✓ Quality of service
✓ Automated tiering
✓ Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
✓ Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
✓ Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://e.huawei.com/en/products/storage/all-flash-storage/dorado-8000-18000-v6 |
| Datasheet | https://e-file.huawei.com/marketingcloud/pep/asset/20000001/Material/c6c2ea2e907c4e51a48e5faa1b535ced/M3T1A590N1145041158764687361/Huawei%20OceanStor%20Dorado%208000%20and%2018000%20V6%20High-End%20All-Flash%20Storage%20Systems%20V700R001C00%20-%20Data%20Sheet.pdf |