Huawei unveils Dorado V7 all-flash storage solution

Huawei has unveiled its latest all-flash storage solution, dubbed the OceanStor Dorado 18000 or, more informally, the Dorado V7  at the company's annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai. According to Huawei, the new OceanStor Dorado 18000 minimizes power consumption whilst still providing 30 percent higher IOPS per watt and TB per watt than the “next best in the industry” – without naming the competitor – and 5x greater O&M efficiency.

“We have a lot of V6 customers that have been looking forward to seeing our next generation [Dorado solution],” he said. “Because of the American sanctions, we have a lot of limitations politically, so now we are gradually trying to recover from a lot of those difficulties, and our customers are looking for that [recovery]. We’re trying our best to renew [the Dorado] system, to further increase the performance and make the customer see that Huawei is not standing still but looking forward.”

Yesterday's announcement follows the May 2024 launch of Huawei’s AI-specific storage solution, the OceanStor A800, in addition to to a new high-capacity solid-state drive and an AI-specific update to the company’s data management engine.