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Detailed Twenty-Four Point RFP

Requirements Discussion

1. Security and Compliance – Data Encryption,

External Key Management.
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000, A BEACON OF DATA SECURITY AND REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE , IS METICULOUSLY DESIGNED TO INSTIL A PROFOUND SENSE OF SECURITY IN MODERN
ENTERPRISES. ITS MULTI -LAYERED DEFENCE ARCHITECTURE SEAMLESSLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY
INTEGRATES ROBUST HARDWARE-BASED ENCRYPTION, SECURE KEY MANAGEMENT, GRANULAR
ACCESS CONTROLS , AND COMPREHENSIVE AUDITING. THIS EMPOWERS ORGANISATIONS TO
CONFIDENTLY SAFEGUARD THEIR MOST SENSITIVE DATA ASSETS AGAINST THE EVER- EVOLVING
LANDSCAPE OF CYBER THREATS, ENSURING A RELIABLE SHIELD AGAINST POTENTIAL BREACHES. WITH
THE D ORADO 8000, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT YOUR DATA IS IN SAFE HANDS , PROVIDING YOU
WITH A PEACE OF MIND THAT IS INVALUABLE IN TODAY 'S DIGITAL LANDSCAPE.

Hardware-Based Encryption:

The Dorado 8000's dedicated hardware encryption engine is a performance booster. It

o loads all encryption and decryption operations to a cryptographic processing module,
ensuring that encrypted data never resides in plaintext form within the system’s main
memory or caches. This mitigates risks of exposure or data leakage. The encryption
engine leverages AES-256-XTS and SM4-128-XTS algorithms, providing wire-speed
encryption performance without compromising data throughput or latency, even under
the heaviest I/O workloads. This intelligent o load architecture enhances overall storage
performance and e iciency, instilling a sense of reassurance in its technical evaluators .

Self-Encrypting Disks (SEDs) and Array-Based Encryption:

The system's encryption capabilities have been rigorously tested in real-world scenarios.
It supports data encryption through self-encrypting disks (SEDs) and storage system-
based array encryption. SEDs work with the storage system to implement static data
encryption by configuring full self-encrypting disks (FULL-SED) and utilising either
internal or external key managers. This ensures that all data on disks is encrypted
transparently without a ecting other features such as mirroring, snapshots,
deduplication, and compression. The POC was done in THE BANK's production
environment together with THE BANK's external key manager, FutureX, demonstrating its
capability and reliability in a real-world scenario .
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Internal and External Key Management:

The Dorado 8000 o ers unmatched flexibility and scalability in key management through
its support for both integrated and external key managers. It features a FIPS 140-2 Level
2 certified internal key manager. It provides a secure, self-contained solution for key
generation, rotation, escrow, and storage for streamlined deployments or environments
with more modest key management requirements. However, for large-scale enterprises
or highly regulated industries with stringent separation-of-duties policies, the system is
fully interoperable with external third-party KMIP-compliant key management servers
such as Gemalto, Thales, and HashiCorp. This enables organisations to centralise and
consolidate key management across their entire storage infrastructure, define granular
access policies, and integrate key lifecycle workflows with their established security
tools and processes (Huawei Support) (Huawei Support).

High Availability Clustering for Key Managers:

The Dorado 8000 supports high availability clustering for external key managers, allowing
customers to deploy redundant, geographically distributed key server instances for
maximum resilience and business continuity. In the event of a key manager failure or site-
level outage, the Dorado 8000 can automatically failover to a secondary key server,
ensuring uninterrupted access to encrypted data and preventing potential data loss or
service disruption (Huawei Support) (Huawei Enterprise).

Granular Access Controls and Auditing:

Extending beyond its cutting-edge encryption capabilities, the Dorado 8000 incorporates
a comprehensive suite of access control, authentication, and auditing features to
enforce robust security policies and maintain regulatory compliance across the storage
environment. The system supports granular attribute-based access control policies that
can be defined at multiple levels, including individual LUNs, file systems, and storage
pools. Access privileges can be dynamically assigned and revoked based on a wide range
of conditions, such as user or group membership, IP address or subnet, time of day, and
device posture or health status. This fine-grained control enables organisations to
implement precise least-privilege access models and align storage security policies with
their broader enterprise risk management and compliance frameworks (Huawei
Enterprise) (Huawei Support).

Comprehensive Auditing:

To maintain a comprehensive audit trail and enable forensic analysis of potential security
incidents, the Dorado 8000 includes a tamper-proof audit logging subsystem that
captures a rich set of system and user activity events. All administrative actions, data
access operations, authentication events, and policy changes are securely logged. These
logs can be filtered, searched, and exported for analysis or integration with enterprise
SIEM and log management solutions. Audit logs are digitally signed and encrypted to
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prevent tampering or unauthorised modification, ensuring robust audit trails for forensic
analysis and compliance reporting (Huawei Support) (Huawei Support).

When evaluating the Dorado 8000’s security architecture against

competing storage solutions, it’s crucial to consider not just individual
features or capabilities but the depth and breadth of their integration
into a holistic defence-in-depth framework. Many arrays on the market
today o er basic data-at-rest encryption capabilities but lack the
performance, scalability, and flexibility of the Dorado 8000’s hardware-
accelerated approach.

The Dorado 8000 stands out in its comprehensive, deeply integrated

security approach. It is an ideal solution for enterprises operating in
highly regulated industries, dealing with sensitive customer data, or
facing advanced cyber threats. This comprehensive, deeply integrated
security level is essential for The Bank's modern storage infrastructure,
prioritising cyber resilience and robust data governance in the digital
age.
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2. 3DC High Availability and Replication.

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 IS EXPERTLY DESIGNED TO DELIVER SUPERIOR HIGH
AVAILABILITY (HA) AND DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) CAPABILITIES THROUGH ITS ROBUST SUPPORT FOR
3 DATA CENTER (3DC) CONFIGURATIONS. THESE CONFIGURATIONS PROVIDE ENTERPRISES WITH
UNPARALLELED DATA PROTECTION AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY, ENSURING THAT CRITICAL
APPLICATIONS REMAIN AVAILABLE EVEN IN THE EVENT OF SITE FAILURES . THIS ROBUST SOLUTION
INTEGRATES SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES , PROVIDING
ENTERPRISES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE, RESILIENT, AND HIGH -PERFORMANCE DATA PROTECTION
STRATEGY.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 delivers exceptional high availability (HA) and
disaster recovery (DR) capabilities through its advanced 3DC (Three Data Center)
architecture. This robust solution integrates synchronous and asynchronous replication
technologies, providing enterprises with a comprehensive, resilient, and high-
performance data protection strategy.

HyperMetro Active-Active Configuration

The core of the Dorado 8000’s HA architecture is its exceptional HyperMetro active-active
synchronous replication technology. HyperMetro ensures zero Recovery Point Objective
(RPO) and near-zero Recovery Time Objective (RTO) between two active-active data
centres. This configuration synchronously replicates data between two sites, providing
real-time mirroring and continuous data availability. Unlike traditional active/passive HA
solutions, which rely on idle standby systems, HyperMetro ensures that the Dorado
8000's high-performance resources are fully utilised across both sites, providing
automatic workload balancing and transparent failover in the event of a single-site failure
or outage.

Key Features:

Zero RPO and Near-Zero RTO: HyperMetro o ers instantaneous data synchronisation
and immediate failover capabilities, ensuring continuous data availability and minimal
data loss.

Active-Active Utilization: Both sites are actively engaged in processing workloads,

maximising resource utilisation and performance.

SmartMatrix Interconnect

The HyperMetro active-active architecture is powered by the Dorado 8000's advanced

SmartMatrix interconnect. This technology provides fully redundant, multi-pathed
connectivity between all storage controllers, disk enclosures, and front-end host
interfaces across the two sites. This eliminates any single points of failure and ensures
that data volumes are continuously accessible from both sites with sub-millisecond
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failover response times. This robust interconnect fabric underpins the system's ability to
deliver consistent performance and availability across both sites.

Key Features:

Redundant Connectivity: Ensures continuous data access and eliminates single points
of failure.

Sub-Millisecond Failover: Guarantees rapid response times and minimal impact on

application performance during failover events.

HyperReplication Asynchronous Replication

To further enhance data resiliency and protection across geographic regions, the Dorado
8000 complements its HyperMetro synchronous replication with its intelligent
HyperReplication solution for asynchronous multi-site disaster recovery. This third site is
integrated using asynchronous replication, allowing for longer distances and ensuring
data consistency with minimal impact on performance. This third site acts as a disaster
recovery site, providing additional protection. Using HyperReplication, organisations can
create advanced multi-target 3DC replication topologies that combine synchronous and
asynchronous data movement across multiple locations. This architecture tailors their
HA/DR architecture to their precise recovery objectives, cost requirements, and risk
tolerance.

Key Features:

Multi-Target Replication: Supports complex topologies with multiple replication targets,

enhancing data protection and flexibility.

Long-Distance Replication: Asynchronous replication ensures data consistency over

extended distances without impacting performance.

Cascading 3DC Configurations

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 supports cascading 3DC configurations, where data
is synchronously replicated between the primary and secondary sites (HyperMetro) and
then asynchronously replicated to a tertiary site. This architecture ensures that even if
the primary site fails, the secondary site can maintain business operations while the
tertiary site o ers backup and recovery capabilities. The cascading 3DC setup provides
flexibility in terms of deployment and scalability, allowing organisations to expand their
storage architecture as their needs grow.

Key Features:

Layered Protection: Combines synchronous and asynchronous replication to provide

comprehensive data protection.
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Scalability: Allows enterprises to scale their storage infrastructure seamlessly as

business needs evolve.

Automated Failover and Failback

The OceanStor Dorado 8000 o ers automated failover and failback mechanisms to
ensure seamless transitions between sites during a disaster. This automation minimises
downtime and reduces the need for manual intervention. The system guarantees data
consistency across all three sites, leveraging Huawei's advanced replication
technologies to maintain synchronised copies of data even over long distances.

Key Features:

Automated Processes: Minimizes downtime and reduces manual intervention.

Data Consistency: Ensures synchronised copies of data across all sites, maintaining
data integrity.

Optimised for NVMe

The Dorado 8000 is built on a high-performance NVMe architecture, ensuring low latency
and high IOPS, which are crucial for maintaining application performance during data
replication and disaster recovery operations. This optimization ensures that the
performance remains consistent even during failover and failback processes.

Key Features:

High Performance: NVMe architecture delivers low latency and high IOPS, which is
crucial for replication operations.

Consistency: Maintains consistent performance during failover and failback.

Intelligent Management and Monitoring

Huawei's management tools provide a unified interface for configuring and monitoring
3DC setups. Administrators can easily manage replication policies, monitor
performance, and initiate failover or failback operations through an intuitive dashboard.
Advanced analytics and monitoring tools o er real-time insights into replication
performance, data synchronisation status, and system health, enabling proactive
management and troubleshooting.

Key Features:

Unified Management: Simplifies configuration and monitoring of 3DC setups.

Advanced Analytics: Provides real-time insights into system performance and health.

Enhanced Business Continuity: With 3DC configurations, enterprises can ensure

continuous availability of their critical applications and data even in the face of site-wide
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disasters. This robust HA and DR solution minimises downtime and maintains business
operations without interruption.

Improved Data Protection: The combination of synchronous and asynchronous

replication provides comprehensive data protection, ensuring that data is always
available and recoverable. This multi-layered protection strategy safeguards against data
loss and corruption.

Operational E iciency: Automated failover and failback processes and intelligent

management tools reduce the administrative burden and enhance operational
e iciency. IT teams can focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine disaster recovery
tasks.

Scalability and Flexibility: The OceanStor Dorado 8000's support for cascading 3DC
configurations allows enterprises to scale their storage infrastructure seamlessly. As
business needs grow, organisations can expand their replication architecture to include
additional sites and capacities.

Integration with Business Continuity Solutions: The Dorado 8000's integration with
business continuity solutions like VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and Huawei's
proprietary BCManager provides a holistic approach to disaster recovery. These tools
enable comprehensive planning, automation, and execution of DR workflows, ensuring
that all critical data and applications can be recovered quickly and e iciently in the event
of a disaster.

Advanced-Data Reduction Technologies: The Dorado 8000 leverages Huawei’s

advanced data reduction technologies, including inline deduplication and compression,
to minimise storage footprint and reduce costs. This not only enhances storage e iciency
but also optimises bandwidth usage during replication, making it more cost-e ective for
long-distance replication scenarios.

Energy-E icient Design: Huawei’s commitment to sustainability is reflected in the

Dorado 8000’s energy-e icient design. The system includes features like intelligent
power management and e icient cooling solutions, which reduce power consumption
and operational costs, aligning with modern green IT initiatives.

Proactive and Predictive Maintenance: The Dorado 8000 uses AI-driven predictive
analytics to monitor system health proactively and predict potential failures before they
occur. This reduces unplanned downtime and ensures that the storage system remains
in optimal condition, further enhancing its reliability and availability.

Support for Diverse Workloads: The Dorado 8000 is designed to support a wide range of
workloads, from high-performance transactional databases to large-scale virtualisation
and big data analytics. Its flexible architecture allows it to adapt to varying performance
and capacity requirements, making it a versatile solution for enterprise environments.
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The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000's 3DC high availability and

replication capabilities set a new standard for enterprise storage
solutions. By integrating advanced HyperMetro and HyperReplication
technologies and intelligent management and monitoring tools, the
Dorado 8000 ensures that enterprises can achieve unparalleled data
protection, business continuity, and operational e iciency. This
comprehensive approach to high availability and disaster recovery
makes the Dorado 8000 ideal for organisations looking to safeguard
their critical data and maintain uninterrupted business operations.
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3. THE OCEANSTOR DORADO Dedupe & Compression

E iciencies.
THE DORADO 8000 ESTABLISHES A NEW STANDARD IN ENTERPRISE STORAGE EFFICIENCY BY
LEVERAGING CUTTING-EDGE DATA FOOTPRINT REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES . THROUGH THE
INTEGRATION OF TOP-TIER DEDUPLICATION, COMPRESSION , AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEM-ON-A -CHIP
(SOC) ACCELERATION, THE DORADO 8000 ENABLES ORGANISATIONS TO MINIMISE THEIR STORAGE
CAPACITY NEEDS AND RELATED EXPENSES SIGNIFICANTLY , ALL WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH
PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY, AND SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT .

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's e iciency capabilities is its innovative SmartDedupe
and SmartCompression engine, built on a foundation of patented algorithms and
hardware acceleration technologies. This high-performance data reduction architecture
transcends the limitations of traditional software-based dedupe and compression
implementations, which often struggle with inconsistent reduction ratios, performance
impacts, and complex tuning requirements across diverse workloads and data types.

The key to SmartDedupe's superior e iciency and consistency is its intelligent, analytics-
driven variable-length deduplication approach. Instead of relying on fixed-block
boundaries that can miss redundancies or require complex data pattern analysis,
SmartDedupe uses real-time machine learning to dynamically analyse incoming data
streams and adapt its deduplication window size on a chunk-by-chunk basis.

This dynamic, content-aware deduplication enables ultra-granular redundancy

detection, allowing the identification and elimination of duplicate data patterns across
virtually any block size or alignment. By avoiding the performance taxes and potential
reduction ratio inconsistencies of fixed-block methods, SmartDedupe delivers an
average 5:1 data reduction ratio for general enterprise workloads, with up to 10:1
reduction for highly redundant data sets like virtualisation, VDI, and backups.

But SmartDedupe's innovations don't stop at dynamic deduplication window sizing. The
engine also incorporates advanced similarity-based detection and delta compression,
enabling it to identify and reduce similar but not identical data blocks that traditional
approaches would miss. For example, SmartDedupe can automatically detect
incremental di erences in database logs or versioned software builds, storing only
forward delta di erences rather than entirely new data copies. This similarity-based
reduction provides significant capacity savings for workloads dealing with large
monolithic files or constantly mutating data streams.

After deduplicating and delta encoding each data stream, SmartDedupe passes the
remaining unique data to the SmartCompression stage, which applies real-time,
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content-aware compression using an optimised multi-algorithm approach. The

compression engine first analyses the data content characteristics to determine the
optimal compression technique and ratios, such as LZ77 dictionary coding, Hu man
encoding, or tailored codecs for specific data types like databases, multimedia, or log
files.

Once the ideal compression profile is selected, the engine can seamlessly adapt
between lossless and lossy encoding on a per-block basis, automatically favouring
throughput over ratio when required to accelerate high-priority workloads. This flexible,
analytics-driven multi-codec approach ensures consistently high reduction ratios across
diverse data sets, with up to 80% compression achieved for conventional datasets.

What truly sets the Dorado 8000's data reduction architecture apart is its seamless
integration of intelligent hardware acceleration technologies that o load and optimise
the entire reduction pipeline. Huawei's custom data reduction co-processor is at the core
of this acceleration architecture. This unique system-on-chip design incorporates
dedicated processing engines for compute-intensive tasks like pattern matching, delta
encoding, compression, and erasure coding. By implementing key reduction stages in
highly optimised silicon rather than relying solely on general-purpose CPUs, the Dorado
8000 eliminates much of the performance overhead and potential bottlenecks typically
associated with software-based approaches.

The data reduction co-processor works in concert with other accelerated components,
such as the Dorado 8000's intelligent storage nodes (equipped with ARM cores and
programmable SmartNICs), its high-speed interconnect fabrics, and its globally
distributed, scale-out metadata infrastructure. Together, these technologies create a
seamless, end-to-end data reduction path that can handle even the most demanding
throughput and IOPs requirements without degradation.

For example, as new data is ingested, the storage nodes perform initial deduplication and
compression filtering in their local ARM cores before replicating across the backend
fabric. This distributed preprocessing reduces overall tra ic and o loads heavyweight
reduction operations from the system's main controllers. Once consolidated, the
intelligent data reduction co-processors take over – rapidly deduplicating, delta
encoding, and compressing the pre-processed streams into their final, ultra-compact
representations for persistent storage on the system's media tiers.

In addition to its performance advantages, the Dorado 8000's hardware-accelerated

reduction architecture also provides unmatched flexibility, scalability, and e iciency
compared to traditional software implementations. The system supports truly global
deduplication across all storage pools, arrays, and data types – eliminating siloes and
maximising cross-workload reduction potential. Its scale-out, distributed metadata
design enables e ectively unlimited deduplication tables and compression dictionaries,
seamlessly expanding as new capacity is added.
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The platform's intelligent multi-tier capabilities automatically align data reduction

policies with underlying media types. For example, it stores only compressed deltas on
ultra-dense QLC flash to maximise capacity while caching hot, rehydrated working sets
on faster Optane or NVMe tiers for instant throughput. This cross-stack integration
enables the system to optimise capacity, performance, or balance automatically on a
per-workload basis.

From an operational perspective, the Dorado 8000's reduction technologies are fully
integrated into the system's unified management stack, with a one-click application of
deduplication and compression policies across storage pools and quality of service
controls. Real-time monitoring and reporting provide comprehensive visibility into
reduction ratios, capacity savings, and performance impacts, enabling precise tuning to
align with user-defined policies. Transparent integration with other data services like
snapshots, replication, and cloud mobility ensures consistent reduction anywhere data
lands.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000's e iciency capabilities against competing solutions,
organisations must look beyond performance specifications or even raw reduction ratios
alone. Many arrays tout high reduction percentages but lack the intelligent workload
analysis, adaptive multi-codec compression, similarity-based encoding, and end-to-end
hardware acceleration required to achieve those results consistently, at scale, across
diverse enterprise workloads.

Competitors may provide adequate reduction performance but are

limited to individual storage volumes or pools – introducing operational
complexity and stranding capacity by preventing global cross-workload
deduplication. And virtually no platform can match the Dorado 8000's
operational automation and integration level with advanced data
management capabilities like cloud mobility, making it di icult to
capitalise on the benefits of storage e iciency fully.

The Dorado 8000, however, stands alone in providing a truly

comprehensive, workload-optimized data reduction solution that
combines advanced variable deduplication, multi-codec
compression, and full-stack hardware acceleration into a unified
architecture designed for e iciency, simplicity, and flexibility. No other
platform enables organisations to maximise their storage investments
as consistently and e ortlessly as the Dorado 8000 – translating into
significant CapEx and OpEx savings that make it easier to embrace
innovation and scale data-driven initiatives.
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To support The Bank in struggling to constrain unrelenting data growth

and skyrocketing storage costs, the Dorado 8000 represents a
fundamental re-thinking around IT's most precious commodity –
persistent capacity. With its intelligent analytics and acceleration
driving industry-leading reduction ratios across all media and
workloads, the Dorado 8000 will allow The Bank to do more with less –
shifting budgets away from expensive capacity expansion and toward
more transformative, business-driving investments. It's a storage
platform optimised for the realities of the data age.
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4. Snapshot Capability, Ransomware Protection &

Integration.
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SETS NEW STANDARDS IN RELIABLE DATA PROTECTION,
ROBUST SECURITY AGAINST CYBER THREATS , AND SEAMLESS BUSINESS CONTINUITY . WITH ADVANCED
SNAPSHOT MANAGEMENT , RANSOMWARE DEFENCE, AND END-TO-END REPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES ,
THIS SYSTEM PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, TIGHTLY INTEGRATED DATA RESILIENCY, EMPOWERING
ORGANISATIONS TO CONFIDENTLY ACCELERATE THEIR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES .

At the core of the Dorado 8000's data protection capabilities is its high-performance,
space-e icient snapshot engine based on redirect-on-write (ROW) technology. Unlike
traditional copy-on-write snapshots, which create redundant data copies, Dorado's ROW
approach intelligently stores only the changed blocks for each point-in-time image while
sharing all unmodified data across snapshots. This innovative design allows for virtually
unlimited snapshot creation and retention – with up to 2048 snapshots per source
volume – without wasted storage overhead or performance impacts.

Moreover, the Dorado 8000's snapshot implementation provides exceptional recovery

granularity, with support for snapshot capture as frequently as every 3 seconds. This
near-continuous data protection (CDP) capability ensures that application data can be
restored to a precise recovery point measured in single-digit seconds, virtually
eliminating potential data loss windows from events like ransomware encryption or
administrative errors.

But snapshots' operational value extends far beyond recovery speed and data loss
mitigation. The Dorado 8000 tightly integrates its snapshot capabilities with an array of
advanced data management services, unlocking robust use cases that optimise
production workflows, enable cross-site business continuity and enhance cyber
resilience in the face of emerging threats.

For instance, the system allows application-consistent snapshot creation and restore
processes to be seamlessly integrated with DevOps CI/CD pipelines, database
replication tools like Oracle Data Guard, backup apps including Veritas NetBackup, and
more. This snapshots-as-a-service model eliminates disruptive host-based backup
windows and provides self-service data management for application owners,
developers, and database administrators.

The Dorado 8000 also uniquely enables the retention and operational use of read/write
snapshots alongside read-only images. This allows individual snapshots to function as
rapid data copies or clones that can be provisioned, mounted, and used for test/dev,
analytics, app upgrades, or even hosting temporary workloads while maintaining
independent rollback capabilities to restore production datasets quickly.
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To underpin robust multi-site and disaster recovery scenarios, the Dorado 8000's
snapshot capabilities are also deeply integrated into its HyperMetro and
HyperReplication engines for space-e icient asynchronous replication. Application-
consistent snapshot images can be automatically replicated between locations for
remote data protection, disaster recovery, and active/active continuity across metro
clusters.

Customers can flexibly define multi-vector, multi-target replication topologies and

schedules across three or more sites, ensuring that critical applications always have an
accessible recovery copy isolated from potential outages or cyber-attacks. Advanced
tra ic shaping, compression, and always-on deduplication maximise WAN e iciency,
while write-order consistency technology maintains data integrity and enables seamless
test/recovery anytime.

However, perhaps the most potent aspect of the Dorado 8000's snapshot and replication
integration is its industry-leading capability to combat sophisticated cyber threats—
including ransomware attacks designed to maliciously encrypt or destroy data and
backups. The system's secure HyperSnap technology allows administrators to designate
snapshots as immutable, read-only data copies that are physically isolated, encrypted,
locked down with WORM policies, and 100% immune to modification or deletion.

This secure, air-gapped protection goes beyond traditional backups by creating true
active life preservers for production data that cannot be impacted by malware,
administrative mistakes, or even compromised user credentials with root access. It
complements Dorado's robust malware prevention capabilities, including HyperDetect –
an AI/ML engine that uses behavioural analytics to automatically identify and respond to
potential ransomware activity with customisable protective actions.

From a management perspective, the Dorado 8000's entire suite of snapshot, replication,
and cyber resilience tools are tightly integrated into its unified management platform and
exposed through powerful APIs for automation and self-service provisioning. Policy-
driven workflows enable snapshot schedules, consistency groups, retention periods,
and replication vectors to be centrally defined and enforced across the entire storage
environment.

A single pane of glass provides complete visibility into local and remote snapshot
catalogues, replication streams, and active threats. Custom scripts, orchestration
hooks, and connections to external security data lakes extend the Dorado 8000's
protection capabilities into fully converged cyber defence architectures.

Organisations must consider more than just baseline snapshot scheduling or

asynchronous replication support when evaluating the OceanStor Dorado 8000's data
protection feature set against competing platforms. Many enterprise arrays provide basic
snapshot capabilities or rudimentary fan-out replication for backup purposes. However,
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their implementations lack the Dorado 8000's level of operational integration, cyber
resiliency, extreme recovery granularity, and intelligent automation.

Others may o er reasonable snapshot management or replication functionality, but as

isolated data silos – failing to unify and converge these technologies into a seamless,
comprehensive, and tightly coupled data resiliency architecture. Virtually no platform
can match the depth and sophistication of the Dorado 8000's secure snapshot and anti-
ransomware technologies, which elevate it from an insurance policy to an active shield
against the most pernicious cyber threats.

To enable The Banks’s quest for constant improvements in Data

Protection strategies, as well as to also embrace digital transformation
confidently by building a modern, cyber-resilient foundation of
immutable data custody and multi-vector operational recovery, the
OceanStor Dorado 8000 represents a new benchmark. Its industry-
leading snapshot management, replication, and malware defence
technologies create a cohesive tapestry of data durability and
continuous availability that empowers enterprises to innovate at top
speed – without sacrificing protection, security, or business continuity.

From self-service data provisioning for DevOps to global active/active

mission-critical workloads to automated immutable repositories
isolated from insider threats, the Dorado 8000 provides a future-proof
architecture for data resiliency. It is a fundamental rethinking of what
enterprise storage can and should be in an era of constant change,
accelerating cycles of innovation, and evolving cyber threats. With its
comprehensive data-safeguarding capabilities, the OceanStor Dorado
8000 will enable The Bank's true freedom to enhance transformation.
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5. Reporting, Monitoring & Automation Integration.

THE OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SETS NEW STANDARDS IN PERFORMANCE MONITORING, CAPACITY
ANALYTICS, AND INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION . ITS ADVANCED, AI-POWERED ES ERVICE MANAGEMENT
PLATFORM EMPOWERS ORGANISATIONS TO OPTIMISE RESOURCE UTILISATION , ACCELERATE IT
SERVICE DELIVERY , AND DRIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THEIR HYBRID CLOUD DATA
CENTRES.

At its core, eService is a cloud-based intelligent operations solution that leverages

machine learning, predictive analytics, and automated runbook automation to provide
organisations with comprehensive visibility, control, and optimisation of their Dorado
8000 deployments. But rather than functioning as an isolated management interface,
eService acts as a centralised data and automation hub – seamlessly integrating real-
time telemetry, historical intelligence, and a rich ecosystem of third-party monitoring,
analytics, and AIOps solutions.

The insights and actions surfaced through eService originate from Huawei's OceanStor
Intelligent Cloud, a globally distributed mesh of data ingestors, analytics engines, and
machine learning models continuously analysing millions of storage data points across
thousands of deployed arrays worldwide. This distributed, crowd-sourced intelligence
provides eService with an unparalleled knowledge base from which to draw when
monitoring and optimising customer environments.

For example, as each Dorado 8000 initialises, eService establishes secure, bi-directional
communication tunnels for real-time telemetry streaming. Over 6,000 system health,
performance, and workload context data points per array are continuously ingested into
OceanStor Intelligent Cloud, where they are combined with crowd-sourced insights to
create dynamic, self-updating performance baselines tailored to each customer's
specific configuration and application context.

This enables eService's advanced anomaly detection and inferencing capabilities to

provide precise, actionable insights by distinguishing between true performance
deviations and acceptable bursts or periodic workload variations. Multi-variate analytics
incorporating system health, resource utilisation, policy compliance, and even external
factors like seasonal business cycles ensure that no critical performance spike or
degradation goes unnoticed.

The same principle extends to eService's capacity management and forecasting

capabilities. Its analytics engine ingests a rich set of historical utilisation and workload
metadata for each Dorado 8000 to accurately model trends, seasonal variations, and
growth trajectories unique to each customer environment. Proprietary machine learning
algorithms analyse these comprehensive data sets to provide precise capacity runway
reporting and forecasting up to 24 months out.
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Unlike conventional storage reporting tools that rely on simplistic linear projections
prone to underestimating growth, eService's capacity brain leverages deep neural
networks trained on millions of real-world scenarios to account for the cyclical, non-
linear behaviours inherent to dynamic enterprise storage environments. Its tight
integration with workload context insights enables intelligent waste reclamation
suggestions tailored to each environment – for example, identifying cold Oracle
tablespaces, stale VMware snapshots, or orphaned LUNs that can be o loaded,
compressed, or reclaimed.

eService goes beyond just monitoring and reporting to elevate the Dorado 8000 to a truly
self-optimizing, autonomous storage control plane. Through its integration with
ServiceGovern, Huawei's industry-leading AI RunZero orchestration engine, eService
provides a rich set of automated issue prevention and remediation runbooks for
automatically resolving or mitigating detected anomalies and resource constraints.

For example, when eService detects an abnormal performance degradation based on an

application's modelled baseline, it can automatically invoke a runbook to re-balance the
workload across the cluster, throttle lower priority applications based on QoS policies,
free up bu er cache, or trigger on-demand storage tiering to alleviate bottlenecks. When
runbook actions are insu icient to resolve an issue, contextual insights are fed to
ServiceGovern, which leverages natural language models to automatically generate an
intuitive incident summary for escalation to support sta .

eService and ServiceGovern are fully integrated with Huawei's CloudIQ AIOps solution,
which provides advanced monitoring, event correlation, and L3 automation capabilities
across the full technology stack. Through its open APIs, data pipeline integrations, and
support for industry standards like PetrelData, eService enables seamless incorporation
of Dorado 8000 insights into broader IT operations management and AIOps workflows.

External analytics, monitoring, and automation solutions can easily ingest Dorado
performance, capacity, and workload data streams for advanced visualisation,
correlation with application metrics, automated incident response, and closed feedback
loops for continuous optimisation. CloudIQ's AI incident management and full-stack
runbook automation extend Huawei's autonomous storage operations capabilities to the
broader private cloud infrastructure.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000's monitoring, analytics, and automation capabilities
versus competing platforms, organisations must consider more than just surface-level
storage reporting features. Many enterprise arrays lack the depth of real-time telemetry,
machine learning, and predictive modelling required to provide true business and
workload context for performance and capacity insights. Others provide reporting
capabilities but as isolated data silos with limited integration into external operations
management platforms, inhibiting opportunities for cross-stack correlation, simulation,
and closed-loop optimisation.
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Very few storage monitoring solutions o er the seamless integration with intelligent
runbook automation and AIOps workflows that eService delivers through its native
interoperability with ServiceGovern and CloudIQ. Only Huawei leverages its distributed
OceanStor Intelligent Cloud and global fleet footprint to provide customers with a
constantly evolving, crowd-sourced knowledge base for autonomous anomaly detection
and proactive issue prevention.

For organisations like The Bank, pursuing autonomous cloud operating models and IT-as-
a-service delivery, the OceanStor Dorado 8000's eService platform represents a bold new
vision for self-optimizing, self-managing storage infrastructure. Its combination of
advanced AI analytics, tight integration with monitoring and automation ecosystems, and
seamless interoperability across OceanStor's global cloud brain provides the
autonomous insights and actions required to maintain peak operational fitness.

From precise performance modelling and anomaly detection to

intelligent capacity forecasting and proactive issue remediation,
eService elevates the Dorado 8000 from a state-of-the-art storage
platform to an active participant in the software-defined data centre
control plane. It is a fundamental rethinking of how IT infrastructure is
monitored, optimised, and operated in the era of hybrid cloud, enabling
organisations to focus on value delivery and innovation rather than
reactive maintenance and firefighting.

With the OceanStor Dorado 8000 and eService, smart operations

become the new normal as storage transitions from a static pool of
resources to being incessantly tuned and tweaked into a self-regulating
utility that adapts to meet evolving business needs. Its autonomous
infrastructure is aligned with the pace of digital business and is the
catalyst for truly modernising IT operations.
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6. VMware Integration & V-Vol Support - included for

HA Storage Solutions for both Standalone (A/A) and
VMSC (Metro) Clusters.

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 PROVIDES UNPARALLELED INTEGRATION WITH VMWARE
ENVIRONMENTS , DELIVERING EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR V IRTUAL V OLUMES (VV OLS) AND EFFORTLESS
COMPATIBILITY WITH STANDALONE ACTIVE-ACTIVE (A/A) AND VMWARE METRO S TORAGE CLUSTER
(VMSC) ARCHITECTURES. THIS ROBUST INTEGRATION GUARANTEES THAT ORGANISATIONS CAN FULLY
LEVERAGE THEIR VMWARE INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITALISING ON THE EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE,
AVAILABILITY, AND DATA SERVICES OFFERED BY THE D ORADO 8000 STORAGE PLATFORM.

At the core of the Dorado 8000's VMware capabilities is its native end-to-end support for
VMware VVols—a groundbreaking technology that revolutionises storage management
and optimisation for virtualised environments. Unlike traditional storage provisioning
models that rely on coarse-grained LUNs or volumes, VVols enable storage to be
provisioned, managed, and optimised at the individual virtual machine (VM) level,
significantly simplifying operations and improving overall e iciency.

The Dorado 8000's VVol implementation is fully integrated into the VMware ecosystem,
allowing VMware administrators to leverage familiar tools and interfaces to create and
manage VM-centric storage containers directly from the vSphere Web Client or CLI.
These VM-level storage containers, called Virtual Volume Objects (VVols), can be easily
customised with specific performance, capacity, and data protection policies based on
the unique requirements of each individual VM or application.

Key Features:

VVol Versions Supported: The Dorado 8000 supports VVol versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0
through the VASA Provider. This ensures broad compatibility and allows for advanced
integration with VMware's storage management capabilities.

Future Support: Planned support for VVol 4.0 (VASA 5.0) later this year will further
enhance the system's compatibility and future-proofing. This commitment to supporting
future VVol versions ensures that FNB's storage infrastructure remains state-of-the-art
and capable of leveraging the latest VMware features.

VASA Provider Integration: The VASA Provider integration enables seamless

communication between the storage system and the VMware environment, allowing for
e icient management and provisioning of storage resources at the VM level.
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Granular Quality of Service (QoS) Controls

One of the key advantages of the Dorado 8000's VVol support is its ability to provide
granular Quality of Service (QoS) controls at the individual VVol level. Using the system's
advanced QoS engine and policy-based management framework, VMware
administrators can define and enforce precise IOPS, throughput, and latency thresholds
for each VVol, ensuring that every VM receives the exact storage performance it requires
without impacting other workloads. This level of granular QoS control is a critical enabler
for enterprises running large-scale, high-density VMware environments with diverse
application and performance requirements.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 incorporates advanced Quality of Service (QoS)
features that provide granular control over storage performance. This ensures that critical
applications receive the necessary resources to maintain optimal performance.

Key Features:

Granular QoS Controls: QoS policies can be applied at the individual Virtual Volume
(VVol) level, allowing administrators to define specific IOPS, throughput, and latency
thresholds for each VM. This level of granularity ensures that performance can be tailored
precisely to each application's needs.

Policy-Based Management: The Dorado 8000 integrates deeply with VMware's Storage
Policy-Based Management (SPBM) framework, enabling automated and consistent
application of QoS policies across the virtual environment. Administrators can create
and enforce storage policies that align with organisational performance and compliance
requirements.

Real-Time Performance Monitoring: Advanced monitoring tools provide real-time

insights into storage performance, allowing administrators to proactively manage and
adjust QoS settings as needed to maintain optimal performance.

By allowing storage performance to be precisely tailored to each individual VM, the

Dorado 8000 helps organisations eliminate resource contention, improve application
responsiveness, and maximise the overall e iciency and density of their virtualised
infrastructure.

Policy-Driven Storage Management

In addition to QoS, the Dorado 8000's VVol implementation also provides deep
integration with VMware's vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM)
framework, enabling policy-driven provisioning and optimisation of storage resources
across the entire VMware environment. Using SPBM policies, VMware administrators can
easily define and apply consistent storage configurations, performance profiles, and
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data protection requirements across individual VMs, VM clusters, or even the entire
virtual data centre.

High Availability and Disaster Recovery

The Dorado 8000 o ers robust support for VMware high availability (HA) and disaster
recovery (DR) solutions, including VMware Metro Storage Clusters (VMSC) and Site
Recovery Manager (SRM). For VMSC deployments, the Dorado 8000 leverages its active-
active HyperMetro technology to provide synchronous data replication and transparent
failover between two geographically separated storage clusters, ensuring continuous
data access and zero downtime for VMware environments.

When integrated with VMware SRM, the Dorado 8000 enables fully automated disaster
recovery workflows for entire VMware environments, including VM failover and failback,
network and storage resource mapping, and application-consistent recovery point
objectives (RPOs). VMware administrators can easily configure, test, and execute
comprehensive DR plans directly from the familiar vSphere interface, greatly simplifying
the management and operation of business continuity solutions.

Integration with Management and Monitoring Tools

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 integrates with a range of management and monitoring
tools to provide comprehensive oversight and control over the storage environment.

Key Features:

DME Storage Platform: The DME Storage platform o ers unified management capabilities,
including policy-based provisioning, risk management, and automated real-time operations.
This platform simplifies the management of complex storage environments and enhances
operational e iciency.

ServiceGovern AI Orchestration: The ServiceGovern AI orchestration engine automates

routine tasks and optimises resource allocation, reducing administrative overhead and
improving system performance.

eService Platform: The eService platform provides proactive issue detection and resolution,
leveraging AI and machine learning to predict and mitigate potential problems before they
impact operations. This enhances the reliability and availability of the storage system.

Additional VMware Optimization Features

Beyond its robust VVol, QoS, SPBM, and HA/DR integration, the Dorado 8000 also
provides a wealth of additional VMware optimisation features and capabilities. These
include support for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols), VMware vSphere APIs for
Array Integration (VAAI), VMware vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA), and native
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integration with VMware vRealize Operations Manager for comprehensive infrastructure

monitoring and analytics. Additionally, the Huawei vCenter Plugin enables centralised
management of Huawei storage directly from vSphere, simplifying administration for
VMware admins by providing storage discovery, health monitoring, capacity
management, datastore provisioning, and backup and restore functionalities.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000 against other storage platforms for
VMware environments, it's critical to consider the depth and
completeness of the integration across the entire VMware stack. Many
storage systems may claim to support VVols or provide basic VMware
integration but often lack the granular QoS controls, policy-based
management, and HA/DR capabilities required to truly optimize and
protect large-scale VMware deployments.

The Dorado 8000, however, stands alone in providing a truly end-to-

end enterprise-class VMware storage solution that combines native
VVol support with advanced QoS, policy-driven automation, robust
HA/DR capabilities, and seamless integration across the full VMware
ecosystem. With the Dorado 8000, organisations can confidently
modernise their VMware infrastructure, simplify operations, and
achieve new levels of performance, e iciency, and availability for their
mission-critical virtualised workloads.
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7. Comprehensive VMware Performance Management

with Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000.
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SETS THE STANDARD WITH ITS INDUSTRY-LEADING VVOL
SUPPORT , OFFERING VMWARE ADMINISTRATORS UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND
POLICY -DRIVEN AUTOMATION CAPABILITIES AT THE INDIVIDUAL VV OL LAYER. THIS SEAMLESS
INTEGRATION EMPOWERS ORGANISATIONS TO OPTIMISE STORAGE PERFORMANCE, MAINTAIN
CONSISTENT SERVICE LEVELS, AND STREAMLINE OPERATIONS ACROSS THEIR ENTIRE VMWARE
ENVIRONMENT, FROM THE SMALLEST VM TO THE LARGEST VIRTUAL DATA CENTRE.

Advanced Integration with VMware SPBM

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's VVol performance management capabilities is its
seamless integration with VMware's Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM)
framework. Using SPBM, VMware administrators can easily define reusable storage
policies that encapsulate specific performance, capacity, and data protection
requirements for individual VMs or groups of VMs. These policies can then be seamlessly
applied to individual VVols or VMware Storage Policy Components during provisioning or
configuration operations.

One of the key advantages of the Dorado 8000's SPBM integration is its ability to translate
high-level VMware storage policies into granular, hardware-level Quality of Service (QoS)
configurations on the underlying storage platform. When a new VVol is provisioned with
a specific SPBM policy, the Dorado 8000 automatically maps that policy to a
corresponding set of QoS parameters, such as IOPS limits, throughput thresholds, and
latency targets, and enforces those parameters at the individual VVol level.

This tight integration between VMware's policy-driven storage management and the
Dorado 8000's advanced QoS engine enables VMware administrators to easily define and
enforce precise performance Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for each individual VM or
application without requiring deep storage expertise or manual QoS configuration. By
allowing performance requirements to be specified using familiar VMware constructs
and abstractions, the Dorado 8000 simplifies storage performance management. It
ensures that every VM receives the exact level of storage performance it requires.

Comprehensive Performance Monitoring and Analytics

In addition to translating SPBM policies into granular QoS configurations, the Dorado
8000 also provides comprehensive performance monitoring and analytics capabilities
that are deeply integrated with the VMware ecosystem. Using the system's advanced
monitoring and reporting tools, VMware administrators can easily view real-time and
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historical performance metrics for individual VVols, including IOPS, latency, throughput,
and capacity utilisation.

These performance metrics can be seamlessly correlated with VMware's native VM

performance data, enabling administrators to quickly identify and troubleshoot
performance issues at both the VM and storage layers. The Dorado 8000 also supports
integration with VMware's vRealize Operations Manager, providing a comprehensive,
single-pane-of-glass view of the entire VMware infrastructure stack, from VMs and
applications down to the underlying storage resources.

Intelligent Performance Forecasting and Optimization

To further simplify performance management and optimisation, the Dorado 8000

leverages advanced machine learning and predictive analytics capabilities to provide
intelligent performance forecasting and capacity planning for VMware environments. The
system can accurately model future performance and capacity requirements for
individual VMs, VM clusters, or the entire virtual data centre using real-time telemetry
data and historical usage patterns.

VMware administrators can then use these forecasts to proactively adjust SPBM policies,
QoS configurations, and capacity allocations, ensuring that storage performance and
service levels remain optimised as workload requirements evolve over time. The Dorado
8000's intelligent analytics engine can even provide recommendations for rebalancing
VVol placements or implementing storage tiering to further enhance performance and
e iciency across the VMware environment.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000 against other storage platforms for
VMware environments, it's critical to consider the depth and
completeness of the VVol performance management integration. Many
storage systems may provide basic VVol support but lack the ability to
seamlessly translate VMware storage policies into granular, hardware-
enforced QoS configurations. Others may o er performance
monitoring capabilities, but they are isolated from the broader VMware
management stack, making it di icult to correlate storage
performance with VM-level metrics and workloads.

The Dorado 8000, however, delivers a truly end-to-end solution for

VMware performance management, combining native SPBM policy
translation, granular VVol-level QoS enforcement, comprehensive
performance monitoring and analytics, and intelligent forecasting and
optimisation capabilities. With the Dorado 8000, organisations can
confidently embrace VVols and policy-driven storage management,
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knowing they can deliver consistent, predictable performance for every

VM and application across their VMware environment.

8. Support for Larger Datastores / Volumes up to 64 TB

(with Minimal Performance Degradation).
EXCEPTIONAL LARGE VOLUME SUPPORT WITH HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 IS EXPERTLY DESIGNED TO EFFORTLESSLY ACCOMMODATE

LARGE D ATASTORES AND VOLUMES OF UP TO 64 TB AND BEYOND, ALL WHILE DELIVERING
UNWAVERING HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW LATENCY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAPACITY RANGE.
THIS EXCEPTIONAL LARGE VOLUME SUPPORT SETS THE DORADO 8000 APART, EMPOWERING
ORGANISATIONS TO SEAMLESSLY CONSOLIDATE THEIR MOST DEMANDING WORKLOADS AND DATA-
INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS ONTO A SINGLE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE PLATFORM WITHOUT ANY
COMPROMISE IN PERFORMANCE OR ARTIFICIAL SCALABILITY LIMITATIONS .

Advanced Data Placement and I/O Optimization

At the core of the Dorado 8000's large volume support is its advanced data placement
and I/O optimisation architecture. It intelligently distributes data across the system's
high-performance storage media and intelligent processors to ensure optimal
performance and parallelism, even for the largest volumes. Unlike traditional storage
platforms that may experience performance bottlenecks or resource contention as
volume sizes increase, the Dorado 8000 leverages a unique combination of technologies
to maintain consistent, predictable performance at any scale. This “predictable
performance” truly sets the Dorado apart from the competition.

One key enabler of the Dorado 8000's large-volume performance is its FlashLink®
intelligent I/O acceleration engine. FlashLink incorporates a range of advanced
algorithms and hardware acceleration techniques that optimise data placement, I/O
handling, and resource utilisation across the entire storage stack. These include
intelligent multi-core processing, automated load balancing, and cutting-edge
technologies like multi-streaming and full-stripe write acceleration.

By intelligently analysing and optimising data access patterns, the FlashLink engine
ensures that I/O operations are evenly distributed across all available system resources,
preventing bottlenecks and ensuring consistent, high-performance access to data,
regardless of volume size or capacity consumption. This level of hardware accelerated
I/O optimisation is a critical enabler for large volume support, as it ensures that the
Dorado 8000 can fully leverage the aggregate performance potential of its high-speed
NVMe SSDs and intelligent processors, even as capacity requirements grow.

RAID 2.0+ for Optimized Large Volume Performance

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Complementing its advanced I/O acceleration capabilities, the Dorado 8000 also
features a unique RAID 2.0+ data protection architecture optimised for large-volume
performance. Unlike traditional RAID implementations, which can introduce
performance bottlenecks or latency impacts as volumes scale, RAID 2.0+ leverages a
distributed, scale-out approach to data striping and parity calculation.

With RAID 2.0+, the Dorado 8000 intelligently stripes data across all available SSDs in the
system, enabling parallel access to data and eliminating potential hotspots or resource
contention. This ensures that I/O performance remains consistently high, even as
volumes grow to multi-petabyte capacities. RAID 2.0+ also supports dynamic capacity
expansion, allowing organisations to grow their large volumes seamlessly without
disruption or performance impact simply by adding additional storage enclosures to the
system.

Intelligent Caching and Tiering Technologies

The Dorado 8000 also incorporates intelligent caching and tiering technologies that
optimise data placement and accelerate I/O for hot or frequently accessed data to
enhance large-volume performance further. Using advanced machine learning
algorithms, the system continuously monitors data access patterns. It automatically
caches hot data on its high-performance NVMe SSDs or optional Storage Class Memory
(SCM) tiers while migrating cold or less active data to higher-capacity storage tiers.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000 against other enterprise storage

platforms for large volume support, it's critical to consider not just the
stated maximum volume size but also the depth and sophistication of
the underlying performance optimisation technologies. Many storage
systems may claim to support large volumes on paper but lack the
intelligent data placement, I/O acceleration, and multi-tier caching and
optimisation capabilities required to maintain consistently high
performance as volumes scale.

The Dorado 8000, however, delivers a truly end-to-end large-volume

performance architecture that combines cutting-edge hardware
acceleration, distributed RAID implementation, and intelligent multi-
tier optimisation into a cohesive, scale-out storage fabric. With the
Dorado 8000, organisations can confidently consolidate their largest
datasets and most performance-intensive workloads onto a single,
high-performance platform without sacrificing speed, latency, or
scalability – enabling new levels of infrastructure consolidation,
operational e iciency, and competitive advantage.
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9. Ability to Control Quality of Service (QoS)

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 IS UNPARALLELED IN DELIVERING PREDICTABLE
PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE LEVELS ACROSS DIVERSE APPLICATION WORKLOADS FOR MODERN
ENTERPRISES. IT BOASTS UNMATCHED QUALITY SERVICE (QOS) CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE
OF
ISOLATION CAPABILITIES THROUGH ITS ADVANCED S MART QOS ENGINE. THIS COMPREHENSIVE
FRAMEWORK DEFINES , ENFORCES , AND DYNAMICALLY OPTIMISES STORAGE PERFORMANCE BASED ON
REAL-TIME APPLICATION DEMAND AND BUSINESS PRIORITIES .

Advanced Policy-Driven QoS Management

At the heart of SmartQoS is a powerful, policy-driven QoS management engine that

enables administrators to define granular performance objectives and constraints for
individual applications, tenants, or entire storage volumes and LUNs. Using intuitive
policy constructs, administrators can specify precise IOPS, throughput, and latency
targets for each workload, as well as hard limits to prevent any single application from
consuming more than its fair share of system resources.

Once defined, these QoS policies are automatically enforced by the Dorado 8000's
intelligent I/O scheduling and resource allocation engine, which continuously monitors
storage utilisation and dynamically adjusts resource allocations to ensure that each
workload receives its guaranteed performance level. This closed-loop QoS enforcement
occurs in real-time, with sub-millisecond response times, enabling the Dorado 8000 to
rapidly adapt to changing workload dynamics and prevent performance degradation due
to resource contention or "noisy neighbours."

Granular QoS Controls

A key advantage of the Dorado 8000's SmartQoS implementation is its ability to support
both hard QoS limits and soft QoS targets within the same policy framework. Hard limits
allow administrators to set absolute upper bounds on resource consumption for specific
workloads, e ectively capping their IOPS, throughput, or latency to prevent them from
impacting other applications. This is particularly useful for isolating mission-critical
workloads from non-essential applications or for enforcing strict performance
boundaries in multi-tenant environments.

Soft QoS targets, on the other hand, allow administrators to specify desired performance
levels for workloads without enforcing hard limits. The SmartQoS engine then intelligently
allocates available system resources to these workloads based on their relative priorities
and targets, automatically adjusting allocations in real time to optimise overall system
performance and resource utilisation.

For example, a high-priority database workload might be assigned a soft target of 100,000
IOPS, while a lower-priority analytics workload is given a soft target of 50,000 IOPS. If the
database only requires 80,000 IOPS at a given time, the SmartQoS engine would
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automatically allocate the remaining system resources to the analytics workload,

allowing it to burst above its nominal 50,000 IOPS target temporarily. This level of
intelligent, demand-driven resource allocation ensures that the Dorado 8000 can
consistently deliver optimal performance across all workloads without requiring complex
manual tuning or overprovisioning.

Comprehensive Performance Monitoring and Analytics

The Dorado 8000 also incorporates advanced monitoring, analytics, and forecasting
tools that provide comprehensive visibility into application performance and resource
utilisation across the storage environment to enhance its QoS capabilities further. Using
the system's intuitive dashboards and reporting interfaces, administrators can view real-
time and historical performance metrics for any application, volume, or LUN – including
critical KPIs like IOPS, latency, throughput, and capacity consumption.

The Dorado 8000's monitoring tools go beyond just surface-level metrics, providing deep
insights into internal QoS enforcement activities, resource allocations, and policy
compliance. Administrators can easily identify potential QoS bottlenecks or violations
and can quickly drill down into the root causes behind performance anomalies or
deviations from expected service levels.

Seamless Integration with Automation and IT Workflows

To simplify QoS management and enforcement, the Dorado 8000 also exposes its entire
SmartQoS policy engine through a comprehensive set of APIs and automation hooks.
Using these programmatic interfaces, administrators can seamlessly integrate QoS
policies and enforcement into higher-level IT automation and orchestration workflows,
enabling true "storage-as-a-service" delivery models.

For example, IT operations teams can automatically configure and apply appropriate QoS
policies when provisioning new application environments as part of the broader
provisioning process, ensuring that performance requirements are consistently enforced
from day one. As application needs evolve, QoS policies can be dynamically adjusted
through automated workflows without requiring manual intervention or disrupting other
workloads.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000's QoS capabilities against competing storage
platforms, organisations must look beyond basic QoS controls or coarse-grained limits
based on volume or LUN boundaries. Many enterprise storage arrays provide rudimentary
QoS features that lack the granular control, intelligent multi-tenant isolation, and tight
integration with monitoring and automation required for e ective performance
management at scale.
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The Dorado 8000's SmartQoS solution, however, delivers a truly

autonomous, self-optimizing approach to QoS management that
transcends the limitations of traditional, static QoS implementations.
By combining granular multi-tenant controls, intelligent workload-
driven enforcement, comprehensive monitoring and analytics, and
seamless integration with IT automation, SmartQoS provides a
powerful platform for consistently delivering predictable performance
in even the most dynamic, multi-tenant environments.

This level of sophisticated, policy-driven QoS is essential for The Bank

looking to drive greater operational e iciency through high-density
workload consolidation, enable seamless "storage-as-a-service"
delivery models, or embrace hybrid cloud architectures that
seamlessly span on-premises and public cloud resources. With the
Dorado 8000's SmartQoS engine as the foundation, The Bank can
confidently optimise its storage performance and economics – without
sacrificing service levels or overprovisioning to accommodate volatile
application demands.
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10. Automated Seamless Failover and Failback –

HA & Supports 3DC Configurations.
ENSURING CONTINUOUS DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISASTER RESILIENCE IS CRUCIAL FOR ENTERPRISES
RUNNING MISSION -CRITICAL APPLICATIONS AND MANAGING SENSITIVE DATA ASSETS. THE HUAWEI
OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SETS A NEW STANDARD FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY (HA) AND DISASTER
RECOVERY (DR) WITH ITS FULLY ACTIVE-ACTIVE ARCHITECTURE, INTELLIGENT MULTI -SITE
REPLICATION CAPABILITIES, AND COMPREHENSIVE AUTOMATION FOR SEAMLESS FAILOVER AND
FAILBACK OPERATIONS ACROSS COMPLEX 3DC TOPOLOGIES .

HyperMetro Active-Active Architecture:

The Dorado 8000's HA architecture is built on its exceptional HyperMetro active-active

synchronous replication technology. This allows for true real-time data mirroring
between two geographically separated storage clusters with full read/write access from
both sites. Unlike traditional active/passive HA solutions, which rely on idle standby
systems, HyperMetro ensures that the Dorado 8000's high-performance resources are
fully utilised across both sites. It also provides automatic workload balancing and
transparent failover in the event of a single-site failure or outage (Huawei Enterprise).

SmartMatrix Interconnect: HyperMetro's active-active architecture is powered by the

Dorado 8000's advanced SmartMatrix interconnect, which provides fully redundant
multi-pathed connectivity between all storage controllers, disk enclosures, and front-
end host interfaces across the two sites. This eliminates any single points of failure and
ensures that data volumes are continuously accessible from both sites with sub-
millisecond failover response times. This robust interconnect fabric underpins the
system's ability to deliver consistent performance and availability across both sites
(Huawei Enterprise).

HyperReplication for Multi-Site DR:

To further enhance data resiliency and protection across geographic regions, the Dorado
8000 complements its HyperMetro synchronous replication with its intelligent
HyperReplication solution for asynchronous multi-site disaster recovery. Using
HyperReplication, organisations can create advanced multi-target 3DC replication
topologies that combine synchronous and asynchronous data movement across
multiple locations. This architecture tailors their HA/DR architecture to their precise
recovery objectives, cost requirements, and risk tolerance (Huawei Enterprise).

Comprehensive Automation and Policy-Driven Management:

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The Dorado 8000's entire HA/DR solution—spanning HyperMetro, HyperReplication, and

advanced 3DC topologies—is designed for full automation, requiring zero manual
intervention during failover, failback, and recovery operations. Using the system's policy-
driven management interface, administrators can easily define comprehensive DR
workflows and runbooks that specify precise actions for di erent failure scenarios and
automated testing and validation processes. In the event of an outage or disaster, the
Dorado 8000 automatically executes the appropriate recovery plan, handling complex
tasks like quorum arbitration, multi-vector replication, re-synchronization, application
mapping, and network re-configuration with no operator involvement required. Failover
operations occur in seconds, ensuring continuous data access even in the case of
catastrophic failures (Huawei Enterprise) (Huawei Support).

Testing and Validation:

To simplify ongoing DR readiness and compliance, the Dorado 8000 supports

comprehensive testing and validation of defined recovery plans through non-disruptive
simulations and reporting tools. Administrators can validate recovery point and time
objectives across complex multi-site HA/DR configurations without impacting
production environments and generate detailed compliance reports for auditing and risk
management purposes.

When evaluating the Dorado 8000’s HA/DR capabilities against

competing storage platforms, it’s critical to consider more than just
basic replication, failover, and site recovery features. Many enterprise
arrays provide synchronous and asynchronous replication capabilities
but lack the advanced multi-site topology flexibility, intelligent
automation, and non-disruptive testing required for robust, continually
validated DR protection.

The Dorado 8000 delivers a comprehensive, tightly integrated HA/DR

solution that combines active-active metro clustering, intelligent multi-
site replication, flexible cross-region 3DC topologies, and push-button
automation into a truly autonomous platform for continuous data
availability and operational resiliency. With the Dorado 8000, The Bank
can embrace digital transformation and next-generation application
architectures, confident in its ability to maintain "always-on" access to
its most critical data and workloads across sites, geographic regions,
and every imaginable infrastructure failure scenario.
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11. Cloud Integration – Ability to Easily Perform

Data Movement Between On-Prem and Cloud.
THE SEAMLESS MOBILITY OF DATA BETWEEN ON -PREMISES AND CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS IS AN
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT AS ENTERPRISES ADOPT HYBRID CLOUD ARCHITECTURES FOR ENHANCED
AGILITY, SCALABILITY, AND COST EFFICIENCY .THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 STANDS
OUT WITH ITS EXCEPTIONAL CLOUD INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES , ENABLING ORGANISATIONS TO
EFFORTLESSLY MIGRATE, REPLICATE, AND TIER DATA BETWEEN ON -PREMISES AND PUBLIC CLOUD
STORAGE WITH UNPARALLELED SIMPLICITY , EFFICIENCY, AND CONTROL.

HyperCloud: Advanced Cloud Data Management Platform

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's hybrid cloud solution is HyperCloud, an advanced cloud
data management platform that unifies on-premises and cloud-based storage resources
into a seamless, globally accessible data fabric. Through HyperCloud, on-premises
Dorado 8000 arrays can securely connect to a wide range of public cloud storage
services, including AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, and Alibaba Cloud OSS,
as well as private and hybrid cloud object stores. This unique cloud data virtualisation
capability is powered by HyperCloud's scale-out distributed metadata architecture,
which maintains a globally coherent view of all data entities and their physical locations
across the storage fabric (Huawei Enterprise) (Huawei Support).

Intelligent Data Lifecycle Management

To simplify cloud migration and ongoing data management, HyperCloud provides a

comprehensive set of intelligent data lifecycle capabilities that leverage advanced
analytics and machine learning to optimise data placement, movement, and access
across the hybrid cloud. HyperCloud can automatically tier cold or archival data from on-
premises Dorado arrays to lower-cost cloud object stores based on customisable
policies while maintaining transparent read/write access from applications.
Complementing this policy-based cloud tiering, HyperCloud also o ers bidirectional
dataset mobility between on-premises and cloud environments through its dataset
migration and replication engines. These tools allow administrators to seamlessly
relocate entire application datasets between the Dorado 8000 and public clouds for
bursting, disaster recovery, or optimising proximity to cloud-based compute resources.
Full dataset integrity and consistency are maintained during mobility operations through
HyperCloud's integration with the Dorado 8000's advanced snapshot and replication
services (Huawei Enterprise) (Huawei Support).

Continuous Availability and Cloud-Based DR

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For mission-critical hybrid cloud use cases requiring the highest levels of availability and
data durability, HyperCloud enables the Dorado 8000's continuously available
HyperMetro and HyperReplication services to be extended into the cloud. This unique
capability allows enterprises to deploy true active/active synchronously replicated
storage infrastructures spanning on-premises data centres and one or more public
clouds, ensuring zero data loss and continuous operations in the event of a complete site
failure. This level of integration enables enterprises to build robust hybrid cloud business
continuity architectures, leveraging the Dorado 8000's mature HA/DR capabilities
without the limitations of cloud-only solutions (Huawei Support).

Operational Simplicity and Automation

From an operational perspective, HyperCloud provides a cloud-based management

console and a comprehensive API surface for automating all aspects of the hybrid cloud
data lifecycle. IT teams can easily integrate HyperCloud's data management, mobility,
and protection services into broader multi-cloud automation frameworks using tools like
Ansible, Terraform, and Azure Resource Manager. Role-based access controls, auditing,
and compliance reporting round out HyperCloud's enterprise-grade capabilities. This
level of operational integration and automation ensures that the Dorado 8000 can
seamlessly fit into existing IT workflows, enhancing e iciency and control over hybrid
cloud environments (Huawei Support).

When evaluating hybrid cloud data management solutions,

organisations must look beyond simplistic cloud backup or archive
o erings and consider the full breadth of data lifecycle requirements
spanning analytics, availability, and scalability. Many enterprise
storage platforms provide basic connectivity to public clouds for
o loading secondary datasets but lack the global data virtualisation,
intelligent mobility, and unified control plane necessary to manage true
hybrid multi-cloud architectures.

The OceanStor Dorado 8000’s HyperCloud platform represents a bold

re-thinking around hybrid cloud data management. It empowers The
Bank to truly unify its on-premises and cloud-based storage resources
into a globally available, highly durable, and e iciently tiered data
fabric. With its flexibility to optimise across multiple clouds, robust
dataset mobility, and continuous availability capabilities, HyperCloud
will deliver The Bank the control, consistency, and operational
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simplicity required to accelerate hybrid cloud adoption and eliminate

hybrid complexity.
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12. Support all data types on any OS Platform,

support for KVM / other hypervisors.
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SETS A NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR DATA STORAGE WITH
ITS UNMATCHED SUPPORT FOR ALL DATA TYPES , OPERATING SYSTEM PLATFORMS , AND A VARIETY OF
HYPERVISORS , INCLUDING KVM. THIS PLATFORM DELIVERS EXCEPTIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND
COMPATIBILITY FOR DIVERSE STORAGE NEEDS. E NGINEERED FROM THE GROUND UP , THE HUAWEI
OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 IS TRULY FUTURE-PROOF, OFFERING UNPARALLELED FLEXIBILITY AND
SCALABILITY TO SUPPORT DIVERSE DATA TYPES, OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND VIRTUALISATION
PLATFORMS .

At the core of the Dorado 8000's multi-protocol capabilities is its advanced SAN and NAS
architecture, which leverages a high-performance, fully distributed file system and
intelligent QoS engine to deliver consistent, low-latency access to data across all
protocols and interfaces. The system supports a comprehensive range of industry-
standard protocols, including FC, iSCSI, FCoE, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and S3, allowing it to
seamlessly integrate with virtually any operating system, application, or user
environment.

For block storage, the Dorado 8000 provides full support for both traditional SCSI and the
latest NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) protocols, enabling organisations to maximise
performance and e iciency for their most demanding SAN workloads. The system's
intelligent multi-protocol interface cards can automatically detect and adapt to di erent
host operating systems and multipathing software, ensuring optimal compatibility and
performance for a wide range of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Unix, and VMware.

On the NAS front, the Dorado 8000 o ers a feature-rich, high-performance file system
that supports all major file protocols and semantics, including NFS, CIFS, and S3. The
system's advanced protocol translation and interoperability features enable seamless
file sharing and collaboration across di erent operating systems and user environments,
while its intelligent QoS and caching algorithms ensure consistent, low-latency file
access for all workloads.

For virtualised environments, the Dorado 8000 provides deep integration and
optimisation for all major hypervisors, including KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, and XenServer.
The system's virtualization-aware storage operating system and intelligent data
placement algorithms are specifically tuned to the unique I/O patterns and requirements
of virtualised workloads, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and e iciency for
virtual machines and containers.

In KVM environments, the Dorado 8000 o ers a range of advanced storage features and
integration points that enable organisations to leverage the flexibility and cost-e iciency
of open-source virtualisation fully. The system provides full support for KVM's virtual disk
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formats and snapshot mechanisms, as well as advanced features like live migration, high
availability, and storage QoS.

Using the Dorado 8000's powerful storage management tools and APIs,
administrators can easily provision, monitor, and optimise storage
resources for their KVM environments while ensuring full data
consistency and availability across the entire virtualisation stack. The
system's intelligent QoS engine and auto-tiering capabilities enable
fine-grained performance optimisation for individual VMs and
applications, while its advanced data reduction and space e iciency
features help maximise capacity utilisation and lower overall storage
costs.

For containerised environments, the Dorado 8000 o ers deep

integration with Kubernetes, Docker, and other leading container
orchestration platforms. This enables organisations to provision and
manage persistent storage for their cloud-native applications
seamlessly. The system's Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver and
dynamic provisioning capabilities enable fully automated storage
management for containerised workloads, while its advanced
replication, snapshot, and backup features ensure data protection and
mobility across the entire application lifecycle.
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13. Comply with Bank User Authentication

methods, e.g., AD, LDAP, etc.
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 REDEFINES INDUSTRY STANDARDS WITH ITS ROBUST
SUPPORT FOR LEADING AUTHENTICATION MECHANISMS SUCH AS ACTIVE DIRECTORY, LDAP,
RADIUS, AND KERBEROS. ITS FINE-GRAINED, POLICY-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FRAMEWORK,
ALONG WITH ROBUST AUDITING AND REPORTING TOOLS , SETS A NEW BENCHMARK. THE HUAWEI
OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 OFFERS EXTENSIVE SUPPORT FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ENTERPRISE USER
AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORISATION MECHANISMS , ENSURING SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH
EXISTING IDENTITY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS AND FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE FINANCIAL
INDUSTRY 'S RIGOROUS SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS.

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's user authentication and authorisation capabilities is its
advanced, policy-based access control framework, which allows administrators to
define and enforce granular permissions and restrictions for individual users, groups, and
roles across the entire storage environment. Using the system's intuitive, web-based
management interface or powerful REST API, administrators can easily configure and
manage access control policies based on a wide range of criteria, including user identity,
group membership, network location, access protocol, and data sensitivity.

For example, administrators can create fine-grained access control rules that restrict
access to sensitive financial data to specific users or groups, such as members of the
finance department or auditors, while granting read-only access to other users for
reporting or analysis purposes. The Dorado 8000's access control engine can enforce
these policies in real-time, ensuring that only authorised users can access or modify
protected data, regardless of the access method or location.

To simplify user authentication and streamline access control management, the Dorado
8000 provides deep integration with Microsoft Active Directory, the most widely used
enterprise identity management platform. Using the system's AD integration features,
administrators can leverage their existing AD user accounts, groups, and permissions to
control access to storage resources without the need for separate user management or
authentication infrastructure.

The Dorado 8000 supports a range of AD integration modes, including full AD domain
membership, LDAP binding, and Kerberos authentication. This allows organisations to
choose the integration approach that best fits their security and compliance
requirements. For example, administrators can configure the Dorado 8000 to
automatically discover and synchronise AD user and group information, enabling real-
time user authentication and authorisation based on AD identities and permissions.

In addition to AD integration, the Dorado 8000 also provides full support for LDAP
authentication and authorisation, enabling integration with a wide range of third-party
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identity management systems and directories. Using the system's LDAP integration
features, administrators can leverage existing LDAP user accounts and group
memberships to control access to storage resources while taking advantage of advanced
LDAP features like nested groups, attribute-based access control, and user-defined
schemas.

For organisations that require multi-factor authentication (MFA) or other advanced

authentication methods, the Dorado 8000 also supports RADIUS and Kerberos
authentication, enabling integration with a wide range of MFA solutions and identity
providers. Using these advanced authentication methods, administrators can enforce
strong, multi-factor authentication for all storage access requests, ensuring that only
authorised users with verified identities can access sensitive data.

To meet the financial industry's strict auditing and reporting

requirements, the Dorado 8000 provides comprehensive logging and
auditing capabilities that capture detailed information about all user
activities and data access events. The system's built-in auditing engine
can record every user login, logout, data access, and configuration
change, providing a complete, tamper-proof audit trail of all storage-
related activities.

Using the Dorado 8000's advanced reporting and analytics tools,

administrators can easily generate detailed reports and dashboards
that provide full visibility into user activities, access patterns, and
potential security risks. The system's intelligent analytics engine can
automatically detect and alert on unusual or suspicious activities,
such as repeated failed login attempts or unauthorised data access,
enabling proactive threat detection and response.

Note: Many storage systems may claim to support AD or LDAP integration but often rely
on limited or proprietary APIs that can hinder interoperability, scalability, and ease of use.
Others may provide basic access control features but lack the fine-grained policy
controls, multi-factor authentication options, and advanced auditing capabilities needed
to meet the financial industry's strict security and compliance requirements.
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14. Backup integration, including options when

using V-Vols (currently, NetBackup & Nakivo are in
place, making use of SAN transport mode).
THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 STANDS OUT FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL BACKUP INTEGRATION
CAPABILITIES, SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING WITH ESTABLISHED BACKUP SOLUTIONS LIKE N ET BACKUP
AND N AKIVO . THIS GUARANTEES STRONG DATA PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OPTIONS FOR
ENTERPRISES. ITS SUPPORT FOR VMWARE V IRTUAL V OLUMES (V-V OLS) FURTHER BOOSTS ITS
COMPATIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN VIRTUALISED ENVIRONMENTS . THIS RESPONSE PERFECTLY
ALIGNS WITH THE TENDER DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS AND UNDERSCORES THE SYSTEM'S
CAPABILITIES AS OUTLINED IN THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA .

The Dorado 8000 integrates seamlessly with industry-leading backup solutions like
NetBackup and Nakivo, which are already in place at the Bank, utilising SAN transport
mode. This integration ensures that existing backup processes can continue without
disruption, providing a seamless transition to the new storage environment. By leveraging
SAN transport mode, the system ensures high-speed data transfer during backup
operations, minimising the impact on production workloads and improving overall
backup performance (Huawei Support).

Support for VMware Virtual Volumes (V-Vols):

The Dorado 8000 o ers extensive support for VMware V-Vols, a groundbreaking
technology that revolutionises storage management for virtualised environments. V-Vols
enable storage to be provisioned, managed, and optimised at the individual virtual
machine (VM) level, significantly simplifying operations and improving overall e iciency.
This granular level of control ensures that each VM receives the necessary resources, and
backup operations can be tailored to the specific needs of each virtual environment
(Huawei Enterprise).

Enhanced Data Protection with HyperSnap and HyperReplication:

To enhance data protection, the Dorado 8000 integrates advanced snapshot and
replication technologies. HyperSnap provides high-performance, space-e icient
snapshot capabilities that allow for frequent, non-disruptive backups. These snapshots
can be integrated with backup solutions to provide point-in-time recovery options,
ensuring data consistency and minimising recovery times. Additionally,
HyperReplication o ers asynchronous replication capabilities, allowing backup data to
be securely replicated to remote sites for disaster recovery purposes (Huawei Support).

Automation and Policy-Driven Management:

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The system's policy-driven management interface allows administrators to define and

automate comprehensive backup workflows. This includes setting policies for snapshot
creation, retention, and replication, ensuring that backup operations are consistent and
aligned with organisational data protection policies. The integration with VMware's
vSphere Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) framework further simplifies
management, enabling administrators to apply consistent backup policies across the
virtual environment (Huawei Enterprise).

Operational Simplicity and Scalability:

The Dorado 8000 is designed to scale e ortlessly with growing data protection needs. Its
architecture supports adding additional storage capacity and backup nodes without
disrupting ongoing operations. This scalability ensures that the system can handle
increasing data volumes and backup requirements, providing a future-proof solution for
enterprise data protection (Huawei Support).

When evaluating backup integration capabilities, it’s essential to

consider the depth and breadth of integration with existing backup
solutions, the support for advanced technologies like V-Vols, and the
ability to automate and manage backup operations e iciently. The
Dorado 8000 excels in all these areas, providing a robust, scalable, and
future-proof solution for enterprise data protection needs.

The OceanStor Dorado 8000’s integration with NetBackup and Nakivo,

combined with its support for V-Vols and advanced snapshot and
replication technologies, ensures comprehensive data protection and
e icient backup operations. This alignment with the Bank's existing
infrastructure and future-proof capabilities makes the Dorado 8000 an
ideal choice for enhancing the Bank's backup and recovery strategy.
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15. The solution should be capable of making use of

both FC & TCP protocols.
IN TODAY'S FAST-EVOLVING STORAGE NETWORKING LANDSCAPE, ORGANISATIONS ARE EMBRACING A
DIVERSE RANGE OF PROTOCOLS AND CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR EVOLVING
WORKLOADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. HAVING A STORAGE PLATFORM THAT
SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES WITH AND OPTIMISES FOR DIFFERENT NETWORK FABRICS IS PARAMOUNT.
MANY LEGACY STORAGE SOLUTIONS STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE TRUE MULTI -PROTOCOL FLEXIBILITY ,
OFTEN RELYING ON COMPLEX, BOLT-ON GATEWAYS OR VIRTUALISATION APPLIANCES THAT CAN IMPACT
PERFORMANCE, SCALABILITY, AND MANAGEABILITY.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000, however, stands apart as a truly unified, multi-
protocol storage platform that delivers unmatched versatility, performance, and
integration across Fibre Channel (FC), FC over IP (FCIP), and TCP/IP networking
environments. With its advanced SmartNIC intelligent-CPU I/O module design and
software-defined networking architecture, the Dorado 8000 enables organisations to
consolidate their storage infrastructure, simplify operations, and accelerate workloads
across any SAN or IP network fabric.

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's multi-protocol flexibility is its next-generation SmartNIC
technology, which combines ultra-high port density, dedicated processing resources,
and full hardware o load for every protocol stack. Each SmartNIC intelligent I/O module
contains multiple high-performance multi-core CPUs, hardware acceleration engines,
and large port bu ers – providing a massively parallel, end-to-end o loaded protocol
processing plane that eliminates the need for external gateways or adapters.

This advanced SmartNIC architecture enables the Dorado 8000 to natively support a
wide range of protocols, including 32Gbps FC, FC-NVMe, 100GbE iSCSI, NFS, SMB, and
S3 object storage, all with full hardware o load for maximum performance and
scalability. In contrast, many competing storage solutions rely on software-based
protocol processing or require additional adapters and gateways to support mixed
protocol environments, which can introduce performance bottlenecks, increased
complexity, and potential single points of failure.

On the Fibre Channel front, the Dorado 8000 delivers unmatched scalability and
performance, with support for up to 192 x 32Gbps FC ports per system and full
hardware o load for the latest FC-NVMe protocol. Each 32Gbps FC port can deliver
up to 6.4GB/s of full-duplex throughput with sub-10-microsecond latency, while FC-
NVMe ports provide up to 56Gbps of bandwidth – enabling organisations to unleash
the full performance potential of their NVMe-based storage infrastructure.

The Dorado 8000's SmartNIC architecture also provides extensive support for advanced
FC services like N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), Virtual SANs (VSANs), FC Congestion
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Control (FCC), and FC-NVMe Auto Connect, simplifying SAN management, improving
quality of service, and enabling seamless end-to-end NVMe connectivity. These FC
o load and virtualisation capabilities are a key di erentiator versus some competing
solutions that still rely on software-based FC processing, which can impact
performance, scalability, and overall e iciency.

For long-distance data centre interconnect and remote replication scenarios, the Dorado
8000 o ers full hardware o load for the FC over IP (FCIP) protocol, enabling transparent,
IP-based extension of FC SANs over metro, regional, and global WAN links. The system's
SmartNIC CPUs handle all FCIP tunnel processing in hardware, including TCP/IP stack
processing, IPsec encryption, and compression, ensuring high throughput and low
latency even over high-latency, low-bandwidth WAN connections.

The Dorado 8000 supports all FCIP topologies, including point-to-point, point-to-
multipoint, and multipoint-to-multipoint, providing a flexible foundation for SAN
extension, multi-site synchronous, and asynchronous replication architectures. The
system can automatically negotiate FCIP tunnel parameters, optimise TCP window sizes,
and dynamically adjust compression ratios based on WAN conditions, maximising
performance and minimising the impact on production I/O workloads.

This highly optimised FCIP capability is a critical advantage over some competing mid-
range storage arrays that lack hardware FCIP o load, relying instead on software-based
tunnelling that cannot match the Dorado 8000's multi-gigabit WAN throughput and sub-
millisecond latencies. For global enterprises and banking institutions that need to
replicate data between geographically distributed sites, the Dorado 8000's FCIP
performance is a key enabler for ensuring data availability and business continuity.

On the TCP/IP side, the Dorado 8000 supports a comprehensive range of IP storage and
file protocols, including iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SMB, HTTP/S, and S3 object storage, all with the
same SmartNIC full hardware o load as FC and FCIP. Each 100GbE port on the Dorado
8000 provides deterministic, ultra-low latency processing of all IP storage protocols in
hardware without the need for TCP O load Engines (TOE) adapters or other bolt-on
accelerators that can introduce complexity and potential bottlenecks.

For IP SAN connectivity, the Dorado 8000's iSCSI implementation delivers wire-
speed throughput and sub-40-microsecond latency per 100GbE port, with hardware
o load for iSCSI PDU processing, header and data digest verification, and iSER
(iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) using standard RoCE NICs. This level of performance
and hardware acceleration enables organisations to directly connect hundreds of
physical servers and VMs to the Dorado 8000 over 100GbE without any performance
impact, even with per-session authentication and IP security enabled.
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In contrast, some competing storage arrays may only support iSCSI at lower port speeds
or require additional iSCSI gateways and adapters, which can add cost, complexity, and
potential performance bottlenecks. With the Dorado 8000, organisations can
consolidate all Ethernet storage connectivity on a single high-density, multi-protocol
100GbE fabric, radically simplifying IP SAN infrastructure and operations.

For enterprise NAS workloads, the Dorado 8000's built-in distributed SAN and NAS
unified file system provides native, high-performance file access over NFS and CIFS/SMB
protocols without the need for external file gateways or siloed architectures. This
integrated file storage capability enables organisations to consolidate Windows and
Linux file workloads directly on their SAN-attached Dorado 8000, with support for all
mainstream NAS features like nested quotas, snapshots, remote replication, antivirus,
and NDMP backup.

As with block protocols, all NAS protocol and file system processing on the Dorado 8000
is fully o loaded to the system's SmartNIC CPUs, ensuring high throughput, low latency,
and massive scalability for even the largest file shares and home directories. The
system's NFS and CIFS implementations are fully compliant with v3, v4, and v4.1
standards and include advanced security features like Kerberos, SEC_LABEL, and SMB
signing/encryption.

For cloud-native and web application workloads, the Dorado 8000 also provides high-
performance object storage access through HTTP/S and S3-compatible APIs, again with
full SmartNIC o load. The system's unique hardware acceleration for object metadata
processing, indexing, and garbage collection minimises latency and maximises object
I/O performance, even with billions of objects and petabyte-scale buckets.

This integrated, high-performance S3-compatible object support is a key

di erentiator for the Dorado 8000, as many competing mid-range storage arrays can
only provide file/object access through slower scale-up gateways or virtualisation
appliances. With the Dorado 8000, organisations can support high-performance cloud
storage access natively over 100GbE, enabling seamless data mobility between
traditional and modern applications.

Finally, in addition to its comprehensive multi-protocol storage

interfaces, the Dorado 8000 o ers open programmability and
automation across its entire I/O stack. With full REST API support and
compliance with industry standards like SNIA, Swordfish/Redfish, The
Bank can software-define and dynamically provision FC, iSCSI, NAS,
and S3 storage resources as part of their larger DevOps processes and
CI/CD pipelines.
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Administrators can programmatically granularly configure network QoS

policies, I/O queues, and protocol attributes and then integrate them
with VMware, KVM, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and other orchestration
platforms to compose end-to-end data services on demand. For end-
to-end NVMe/FC array access, the Dorado 8000 even supports the
NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) specification for fully
automated, industry-standard provisioning and telemetry.

Note: Many competing storage solutions may struggle to provide the same level of multi-
protocol flexibility and performance as the Dorado 8000. Some may rely on external
gateways or adapters for protocol support, which can introduce performance
bottlenecks and potential single points of failure. Others may provide only basic,
software-based protocol processing, limiting scalability and e iciency. By contrast, the
Dorado 8000's advanced SmartNIC architecture ensures optimal performance and
scalability across all supported protocols, making it the ideal choice for today's multi-
protocol, hybrid infrastructure needs.
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16. NVMe Arrays.

IN THE QUEST TO MODERNISE DATA CENTRES AND HANDLE INCREASINGLY DEMANDING WORKLOADS,
THE DEMAND FOR ULTRA -HIGH-PERFORMANCE STORAGE THAT CAN PROVIDE CONSISTENT, LOW-
LATENCY ACCESS TO CRITICAL DATA HAS NEVER BEEN MORE PRESSING. W HILE MANY LEGACY
STORAGE ARRAYS STILL RELY ON TRADITIONAL SATA OR SAS SSD S THAT CANNOT FULLY LEVERAGE
THE PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL OF MODERN FLASH TECHNOLOGY , THE H UAWEI OCEAN S TOR
DORADO 8000 TRULY STANDS OUT AS A NATIVE NVME ALL-FLASH STORAGE PLATFORM. IT
HARNESSES THE LATEST NVME AND NVME-OF TECHNOLOGIES TO DELIVER UNMATCHED
PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, AND SCALABILITY.

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's NVMe architecture is its next-generation SmartIO
intelligent I/O module design, which combines ultra-high-performance NVMe SSDs,
state-of-the-art NVMe controllers, and a fully distributed, software-defined I/O stack to
provide consistent, low-latency access to data across all workloads and deployment
scenarios. Each SmartIO module contains multiple NVMe SSDs connected to a high-
speed PCIe Gen4 backplane, providing up to 4 million IOPS and sub-100-microsecond
latencies per module.

This advanced NVMe architecture is further enhanced by the Dorado 8000's intelligent
I/O scheduling and data placement algorithms, which optimise I/O processing and data
distribution across the entire storage system to ensure maximum performance and
resource utilisation. By intelligently analysing and optimising data access patterns, the
Dorado 8000's SmartIO engine can dynamically adjust queue depths, prioritise critical
I/O requests, and balance workloads across all available NVMe resources, delivering
consistent, predictable performance even under the most demanding conditions.

To further enhance NVMe performance, the Dorado 8000 also leverages NVMe over
Fabrics (NVMe-oF) technology, which enables direct, low-latency connectivity between
NVMe SSDs and remote servers over high-speed Ethernet or Fibre Channel networks.
Using NVMe-oF, the Dorado 8000 can extend the performance and e iciency benefits of
NVMe storage beyond the local array, providing ultra-fast, end-to-end NVMe connectivity
for distributed and scale-out workloads.

For example, in an NVMe-oF over Ethernet (RoCE) configuration, the Dorado 8000 can
deliver up to 100Gbps of bandwidth and sub-40-microsecond latencies per port,
enabling direct, high-performance NVMe access from hundreds of remote servers
and VMs. This level of performance and scalability is a critical advantage for latency-
sensitive applications like high-frequency trading, real-time analytics, and AI/ML
workloads, where even microseconds of added latency can impact results.

In addition to its unmatched NVMe performance, the Dorado 8000 also provides
comprehensive NVMe management and monitoring capabilities, ensuring that
administrators have full visibility and control over their NVMe resources. Using the
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system's built-in NVMe management tools, administrators can easily monitor NVMe SSD
health, performance, and utilisation, as well as configure and manage NVMe
namespaces, pools, and volumes.

The Dorado 8000's NVMe management features are fully integrated with its broader
management and automation stack, enabling seamless integration with third-party
monitoring and orchestration tools like VMware vRealize, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
This level of integration ensures that NVMe resources can be dynamically provisioned,
monitored, and optimised as part of the larger IT environment, enabling true end-to-end
NVMe infrastructure automation.

The Dorado 8000's NVMe architecture is designed for maximum

reliability and availability, with support for advanced NVMe features like
namespace management, end-to-end data protection, and NVMe-oF
multipathing. These features ensure that NVMe data remains safe and
accessible, even in the event of hardware failures or network
disruptions, providing The Bank with the confidence to deploy NVMe at
scale for their most critical workloads.

Note: While Competing Storage might also o er NVMe-based storage solutions, their
implementation may lack the same level of hardware-accelerated I/O optimisation,
NVMe-oF support, and comprehensive management and monitoring capabilities
provided by the Dorado 8000. Some competing solutions may still rely on traditional SSDs
or hybrid architectures that cannot fully exploit the performance potential of NVMe,
limiting their ability to deliver consistent, low-latency access to data at scale.
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17. Simplistic Design – Making it easy to

troubleshoot.
IN THE HIGH-STAKES REALM OF DIGITAL BANKING, THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE LIES IN THE SIMPLICITY,
RELIABILITY, AND SERVICEABILITY OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE. ANY APPLICATION DOWNTIME AND
PERFORMANCE ISSUES NOT ONLY AFFECT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES BUT
ALSO POTENTIALLY POSE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE RISKS . SWIFT PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION ,
ISOLATION , AND RESOLUTION ARE IMPERATIVE.
AS PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY SCALE, THE EASE
OF TROUBLESHOOTING MUST ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE STORAGE LIFECYCLE , SPANNING FROM
DEPLOYMENT TO EXPANSION TO COMPONENT SERVICING.

Huawei has engineered the OceanStor Dorado 8000 from the ground up to be the
industry's most reliable and serviceable enterprise storage platform. With an ultra-
resilient scale-out architecture, comprehensive fault analytics, self-healing automation,
and a suite of integrated monitoring and support tools, OceanStor Dorado streamlines
every aspect of storage operations, empowering the Bank’ IT team to ensure 24x7x365
always-on data access.

At the core of OceanStor Dorado's availability and serviceability is its unique SmartMatrix
hardware design. Unlike traditional dual-controller or limited scale-up architectures,
SmartMatrix is a true scale-out storage cluster that grows seamlessly from 2 to 16 nodes.
Each node is a fully active/active building block with its own multi-core CPUs, cache,
ports, and SSDs, eliminating any single points of failure. All local and remote I/O,
metadata, and system operations are dynamically load-balanced across all nodes. The
failure or replacement of any node is fully transparent to hosts and applications. With the
OceanStor "Future-Proof" program, you can add, upgrade, or swap nodes at any time with
data-in-place and zero reconfiguration or migration.

This advanced SmartMatrix foundation enables several key OceanStor Dorado

serviceability benefits unmatched by the competition:

 Disk, Controller, and Cable-Free Design: OceanStor Dorado's nodes contain no

moving parts, spinning drives, or internal cabling. Instead, CPUs, DIMMs, ports,
and flash are integrated into compact, fully-sealed field-replaceable units (FRUs).
Dorado is the only mid-range array to o er 100% hot-swap serviceability—for
disks, controllers, power, fans, and I/O modules. In contrast, servicing monolithic
dual-controller designs often requires scheduled downtime and reconfiguration
of multi-pathing and cross-connects.

 Concurrent Code Load and Upgrade: OceanStor Dorado's distributed software

architecture with containerised microservices allows individual controller nodes
to be non-disruptively upgraded one at a time—with data access preserved
throughout. Huawei's unique "No Silo" DevOps model and REST API framework
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allow storage OS, firmware, and management code to be seamlessly patched or

updated together. This eliminates the complex release matrices and disruptive
"big bang" code loads common with other storage platforms.

 Predictive Self-Monitoring and Healing: OceanStor Dorado's onboard eService

"AI brain" monitors 30,000+ metrics and events per node for millions of data points
per cluster. It leverages pattern analysis and machine learning honed from
hundreds of thousands of deployed systems to automatically detect and isolate
faults down to the port, card, or SSD level. Then, it takes corrective action, like
migrating cores, paths, or data to healthy resources. This minimises manual root
cause analysis and automatically resolves issues before they impact
applications.

 Integrated Support Automation: In the rare case that hands-on troubleshooting

or part replacement is required, OceanStor Dorado's embedded eService Link
module can automatically capture the relevant system logs, traces, and core files
and open a support case with Huawei TAC—all with a single click and without
requiring remote access or VPN connection to the array. Huawei engineers can
then remotely collaborate on the case using eService Link's virtual console and
annotation, with all actions securely logged—greatly accelerating time to
resolution.

The power of OceanStor Dorado's AIOps and eService automation truly shines at scale.
Consider a 16-node, multi-PB OceanStor Dorado cluster supporting hundreds of
databases and VMs. The OceanStor Dashboard provides a unified cloud-based portal to
monitor health, performance, and capacity KPIs across all components and nodes—with
guided drill-downs to analyse hotspots or anomalies. Dorado's DeviceManager API
allows all storage lifecycle operations—from LUN/filesystem provisioning to DR policy
configuration to firmware updates—to be automated as infrastructure-as-code and
integrated into higher-level orchestration systems. The onboard eService "AI brain"
proactively identifies, self-heals, or recommends fixes for dozens of "grey failures" and
resource imbalances before they impact applications.

Ultimately, this extreme simplicity and end-to-end automation make

the OceanStor ownership experience fundamentally di erent.
Whereas some competitive arrays treat serviceability as an
afterthought—with complex forklift upgrades, siloed management
tools, and o line diagnostics—OceanStor Dorado's design starts with
reliability and ease of support in mind. The Bank’s admins can deploy
and scale storage like a cloud service and manage infrastructure-as-
code. The OceanStor "AI brain" drastically reduces the "pebcak" errors
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and manual troubleshooting that plague legacy SANs. And if expert

help is ever needed, it's only a click away with Huawei eService.

When it comes to ensuring data storage lives up to the "always-on"

demands of digital banking, infrastructure simplicity and streamlined
operations are the ultimate di erentiators. By engineering the
OceanStor Dorado 8000 from the silicon up to be the world's most
trusted and easily-serviced enterprise storage platform, Huawei has
set a new bar for what's possible. Quite simply, there is no easier or
more reliable foundation for The Bank’s mission-critical services and
data than OceanStor Dorado.
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18. Firmware upgrades must be non-disruptive.

IN TODAY'S ALWAYS-ON, MISSION-CRITICAL IT LANDSCAPE, SEAMLESSLY UPGRADING AND UPDATING
STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT DISRUPTING PRODUCTION WORKLOADS OR INTRODUCING
DOWNTIME IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.MANY LEGACY STORAGE SOLUTIONS FAIL TO DELIVER TRULY
NON -DISRUPTIVE FIRMWARE AND SOFTWARE UPDATES , OFTEN NECESSITATING COMPLEX , MANUAL
PROCESSES THAT CAN IMPACT APPLICATION PERFORMANCE, DATA AVAILABILITY, AND OVERALL
SYSTEM UPTIME .

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000, however, sets a new standard for non-disruptive
upgrades and updates with its advanced hardware architecture, intelligent software
design, and comprehensive automation capabilities. From firmware updates to full
system upgrades, the Dorado 8000 enables organisations to seamlessly maintain and
modernise their storage infrastructure without impacting their mission-critical
applications or introducing operational disruptions.

At the heart of the Dorado 8000's non-disruptive upgrade capabilities is its unique, fully
redundant active-active architecture, which eliminates any single points of failure and
enables transparent, seamless failover and failback between system components.
Unlike traditional active-passive or clustered architectures that rely on idle standby
resources or external failover appliances, the Dorado 8000's active-active design ensures
that all system resources, including controllers, network interfaces, and storage media,
are fully utilised and actively serving I/O at all times.

This advanced architecture, coupled with the Dorado 8000's intelligent software design
and robust multi-pathing capabilities, enables organisations to perform firmware and
software updates on individual system components without impacting overall system
performance or data availability. As updates are applied to specific components, such
as controllers or network interface modules, the Dorado 8000 automatically and
transparently fails over workloads to the remaining active components, ensuring
continuous data access and uninterrupted application operations.

Once the updates are complete, the system seamlessly fails back the workloads to the
updated components without requiring any manual intervention or introducing
performance penalties or downtime. This automated failover and failback process
occurs in seconds, enabling organisations to maintain their strict service level
agreements (SLAs) and ensure business continuity throughout the upgrade process.

Beyond its advanced hardware architecture and intelligent software design, the Dorado
8000 also leverages advanced automation and orchestration capabilities to streamline
and simplify the upgrade and update process further. The system's comprehensive REST
APIs and management tools enable administrators to define and execute complex
upgrade workflows and policies, automating tasks such as pre-upgrade system checks,
component sequencing, and post-upgrade validation.
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The Dorado 8000's intelligent upgrade engine can automatically validate firmware and
software packages, check system health and compatibility, and ensure that all
prerequisites are met before proceeding with the upgrade process. This level of
automated pre-checks and validation helps to minimise the risk of errors or unexpected
behaviour during the upgrade, further enhancing system uptime and reliability.

During the actual upgrade process, the Dorado 8000 employs a range of advanced
techniques to maintain data availability and performance, including live migration of
workloads between components, dynamic I/O path selection and load balancing, and
intelligent data caching and de-staging algorithms. These techniques ensure that I/O
operations are always served from the active components, minimising latency and
potential disruptions.

Furthermore, the Dorado 8000's upgrade process incorporates comprehensive data

integrity checks and verification mechanisms, ensuring that all data remains consistent
and accessible throughout the upgrade process. This level of data protection and
integrity assurance is critical for organisations dealing with sensitive or mission-critical
data, as it eliminates the risk of data loss or corruption during system updates.

As The Bank demands continuous uptime, seamless operations, and

the ability to adopt new storage technologies and capabilities rapidly,
the Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000's non-disruptive upgrade and
update capabilities are a game-changer. By combining its advanced
hardware architecture, intelligent software design, and comprehensive
automation and orchestration tools, the Dorado 8000 will enable The
Bank to maintain its mission-critical storage infrastructure at the
cutting edge without sacrificing performance, data availability, or
operational continuity.
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19. Easy scalable (North and East) and non-

disruptive.
IN TODAY'S FAST -PACED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING THE EVER -INCREASING VOLUME OF
DATA AND THE CHANGING NEEDS OF APPLICATIONS IS CRUCIAL. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE STORAGE
SOLUTIONS THAT CAN EFFORTLESSLY AND CONTINUOUSLY SCALE IN BOTH CAPACITY AND
PERFORMANCE. MANY OUTDATED STORAGE SYSTEMS FAIL TO DELIVER THE NECESSARY FLEXIBLE AND
SEAMLESS SCALABILITY , LEAVING ORGANISATIONS WITH THE DILEMMA OF EITHER COSTLY AND
DISRUPTIVE UPGRADES OR THE BURDEN OF OVER - PROVISIONING RESOURCES TO MEET FUTURE
DEMANDS .

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000, however, redefines the concept of storage
scalability with its unique, software-defined architecture and advanced data
management capabilities. Whether scaling capacity vertically (North) or scaling
performance horizontally (East), the Dorado 8000 enables organisations to seamlessly
and non-disruptively expand their storage infrastructure, ensuring continuous operations
and optimal resource utilisation as their data and application demands evolve.

At the core of the Dorado 8000's scalability capabilities is its fully distributed, scale-out
storage operating system, which intelligently abstracts and manages data across a
unified, shared resource pool spanning multiple controllers, network interfaces, and
storage media. Unlike traditional monolithic architectures that often introduce
bottlenecks or resource contention as capacity or performance demands increase, the
Dorado 8000's software-defined design enables linear, independent scaling of capacity
and performance resources.

For scaling capacity (North), the Dorado 8000 supports seamless, non-disruptive
expansion of storage media through the addition of high-density disk enclosures or
individual solid-state drives (SSDs). As new storage capacity is added to the system, the
Dorado 8000's intelligent data placement and load-balancing algorithms automatically
redistribute data across the expanded resource pool, ensuring optimal performance and
utilisation without any manual intervention or application disruptions. This level of
granular, non-disruptive capacity expansion is a key di erentiator for the Dorado 8000,
as many competing storage solutions often require complex data migrations, system
downtime, or complete forklift upgrades to accommodate capacity growth. With the
Dorado 8000, organisations can start small and incrementally expand their storage
capacity as needed, avoiding over-provisioning and maximising their return on
investment.

For scaling performance (East), the Dorado 8000 o ers unmatched flexibility and non-
disruptive scalability through its unique, fully active-active architecture and support for
independent controller and network interface expansion. As application demands or
workload densities increase, organisations can seamlessly add additional controllers
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and network interfaces to the Dorado 8000 cluster, linearly increasing the system's
overall processing power, network bandwidth, and I/O parallelism.

Unlike traditional architectures that often require complex configuration changes, data
migrations, or system downtime to accommodate performance scaling, the Dorado
8000's software-defined design and intelligent data management capabilities enable
truly non-disruptive performance expansion. As new controllers and network interfaces
are added to the system, the Dorado 8000 automatically redistributes workloads and
data across the expanded resource pool, ensuring optimal load balancing and consistent
performance without any manual intervention or application disruptions.

This level of seamless, non-disruptive performance scaling is critical for organisations

dealing with rapidly evolving application demands or highly dynamic workload patterns.
By enabling them to easily and transparently scale performance resources as needed,
the Dorado 8000 empowers organisations to consistently meet their service level
agreements (SLAs) and deliver optimal application performance without the complexity,
downtime, or over-provisioning often associated with traditional storage architectures.

In addition to its flexible, non-disruptive scalability capabilities, the Dorado 8000 also
incorporates advanced automation and orchestration tools that further simplify the
scaling process and minimise the risk of errors or operational disruptions. Using the
system's comprehensive REST APIs and management tools, administrators can define
and execute complex scaling workflows and policies, automating tasks such as capacity
monitoring, growth forecasting, and resource provisioning.

The Dorado 8000's intelligent scaling engine can continuously monitor system utilisation
and performance metrics, automatically identifying potential bottlenecks or resource
constraints before they impact application performance. Based on customisable
policies and forecasting algorithms, the engine can then recommend and initiate scaling
actions, such as adding additional storage enclosures or controllers, to address capacity
or performance demands proactively.

Furthermore, the Dorado 8000's scaling processes incorporate comprehensive data

integrity checks and validation mechanisms, ensuring that all data remains consistent
and accessible throughout the scaling operation. This level of data protection and
assurance is critical for organisations dealing with sensitive or mission-critical data, as it
eliminates the risk of data loss or corruption during system expansion or reconfiguration.

In contrast, many competing storage solutions may struggle to provide the same level of
flexible, non-disruptive scalability as the Dorado 8000. Some solutions may o er limited
scaling capabilities, often requiring complex manual processes, data migrations, or
system downtime to accommodate capacity or performance growth. Others may provide
basic scaling options but lack the advanced automation, orchestration, and data integrity
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capabilities of the Dorado 8000, increasing the risk of operational disruptions or data
inconsistencies during the scaling process.

For The Bank, which demands continuous uptime, seamless

operations, and the ability to rapidly adapt to evolving data and
application demands, the Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000's scalability
capabilities are a game-changer. By combining its software-defined
architecture, intelligent data management, and comprehensive
automation and orchestration tools, the Dorado 8000 enables
organisations at The Bank to easily and transparently scale their
storage infrastructure, ensuring optimal resource utilisation, consistent
performance, and uninterrupted operations as their business needs
evolve.
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20. Multi-Tenant (noisy neighbour segregation)

IN TODAY'S FAST-PACED FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY , DATA STANDS AS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE
BUSINESS —ENSURING ITS SECURITY , PERFORMANCE, AND AVAILABILITY IS MORE CRITICAL THAN
EVER. AS BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CONSOLIDATE THEIR IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADOPT
MULTI -TENANT ARCHITECTURES TO DRIVE EFFICIENCY AND AGILITY , THEY FACE THE GROWING
CHALLENGE OF MAINTAINING STRICT PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY ISOLATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS , WORKLOADS , AND USERS.

This is where Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 truly excels. With its advanced multi-
tenancy and resource isolation capabilities, OceanStor Dorado enables financial
institutions to consolidate multiple applications and workloads securely and e iciently
onto a single storage platform without sacrificing performance, availability, or data
sovereignty.

At the heart of OceanStor Dorado's multi-tenancy architecture is its unique Resource

Pooling and Partitioning (RPP) technology. This technology allows you to logically divide
the system's physical resources into separate, fully isolated tenant domains, including
CPUs, cache, storage, and I/O ports. Each domain has its own dedicated resource
quotas, QoS policies, and data paths, ensuring that the activities of one tenant cannot
impact the performance or availability of others.

For example, let's say you have a mission-critical trading application that requires ultra-
low latency and high IOPS, running alongside a batch analytics workload that tends to
generate large, sequential I/O patterns. With OceanStor Dorado's RPP, you can create
separate tenant domains for each workload and allocate specific CPU cores, cache
partitions, and QoS policies to each one, ensuring that the trading application always
gets the fast path through the system while the analytics workload is served from a
separate pool of resources.

What's more, OceanStor Dorado's RPP is fully programmable and API-driven, meaning
you can dynamically adjust the Bank’s tenant configurations and resource allocations on
the fly without any downtime or disruption. For example, if you need to temporarily boost
the performance of the Bank’s trading application to handle a spike in market activity, you
can call the OceanStor Dorado API to increase its CPU and cache quotas and then dial
them back down when the spike subsides.

This kind of granular, on-demand resource control is a key di erentiator for OceanStor
Dorado versus legacy arrays that rely on static, pre-defined QoS policies and rigid
hardware partitioning. With OceanStor Dorado, you can dynamically adapt the Bank’s
tenant configurations to match the changing needs of the Bank’s business, ensuring that
each application always has the resources it needs to meet its SLAs.
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However, resource isolation is only part of the multi-tenancy story. To truly ensure data
security and compliance in a shared storage environment, you also need strong access
controls, data encryption, and auditing capabilities. And this is another area where
OceanStor Dorado excels.

 Tenant-Level Authentication and Authorization: Using industry-standard

protocols like LDAP, AD, and SAML.

 Fine-Grained Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC): Allowing you to define

specific permissions and privileges for each user and group within a tenant.

 Secure Multi-Tenancy (SMT) Features: Providing physical isolation between

tenants at the storage media level, using dedicated encryption keys and data
partitions.

 Automatic Data-at-Rest Encryption: For all tenant data, using FIPS 140-2
validated algorithms and hardware-based key management.

 Comprehensive Auditing and Logging: Of all tenant activities, with integration to

leading SIEM and analytics platforms.

With these advanced security features, OceanStor Dorado enables you to confidently
consolidate multiple tenants and workloads onto a single platform while still maintaining
the strict access controls, data privacy, and compliance posture that the Bank’s business
demands.

When it comes to performance isolation, OceanStor Dorado's intelligent QoS engine and
machine learning capabilities take multi-tenancy to a whole new level. Unlike legacy
arrays that rely on static, pre-defined performance policies, OceanStor Dorado uses
advanced ML algorithms to continuously monitor the I/O patterns and resource
utilisation of each tenant and dynamically adjust its QoS settings to ensure optimal
performance and eliminate contention.

For example, let's say you have two tenants running on the same OceanStor Dorado
system—one with a database workload that generates mostly random I/O and another
with a big data analytics workload that generates mostly sequential I//O. Ordinarily, these
two workloads would compete for the same system resources, potentially leading to
"noisy neighbour" issues and performance degradation.

With OceanStor Dorado's intelligent QoS engine, the system can automatically detect
these di erent I/O patterns and adjust its resource allocation policies on the fly. For
example, it might dedicate more cache and CPU resources to the database tenant to
accelerate its random I/O performance while throttling back the sequential I/O of the
analytics tenant to avoid starving other workloads.
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The OceanStor Dorado's QoS engine is fully tenant-aware, meaning it

can automatically discover and map the relationships between
di erent applications, hosts, and storage resources within each tenant
domain. This allows the system to make intelligent decisions about
how to allocate resources and optimise performance at the tenant
level without any manual configuration or intervention.

For example, let's say you have a tenant domain that includes multiple
database instances, each with its own set of volumes and LUNs. With
OceanStor Dorado's tenant-aware QoS, the system can automatically
identify these related resources and treat them as a single, logical
entity for QoS purposes. So, if one database instance starts
experiencing performance issues, the system can automatically boost
its resource allocations without impacting the other instances in the
same tenant.

This kind of intelligent, autonomous QoS is a key di erentiator for

OceanStor Dorado. One of the reasons it's so well-suited for multi-
tenant environments is that by continuously adapting to the changing
needs of each tenant and workload, OceanStor Dorado ensures that
everyone gets the resources they need to meet their SLAs without any
manual tuning or intervention.

And the best part? All of these advanced multi-tenancy and QoS
features are fully integrated into OceanStor Dorado's management and
orchestration framework, making it easy to provision, monitor, and
optimise The Bank’s tenant environments at scale.
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21. Monitoring and Integration via Science Logic

Plugin.
IN TODAY'S EVER-CHANGING IT LANDSCAPE, ROBUST MONITORING AND
INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES ARE CRUCIAL FOR ENSURING TOP-NOTCH STORAGE
PERFORMANCE AND SWIFTLY ADDRESSING ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE. THE
HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 STANDS OUT FOR ITS STRONG INTEGRATION
WITH THE SCIENCELOGIC PLUGIN, PROVIDING A SEAMLESS AND AUTOMATED
MONITORING EXPERIENCE THAT ENABLES IT ADMINISTRATORS TO UPHOLD PEAK
PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THEIR STORAGE ENVIRONMENT.

A) Seamless Integration and Comprehensive Monitoring

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000, integrated with ScienceLogic, provides a unified
dashboard consolidating all storage performance, capacity, and health metrics. This
integration ensures real-time visibility into the status and behaviour of the storage
environment, which is pivotal for pre-emptive troubleshooting and maintaining high
availability. The plugin leverages ScienceLogic’s advanced data collection, analytics, and
visualisation capabilities to deliver cross-domain insights that span storage, computing,
networking, and applications, enabling end-to-end visibility and contextual
understanding of performance issues.

ScienceLogic's platform provides a comprehensive IT infrastructure monitoring solution

that integrates various IT operations, including hybrid cloud monitoring, business service
visibility, and automated workflows. With universal IT visibility, ScienceLogic o ers a
unified platform to monitor performance across physical, virtual, software-defined, and
cloud-based resources. This integration bridges the visibility gap between legacy and
modern technologies, o ering cross-domain infrastructure, application, and service
topology maps.

B) Advanced Analytics and Automated Responses

The ScienceLogic plugin enhances the OceanStor Dorado 8000’s monitoring capabilities
with advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms. These technologies detect
anomalies and performance deviations in real-time, triggering automated responses to
mitigate potential issues before they impact end-users. For instance, if the system
detects a spike in latency or a drop in throughput, it can automatically adjust resource
allocations or notify administrators with actionable insights to resolve the problem
swiftly.

The SL1 platform from ScienceLogic improves service performance by leveraging cross-
domain topology to correlate and assess impacts, reduce event noise, expedite
troubleshooting, and avoid outages. This ensures that the storage environment operates
optimally and that any disruptions are promptly addressed.
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C) Centralized Management and Customizable Dashboards

Administrators benefit from a centralised management interface that consolidates data

from multiple OceanStor Dorado 8000 systems and other IT infrastructure components.
Customisable dashboards provide tailored views and reports that highlight critical
metrics and KPIs, enabling IT teams to focus on the most relevant data for their specific
operational needs. The ability to drill down into detailed performance reports allows for
in-depth analysis and root cause identification, streamlining the troubleshooting
process.

ScienceLogic's platform supports business service visibility by modelling multi-tier

business services, integrating service and app relationships, and dynamically detecting
and mapping services to topology changes. The Health-Availability-Risk dashboards
assess service impact and apply machine learning to detect and correlate anomalies and
events within a service.

D) Integration with ITSM and DevOps Tools

The ScienceLogic plugin integrates seamlessly with IT Service Management (ITSM) and
DevOps tools, facilitating streamlined workflows and enhanced collaboration across IT
teams. Automated incident generation, based on predefined thresholds and rules,
ensures that issues are promptly recorded and tracked within existing ITSM platforms like
ServiceNow or JIRA. This integration supports continuous improvement and accelerates
the resolution of performance bottlenecks and other infrastructure challenges.

ScienceLogic's automation and synchronisation capabilities ensure smooth and

e icient business operations by automating workflows across ITOps, DevOps, SecOps,
ITSM, and more. The SL1 platform synchronises data with IT ecosystem tools and
platforms, automating data and process workflows to enhance operational e iciency .

E) Comprehensive Compliance and Security Monitoring

Beyond performance and operational metrics, the ScienceLogic plugin also supports
comprehensive compliance and security monitoring. Administrators can track and report
on adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies, ensuring that the storage
environment remains secure and compliant. Real-time alerts for security events, such as
unauthorised access attempts or unusual data access patterns, help protect sensitive
information and maintain data integrity.
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By integrating with ScienceLogic, Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000

provides a robust solution for maintaining compliance and security
across the storage environment. This gives administrators peace of
mind that their data is secure and compliant with industry standards
and regulations.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000, with its seamless integration with
the ScienceLogic plugin, o ers a comprehensive and automated
monitoring experience that ensures peak performance across the
storage environment. By leveraging advanced analytics, automated
responses, centralised management, customisable dashboards, and
integration with ITSM and DevOps tools, the Dorado 8000 enables IT
administrators to manage and optimise their storage infrastructure
e iciently. This robust monitoring solution not only enhances
performance and reliability but also ensures compliance and security,
making it an ideal choice for enterprises looking to maintain top-notch
storage performance in today's dynamic IT landscape.
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22. Rich Performance Metrics with Drill-Down

Reporting Capabilities.
IN TODAY 'S DATA-DRIVEN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT , ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE
METRICS AND DETAILED REPORTING CAPABILITIES IS CRUCIAL FOR MAINTAINING OPTIMAL STORAGE
OPERATIONS AND ADDRESSING PERFORMANCE ISSUES PROMPTLY. THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR
DORADO 8000 EXCELS IN THIS AREA, OFFERING A BROAD RANGE OF PERFORMANCE METRICS AND
SOPHISTICATED DRILL -DOWN REPORTING FEATURES THAT EMPOWER IT ADMINISTRATORS TO GAIN
DEEP INSIGHTS INTO SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR AND OPTIMISE STORAGE PERFORMANCE EFFECTIVELY .

A) Extensive Performance Metrics

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 provides a comprehensive suite of performance
metrics, allowing administrators to monitor and analyse various aspects of storage
performance in real-time. Key performance metrics include:

i. IOPS and Latency: The system provides detailed data on input/output operations
per second (IOPS) and latency, enabling administrators to track system
responsiveness and identify performance bottlenecks. This real-time and
historical data helps ensure that critical applications receive the necessary
performance levels.

ii. Throughput: The OceanStor Dorado 8000 o ers metrics on read and write
throughput, allowing administrators to assess the system’s data transfer
capabilities and ensure it meets the demands of high-performance applications.

iii. Resource Utilization: The system tracks CPU, memory, and storage capacity
utilisation, providing insights into resource allocation and helping to avoid
performance issues caused by resource contention. This ensures optimal
performance and e icient use of hardware resources.

iv. Cache Hit Ratio: By monitoring the cache hit ratio, administrators can evaluate
the e ectiveness of the system’s caching mechanisms and make necessary
adjustments to improve overall performance. This metric is crucial for
understanding how well the system utilises its cache to speed up data access.

v. Protocol-Specific Metrics: The OceanStor Dorado 8000 provides performance

metrics for various storage protocols, including FC, iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS,
enabling users to analyse protocol-specific performance characteristics and
optimise configurations accordingly.
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B) Drill-Down Reporting Capabilities

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000’s drill-down reporting capabilities allow for granular
performance analysis, enabling administrators to gain deeper insights into storage
performance:

i. Hierarchical Performance Views: The system o ers hierarchical views of

performance metrics, allowing users to drill down from high-level system
performance metrics to individual components such as controllers, ports, and
drives. This granular view is essential for pinpointing performance issues and
understanding their root causes.

ii. Customizable Dashboards: Administrators can create customisable

dashboards to display the most relevant metrics for their specific needs. This
feature provides quick access to critical performance data, facilitating e icient
monitoring and management of the storage environment.

iii. Historical Performance Analysis: The OceanStor Dorado 8000 stores historical
performance data, enabling users to analyse trends, identify patterns, and
forecast future performance requirements. This capability is vital for capacity
planning and proactive performance management.

iv. Performance Alerts and Thresholds: Administrators can set performance

thresholds and configure alerts to notify them when specific metrics exceed
predefined limits. This proactive monitoring helps identify and resolve
performance issues before they impact critical applications, ensuring continuous
and reliable operation.

v. Integration with Third-Party Tools: The OceanStor Dorado 8000 integrates with
popular third-party performance monitoring and reporting tools such as Grafana
and Prometheus. This integration allows users to leverage their existing
monitoring infrastructure and gain a unified view of storage performance across
di erent systems and platforms.

C) Benefits for Enterprises

The rich performance metrics and drill-down reporting capabilities of the Huawei
OceanStor Dorado 8000 o er several key benefits for enterprises:

i. Proactive Performance Management: By providing comprehensive performance

insights, the system enables administrators to proactively identify and resolve
performance issues, ensuring the smooth operation of critical applications. This
proactive approach minimises downtime and enhances overall system reliability.

ii. E icient Troubleshooting: The drill-down reporting capabilities allow users to

quickly isolate the root cause of performance problems, reducing troubleshooting
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time and minimising the impact on business operations. This leads to faster
resolution of issues and improved operational e iciency.

iii. Informed Decision-Making: The historical performance data and trend analysis
features enable administrators to make data-driven decisions regarding capacity
planning, resource allocation, and performance optimisation. This informed
decision-making process helps optimise infrastructure investments and improve
resource utilisation.

iv. Improved User Experience: By ensuring optimal storage performance, the

OceanStor Dorado 8000 helps deliver a superior user experience for applications
and services that rely on storage infrastructure. This is particularly important for
latency-sensitive applications and high-performance computing environments.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000’s extensive performance metrics

and drill-down reporting capabilities already provide The Bank with the
tools it needs to monitor, analyse, and optimise storage performance
e ectively. By delivering comprehensive insights and powerful
reporting features, the OceanStor Dorado 8000 enables proactive
performance management, e icient troubleshooting, informed
decision-making, and an improved user experience. This level of
performance visibility and control is essential for maintaining the
highest standards of storage operations in today’s data-driven business
environment.
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23. Kubernetes Integration.

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATES WITH KUBERNETES, THE
LEADING OPEN-SOURCE CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION PLATFORM, THROUGH HUAWEI'S CONTAINER
STORAGE INTERFACE (CSI) DRIVER AND THE HUAWEI CLOUD CONTAINER ENGINE (CCE). THESE
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES EMPOWER THE BANK TO EFFORTLESSLY PROVISION, MANAGE , AND
MONITOR PERSISTENT STORAGE RESOURCES FOR THEIR CONTAINERISED APPLICATIONS, ENSURING A
SOPHISTICATED AND STREAMLINED APPROACH TO STORAGE MANAGEMENT.

Key Features and Integration

A) CSI Driver:
Dynamic Provisioning: The Huawei CSI driver will enable THE BANK to dynamically
create and manage persistent volumes directly from the Kubernetes API. This
includes support for standard Kubernetes constructs like PersistentVolumeClaims
(PVCs) and StorageClasses. The CSI driver also supports advanced storage features
such as:

i. Quality of Service (QoS) Policies: Set specific IOPS, bandwidth, and

latency limits to ensure that storage performance meets the needs
of di erent workloads.

ii. Snapshots and Clones: Quickly create copies of volumes for

backup, testing, and development purposes.

iii. Multi-Tenancy: Isolate storage resources among di erent users or

departments to prevent resource contention and ensure data
security.

F) Persistent Storage Management: The CSI driver enables THE BANK to

manage storage resources e iciently, providing fine-grained control over their
containerised storage environment. This includes the ability to handle volume
creation, attachment, expansion, and deletion seamlessly within Kubernetes.

G) Intelligent Operations and Maintenance (O&M):

i. Resource Planning: The Dorado 8000 leverages advanced algorithms to
predict and plan resource allocation, ensuring optimal performance for all
containerised applications.

ii. Automatic Provisioning: Automates the deployment of storage resources

based on predefined policies and real-time workload requirements.

iii. Risk Prediction: Potential machine learning is utilised to analyse historical

data and predict issues, allowing for proactive maintenance and reducing
the risk of downtime.
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H) Built-in Container Support:

i. Storage and Compute Convergence: Reduces latency and improves
performance by enabling data to flow seamlessly between storage and
compute resources. This integration minimises the need for separate
storage and compute silos, thus reducing IT infrastructure complexity and
costs.

Huawei Cloud Container Engine (CCE):

Fully-Managed Kubernetes Service: Huawei CCE provides a high-performance, scalable,
and secure container orchestration platform that simplifies the deployment and
management of containerised applications. Key features include:

i. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Enhances security by controlling

access to resources based on user roles.

ii. Automatic Vulnerability Fixing: Ensures the security of containerised

applications by automatically detecting and fixing vulnerabilities.

iii. Kata Containers: Runs containers inside lightweight virtual machines to

provide an additional layer of security and isolation.

iv. Ease of Use and Scalability: CCE supports one-stop deployment and
operations and maintenance (O&M), allowing users to create and manage
container clusters with minimal e ort. The platform supports automatic
scaling and load balancing, making it suitable for dynamic and high-
demand environments.

v. Compatibility and Integration: As a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

(KCSP), CCE ensures full compatibility with native Kubernetes versions
and seamless integration with other cloud-native services. This allows
users to leverage the latest Kubernetes features and ecosystem tools
without compatibility issues.

I) Benefits for THE BANK

By leveraging the Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000's Kubernetes integration capabilities,
THE BANK can achieve several key benefits:

i. Streamlined Application Deployment: The integration with Kubernetes and

the CSI driver allows for automated and e icient deployment of
containerised applications, reducing manual intervention and improving
deployment speed.
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ii. Improved Resource Utilization: The intelligent O&M capabilities and built-
in container support enable better resource planning and utilisation,
ensuring that storage and compute resources are used optimally.

iii. Enhanced Agility and E iciency: Combining on-premises and cloud-based

Kubernetes solutions (through CCE) provides a comprehensive, end-to-
end container ecosystem that can seamlessly span multiple
environments, enhancing IT operations' overall agility and e iciency.

iv. Superior Performance and Reliability: The Dorado 8000's high performance
(up to 40,000,000 IOPS) and six-nine reliability (99.9999%) ensure that
containerised applications run smoothly and without interruption, even
under heavy workloads.

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000's advanced Kubernetes

integration, enabled by its CSI driver and compatibility with Huawei
CCE, provides THE BANK with a comprehensive, high-performance
solution for managing containerised workloads. By adopting this
cutting-edge technology, THE BANK can accelerate its digital
transformation journey, improve operational e iciency, and deliver
innovative services to its customers, setting the standard for the future
of banking.

Huawei's combination of the OceanStor Dorado 8000 and Huawei CCE

provides deep integration, comprehensive management capabilities,
and robust performance. The end-to-end ecosystem, intelligent O&M
features, and built-in support for advanced Kubernetes functionalities
position Huawei as a superior choice for The Bank seeking to embrace
container technology and modernise its storage infrastructure fully.
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24. Support for Storage Class Memory.

THE HUAWEI OCEANSTOR DORADO 8000 ALL-FLASH STORAGE SYSTEMS ROBUSTLY SUPPORT
STORAGE CLASS MEMORY (SCM), EMPOWERING ENTERPRISES TO LEVERAGE THIS INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATING APPLICATIONS AND BOOSTING STORAGE PERFORMANCE. SCM
EFFECTIVELY BRIDGES THE PERFORMANCE GAP BETWEEN DRAM AND NAND FLASH, DELIVERING
LOWER LATENCY, HIGHER BANDWIDTH, AND GREATER EFFICIENCY, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR
DEMANDING ENTERPRISE WORKLOADS.

A) SCM
is a revolutionary non-volatile memory technology that sits between DRAM and NAND
flash in terms of performance, capacity, and cost. It o ers several advantages over
traditional storage media:

i. Low Latency: SCM delivers significantly lower latency compared to NAND flash,
approaching the performance of DRAM. This results in faster data access and
improved application responsiveness, which is critical for latency-sensitive
applications such as databases and real-time analytics.

ii. High Bandwidth: With its high-speed interface, SCM provides substantially higher
bandwidth than NAND flash, enabling faster data transfer rates. This is essential
for high-throughput workloads that require rapid data movement.

iii. Byte-Addressability: Unlike traditional block-based storage, SCM is byte-

addressable, allowing data to be accessed at a granular level without the need for
block-level operations. This reduces overhead and enhances e iciency,
particularly for applications that benefit from fine-grained data access.

iv. Persistence: As a non-volatile memory technology, SCM retains data even when
power is lost, ensuring data durability. This makes it suitable for new use cases,
such as persistent memory programming, where data needs to be quickly
accessible and durable.

B) Integration of SCM in Huawei OceanStor Dorado

Huawei has integrated SCM support into its high-end OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000
all-flash storage systems, allowing customers to leverage this cutting-edge technology
for their mission-critical workloads:

i. SCM as a Cache Tier: OceanStor Dorado systems utilise SCM as an additional

caching layer between DRAM and NAND flash. By placing frequently accessed
data in SCM, the storage system delivers even lower latency and higher IOPS,
significantly boosting overall application performance .
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ii. Intelligent Tiering with SCM: Huawei's intelligent multi-tier caching algorithm
automatically identifies hot and cold data and places it in the appropriate storage
tier (SCM, SSD, or HDD) based on access patterns. This ensures optimal
utilisation of SCM resources and maximises performance .

iii. Scalable SCM Capacity: The OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000 support up to
1.6 TB of SCM per controller, providing ample capacity for caching and tiering
purposes. As SCM densities increase, these systems will be able to
accommodate even larger SCM capacities, future-proofing the investment for
enterprises .

iv. Integration with FlashLink® Algorithms: Huawei's proprietary FlashLink®

algorithms have been optimised to work seamlessly with SCM. These algorithms
leverage SCM's unique characteristics to accelerate data access, reduce write
amplification, and improve overall storage e iciency .

C) Benefits of SCM in OceanStor Dorado Systems

By incorporating SCM into its high-end all-flash storage systems, Huawei enables
customers to:

i. Accelerate Application Performance: With SCM's low latency and high

bandwidth, applications running on OceanStor Dorado experience significant
performance improvements, particularly for latency-sensitive workloads such as
databases and real-time analytics. This results in faster query responses, quicker
transaction processing, and overall enhanced user experiences.

ii. Reduce Storage Costs: Utilizing SCM as a caching tier allows OceanStor Dorado
systems to reduce the amount of expensive DRAM required while still delivering
comparable performance. This helps lower overall storage costs without
compromising on performance, making it a cost-e ective solution for enterprises
.

iii. Enable New Use Cases: SCM's combination of high performance, low latency,
and persistence opens up new possibilities for application design and
deployment. For example, it enables in-memory databases to persist data without
the need for separate storage, simplifying the architecture and improving
e iciency.

iv. Future-Proof Storage Infrastructure: As SCM technologies continue to evolve

and mature, Huawei OceanStor Dorado's support for SCM ensures that
customers can take advantage of these advancements without the need for
disruptive upgrades or migrations. This positions enterprises to continuously
leverage the latest in storage technology advancements .
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Conclusion:

The Huawei OceanStor Dorado 8000 and 18000's support for Storage
Class Memory represents a significant advancement in all-flash
storage technology. By leveraging SCM's unique characteristics and
integrating it seamlessly into its intelligent algorithms and architecture,
Huawei enables customers to achieve new levels of storage
performance, e iciency, and flexibility. This strategic advantage helps
The Bank accelerate its digital transformation journey, optimise its IT
infrastructure, and maintain a competitive edge in an increasingly data-
driven world.

Note: While competitors may o er some level of SCM support, they often lack the
comprehensive integration, intelligent tiering, and seamless scalability provided by
Huawei's OceanStor Dorado systems. Huawei's solutions combine SCM with FlashLink®
algorithms and advanced multi-tier caching to ensure superior performance and
e iciency, setting them apart from other o erings in the market.