Huawei OceanStor 6800 V3
Huawei OceanStor 6800 V3
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Huawei OceanStor 6800 V3 — Product Overview & Specifications
Product Overview
The Huawei OceanStor 6800 V3 is a mission-critical, high-end unified storage system designed for the cloud era. It features a flash-oriented design and an innovative multi-controller architecture that delivers high performance with sub-1 ms latency in all-flash configurations. The system is engineered to meet the demanding requirements of large OLTP/OLAP databases, file sharing, and cloud computing workloads across industries such as government, finance, telecom, energy, and media.
Built on Huawei’s cloud-architecture-oriented operating system, the OceanStor 6800 V3 combines a high-performance hardware platform with a comprehensive suite of intelligent management software. Its scale-out architecture supports up to eight controllers, enabling linear performance scaling and massive capacity expansion to accommodate rapidly growing business needs. The system achieves 99.999% availability through redundant component design and controller hot-standby capabilities.
The OceanStor 6800 V3 excels in convergence, integrating SAN and NAS services, heterogeneous storage virtualization, high-end to entry-level interoperability, SSD and HDD tiering, and primary storage with backup functions—all within a single system. This convergence simplifies deployment, improves resource utilization, and significantly reduces total cost of ownership. Intelligent software features such as SmartTier, SmartMotion, and SmartVirtualization enable three-dimensional data flow across vertical, horizontal, and cross-system dimensions, further enhancing storage efficiency.
Product Specifications
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Controller Architecture | Dual-controller by default; scale-out to 8 controllers |
| System Cache | 256 GB to 4,096 GB (expandable with controller count) |
| Maximum Drives | Up to 3,200 drives (dual-controller); higher with scale-out |
| Maximum Storage Capacity | Up to 32 PB |
| Supported Storage Protocols | FC, FCoE, iSCSI, InfiniBand, NFS, CIFS/SMB, HTTP, FTP |
| Front-End Port Types | 16 Gbps FC, 8 Gbps FC, 10 Gbps FCoE, 1/10 Gbps Ethernet, 56 Gbps InfiniBand |
| Back-End Connectivity | SAS 3.0 (4 × 12 Gbps per controller) |
| Max Front-End Host Ports | 20 per controller |
| Max Hot-Swappable I/O Modules | 6 per controller |
| Disk Types | SSD, SAS, NL-SAS |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 |
| Performance | >600,000 IOPS; sub-1 ms latency (all-flash) |
| Chassis Height | 6U (supports 4 controllers in 6U) |
| Operating Temperature | 5°C–40°C (below 1,800 m); 5°C–35°C (above 1,800 m) |
| Operating Humidity | 5%–90% RH |
| Power Supply | Redundant AC and optional DC modules |
| Virtualization Support | VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V; VAAI and vSphere/vCenter integration |
| Data Protection Software | HyperSnap, HyperClone, HyperCopy, HyperMirror, HyperMetro, HyperReplication, HyperLock, HyperVault |
| Efficiency Software | SmartQoS, SmartPartition, SmartCache, SmartMigration, SmartVirtualization, SmartMulti-tenant, SmartQuota, SmartDedupe, SmartCompression, SmartThin, SmartTier, SmartMotion, SmartErase |
| Management Software | UltraPath, BCManager, DeviceManager, eSight, Cloud Service |
Reference Documentation List
The following documents and resources are available for the OceanStor 6800 V3:
| Document Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Product Data Sheet | Official technical specifications and feature descriptions |
| Quick Installation Guide | Step-by-step hardware installation instructions |
| Quick Configuration Guide | Initial setup and configuration procedures |
| Quick Maintenance Guide | Routine maintenance and troubleshooting guidance |
| SPC-1 Benchmark Report | Official SPC-1 performance results submission |
| Standards Compliance Document | Energy-related product information and certifications |
| Product Bulletins | Technical notices and updates |












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