They could only look at the appearance; they couldn't figure out anything else.
After all, you can't judge the quality of an enterprise-grade storage server by its appearance; you need specialized testing tools to see if it's any good or bad.
"Putting everything else aside, Beiming No. 1 really doesn't look like a storage server; it feels more like a fish tank with only aquatic plants."
"You know what, if Hua Wei puts some ornamental fish in the pond, it really would be a fish tank."
"But the front end still follows the traditional style, all black."
Does Beiming-1 need to be fed nutrient solution regularly?
"It seems that if you are obedient, you only need to feed it once a week. The storage management system of Beiming No. 1 is linked to your email, and it will notify you by email when it is time to feed you nutrient solution."
"I always feel like I'm living a machine. Flesh and blood suffer, while machines ascend."
"According to their pre-sales manager, biological storage signal converters are, in a sense, mechanical life forms."
"It sounds very high-tech. By the way, did you ask them about the specific technical details?"
"What are you thinking? The pre-sales manager only knows how to talk big. How would he know any technical details? I've inquired and found out that the biological storage part is done by DeepBlue Storage. I estimate that even Huawei's R&D center can't explain the specific technical principles clearly."
"No wonder I heard that when the Sugon sales team came to the meeting a couple of days ago, they confidently assured me that Sugon would also make its own biological storage server."
The news that the first batch of Huawei biological storage servers had arrived and been officially delivered spread to the market, causing Huawei's HarmonyOS concept stocks to surge.
Although biological storage technology has nothing to do with them.
The stock prices of Sugon and Inspur have been rising. Although they have not yet obtained specific authorization, institutions have already received the news and have built up large positions in advance.
Once the news is officially confirmed, they'll drive up the stock price and then sell it to retail investors.
Financial institutions' first reaction upon receiving Beiming-1 was to test it, while Ali Cloud immediately put it on their Ali Cloud platform.
A sales page for biological cloud storage has been added to the homepage header.
The service is specified as a biological cloud storage service, and its price is more than five times higher than that of a regular cloud hard drive.
As a result, the 1000PB of storage space sold out within a day of its launch.
Many small businesses are thinking of buying it to test it out. Even though it's five times more expensive than a regular cloud drive, it doesn't cost much. It's not even as expensive as a regular graphics card.
I'm only buying it for one month to test its effectiveness.
Tencent, seeing Ahri's outrageous actions, quickly followed suit.
Hua Wei naturally wouldn't agree to their actions, setting such high prices for biological storage.
Originally, the long-term goal of biological storage was to replace traditional magnetic materials. Now, the way Alibaba and Tencent are doing things is essentially turning biological storage into high-end storage.
Playing it this way will backfire on large-scale promotion in the future. Huawei's vision extends beyond this small amount of money; even if it's five times more expensive than traditional cloud storage, how much more profit can they make?
If it truly and completely replaces traditional magnetic materials, the resulting market monopoly would be the most important thing.
Even if DeepBlue Storage indicates that it will subsequently sell biological storage media to competing companies such as Sugon, Inspur, and Unisplendour, Huayi is confident that it can achieve a near-monopoly position.
As another internet giant, Huawei also has its own public cloud. They have launched their own biological cloud storage server on Huawei's public cloud, with a price that is one-tenth of that of Ali's biological cloud storage.
It's like a knife cut to the ankle, comparable to the major collapse of the A-shares market in early 2022.
The price comparison is too obvious, and users are basically cursing Ali and Tencent for being unscrupulous merchants, as their prices are so much higher than Huawei's.
"Mr. Lei, I apologize for your question. It's mainly because Huawei is a manufacturer of biological storage servers, and their purchase price is lower than that of Ali."
Ali apologized to Tencent's after-sales service for various reasons, because most of the users who are willing to spend money on biological cloud storage are enterprise users.
Someone else just bought it, and Huaweiyun's biological storage is only one-tenth of your price. Any customer would complain.
Ultimately, unable to withstand customer pressure and the potential for large-scale customer churn, Ali and Tencent also lowered their prices to the same level as Huawei Bio Cloud.
However, for customers who have already made a purchase, the extra money they paid will absolutely not be refunded.
At most, we can return the money to them in the form of vouchers, meaning that they can only recover their losses by making further purchases through us.
Ali Cloud and Tencent Cloud are deeply disgusted by Huawei's lack of respect, saying that they are not only not making money, but also preventing us from making money.
Ali and Tencent are major customers of ICT equipment, and they directly approached the relevant personnel to exert pressure.
“Huaweiyun and we are completely two different departments, and we cannot interfere with Huaweiyun’s decisions.”
It's all just a way of making excuses. If you can use this method to fob off customers, then Huawei can certainly use a similar method to fob off Alibaba and Tencent.
In any case, Huawei is the only domestic company that sells biological storage devices. As for other ICT devices, Huawei has the best price-performance ratio among domestic brands.
It's impossible for Ali and Tencent to find a substitute in the short term.
This incident drew ridicule from the industry. Although everyone has always known that Tencent and Ali have an ugly business practice, even if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, they have heard about it.
This was just a further deepening of our understanding.
Meanwhile, Baidu Cloud is also jumping on the bandwagon of biological storage.
They launched a special membership for biological cloud storage called Qiandu Cloud Technology Membership.
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