We performed a comparison between NEC D3 series and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."The performance is better than with our previous version."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"Has rock solid reliability and is easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The solution is stable."
"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
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NEC D3 series is ranked 21st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 reviews. NEC D3 series is rated 9.0, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of NEC D3 series writes "Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". NEC D3 series is most compared with , whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem.
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