We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"The biggest benefit is the fact that it's pretty much bulletproof; we never have any issues with them."
"They provide very good support for our mission-critical processes."
"Scalability is incredible. We have a single server cabinet today, but we can grow it to as many cabinets as we need."
"The deduplication functionality is great. We have seen a lot of benefits in the deduplication ratio. So, it has proven that it is a good cost savings."
"This solution has allowed for massive performance acceleration of all workloads and massively increased availability (with peer persistence/transparent failover feature)."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"Technical support for both 3PAR and Dell EMC in my country, Iran, is very difficult because we are under sanctions."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"The product is user-friendly and helps to evaluate the performance of each node. It ensures that if one node encounters an issue, the system can immediately redistribute the workload without interruptions. This setup provides uninterrupted operation for our systems."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"We have had some bad issues on stability."
"The price is a little bit high."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"It needs the addition of InfoSight, which is the most critical, along with predictive analytics and AI."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 298 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 96 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and ExaGrid EX Series. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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