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."Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"It is all-flash. This makes it a lot faster than the rest of what we have, as it is able to drive high I/O loads, which is big for us."
"It helps to simplify storage. For most of our customers, when they move to Pure Storage, storage becomes an afterthought."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"Support has been helpful."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"We like something called Virtual Volumes and how we can do thin provisioning."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"The solution is quite stable and scalable."
"I found it easy to deploy and simple to configure the storage."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an enterprise storage that is mainly deployed in enterprise scenarios like banking and insurance."
"It has improved uptime, as well as speed to delivery."
"I am a system integrator, so we sell a lot of 3PAR storage to our customers. Our business has increased compared to previous days."
"Has rock solid reliability and is easy to use."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"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."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"I want to learn more about command line usage which I have not explored much yet. However, there are many automated solutions for repetitive tasks. I would like to see additional features like performance monitoring, configuring of alerts, and the customization of alert thresholds in the next release."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"We have had a few issues with it. We had our virtual environment lock up a few times on storage-based things. We think we have it sorted out, but maybe it came down to a configuration issue on it."
"The interface to manage it could be improved. I was looking at OneView. Something basic like that should be available with the 3PAR. OneView has all the bells and whistles, all the features, but I think something basic and similar to that should be come with the 3PAR, at least for monitoring managing it."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has limited flexibility in building replication solutions. There are limitations to the number of IOPS the system can do. It's not bad as it is doing its job. However, for the application, if you need a toolbox, you can build everything concerning periodic replication modes of synchronous or asynchronous three-site, four-site, with supported cascading which requires you to buy an IBM product. It also takes a few hours to one day to upgrade the system and sometimes; it takes more time because, in some HPE 3PAR StoreServ 20000 Storage, you have an eight-node system. If you do an upgrade, you do it node by node and every node might take more than an hour."
"We are still waiting for the compression feature to be deployed."
"Would like to see some management functions through a web interface."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The WAFL is slow."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 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 VAST Data. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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