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."It upgrades in place which means we'll be using it well into the future."
"We consume less physical storage because of the solution’s deduplication and compression."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"The ease of management is one of the most valuable features of this solution. I would have also said that it's pretty fast but now our SQL servers are starting to beat it up pretty bad."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"Very efficient storage"
"We use for our tier one and two apps, so they can do failover, synchronous replication."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"It has a really powerful tool to measure data, how it is working, the performance, and if we have any bottlenecks."
"It was straightforward, simple, and easy to set up, along with the OneView tools, for managing both compute and storage."
"It's advantageous in terms of the cost, in terms of the performance, and taking up less space."
"The ease of management is its most valuable feature. It is so much easier to manage storage on a 3PAR array than anything that we have had before."
"Its snapshot capability is the most valuable feature, because replicate our databases from production to nonproduction for development. This allows us to do it very quickly."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions."
"I would like to see more flexibility with the cloud. I've actually just been in a presentation about it, here at HPE Discover 2018, so those features are coming."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"In the next release, I would like to see faster upgrades, where it's really transparent to our host and our end-users."
"They should add AI-enabled dashboards to the solution."
"The availability of technical resources within HPE is becoming a challenge due to availability."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"The WAFL is slow."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Needs more SAN support."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 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, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, 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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