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 simplifies storage."
"The ease of use. That's what our customers love. They say it's very easy, they don't need special training, they don't need to call us or any other company or integrator to help them do their job. That's the main reason they purchase Pure."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"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."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"This is a very robust product and it offers everything that we are looking for."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"It is easy to scale, easy to manage, and easy to configure."
"We're able to move things around with more agility. I can take it off one server and slap it on another in a couple of minutes... And the speed is outstanding."
"From a single panel, I can see the performance of my service, my network, and my storage."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The solution is stable."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"The solution is not cheap."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"The tool needs improvement in the utilization report at the granular level."
"I would like to see the ability to be able to migrate to newer versions of the 3PAR without having to take any of our data offline and be able to upgrade on the fly."
"HP has several integration elements that work with other vendor storage products. I'd like to see a greater expansion on that so that a customer can do a more seamless migration from other vendor products."
"It needs the addition of InfoSight, which is the most critical, along with predictive analytics and AI."
"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"Extending is not a problem, scalability is okay. But once you buy additional box of disks, you have to wait for HPE to contact you with their plan for implementation, for connecting, and it can take several weeks. So, you have the box and you have to wait for several weeks to actually implement it."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
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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