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's simple, powerful, and ready to use."
"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."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"The most valuable feature of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is its online upgrades."
"We use a virtual domain in 3PAR and we can create individual pools where clients are able to manage their own resources, instead of we, as storage admin, getting involved in that."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"We use for our tier one and two apps, so they can do failover, synchronous replication."
"It was straightforward, simple, and easy to set up, along with the OneView tools, for managing both compute and storage."
"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."
"The product has definitely improved throughput. We are able to more efficiently see patients because all of our medical records and practice management software seems to run faster. Uploading images and charts is a lot faster. Recalling information in the exam rooms is faster. The overall throughput of data, going back and forth, is so we can more efficiently see patients, and it also helps increase our patient flow. We can see patients a lot faster, getting them in and out a lot more quickly."
"The support is very good."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"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."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ could have better integration into the cloud and converged infrastructure."
"HPE could improve by making an old flash system in order to compete with the current market. For the solution to be more competitive in the mid-range market they could increase the performance."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"I would like the documentation easy to find. There is a lot of documentation, but sometimes it is hard to find. You have to do a lot of searching to find it."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"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."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"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."
"The WAFL is slow."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
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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