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."The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"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 initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"It does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"The solution helps to simplify storage."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"It is a stable solution."
"Valuable features include the intuitiveness of the SAN itself, a lot of the built-in logic and functionality, the tiering that it uses to determine what type of disk is best for the various types of workloads, and the automation that is built in. It's also easy to manage."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"The solution is quite stable and scalable."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"Proactive support. Before we notice that there's a problem in the storage, or any part, any hard disk, they already notify us, and within four hours, the product is delivered. Within the next hour after product delivery, the engineer is available to support me."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"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 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."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"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."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"It's still an older architecture, you've got a lot of physical spinning disks. I would imagine more the memory-based computing is coming."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"We've started to see an issue with the older models that we have. We've had issues where facilities would have unscheduled power outages or scheduled power outages and the 3PARs weren't able to come up successfully. We actually had an incident recently where it wiped data that we didn't anticipate would be wiped."
"The tool is old."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The product must support more drives."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
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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