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 does efficient work of storing data while still delivering the performance that you would normally expect from a higher priced solution."
"Very efficient storage"
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"We've had different types of storage, and three things of this solution are valuable. The first one is its outstanding performance. The second one is its stability. In the about three years that we've had it, we've had component failures, but we never had a service interruption or any data loss. The third one, which is really critical, is that it is super easy to use in terms of provisioning, storage, and managing the arrays. I'm able to maintain a multi-site environment with a couple of dozen arrays with a single mid-level storage admin."
"The connections are a lot faster than what we had in the past. One InfiniBand does what we did on all of our Fibre Channels."
"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's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is its online upgrades."
"The predictive analytics, where we're getting notifications prior to a failure has been helpful."
"The features which are most valuable are the availability of the system and the management."
"This is a stable solution."
"With the new flash arrays, 3PAR has improved our performance."
"Scalability is incredible. We have a single server cabinet today, but we can grow it to as many cabinets as we need."
"I am impressed with the product's online upgrades."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"I would like to see a Nagios monitoring plugin which watches the health and performance of the system. The only one available just checks volume capacity."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"The tool needs improvement in the utilization report at the granular level."
"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."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"We would like to see a bigger integration with the Nimble Storage solution, so we can take our smaller regional companies and be able to send them into our bigger data centers and have everything work seamlessly."
"I would like to be able to deploy and manage 3PAR within OneView Global Dashboard so we do not have to use the interface for 3PAR."
"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. There were a lot of different things that had to happen which was the reason why they had to send out the HPE engineers to help us."
"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."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"Needs more SAN support."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"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 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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