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."Pure Storage is extremely reliable — it's never failed."
"Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"The reliability is very good."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"The back-end data reporting for Pure Storage is phenomenal. The data that you can see on the performance of your customers' array, so you can be proactive about upgrades or enhancements, and is a phenomenal tool to have access to as a partner. I haven't seen this type of stuff out of anything of the other storage systems."
"It simplifies storage."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"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 availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"It is worry-free. I do not have to sit there and tend it."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"The support is really fast. There is very good support for 3PAR storage."
"Stability is awesome. Its performance has been steady and it stays up."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"Part of our company works on Dell EMC because Pure Storage did not have synchronous applications when we were purchasing our products."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"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."
"The engagement of the tool's vendor is costly."
"The availability of technical resources within HPE is becoming a challenge due to availability."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"3PAR needs to keep on increasing its capacity."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"The initial setup was easy. However, we get stuck on preconditions. We were not aware of some of the preconditions."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Needs more SAN support."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
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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