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 amount of throughput that we're getting is really nice."
"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."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"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."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"For virtualization, the failure rate is much less compared to traditional storage where you need more hard drives"
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"The solution is stable."
"With our 3PARs, we have never lost data."
"It is worry-free. I do not have to sit there and tend it."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a good interface, it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"Multi-tier storage was the primary reason that we bought it. I also love the interface that you use for administering it."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"The support is very good."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"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."
"CIFS and SMB Shares cannot be mounted directly."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"We do have an issue with the vCenter integration. Pure Storage says it has a lot of free space, but vCenter says its completely full. This is because their dedupes are saved as space, but Vcenter still detects the disk as completely full. So, we do have an issue with that."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"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."
"I would like to see more storage, a better interface, and to move from mechanical disks."
"This solution should be easier to use."
"Cloud integration could be better. They can also add an NVMe to port to that. I would like to see NVMe in the next release. That's the future or the near future for storage. That will give us a real high throughput and some performance."
"A lot of tasks, you have to manually set up. They need to already have them set up and working. Then, you can just go in and tweak them if you need to."
"I would like to see more cloud-based integrations and more file storage capabilities."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"In the next release, I would like to see faster upgrades, where it's really transparent to our host and our end-users."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"The product must support more drives."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"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."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 298 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 96 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 and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and ExaGrid EX Series. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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