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."Support has been helpful."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"The amount of throughput that we're getting is really nice."
"Because we were able to afford to go all flash, we don't manage the tiers, we're not moving data up, and we're not waiting for overnight cycles."
"All our junior partners can administer the storage arrays. It is simple and easy to use. We don't have to dedicate a whole team of full time people to work on it."
"It has good stability for our company."
"Data reduction and compression. Sub millisecond latency."
"I think the storage is very good, the way it stores, the thin provisioning it provides, and the data protection. And it's easy to deploy in any environment. We are using VMware. So for me, it's a right click and it's deployed. We can configure and create LUNS very easily with 3PAR management, and the interface is very user-friendly. Easily understandable."
"The solution is stable."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"The solution is quite stable and scalable."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"Being able to snapshot things for backup purposes has been key. We do that on our databases four times a day."
"I do not have to worry about cross systems talking to each other or multiple systems trying to interact with each other. Our entire vCenter infrastructure is one large stack, which is nice."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an enterprise storage that is mainly deployed in enterprise scenarios like banking and insurance."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"NAS stability"
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"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."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"File Persona can be better. I don't use File Persona because it has many problems with my environment. The antivirus that it has is not compatible with File Persona, and that's a big issue with File Persona. 3PAR is not as good as Dell when making a file in the storage. 3PAR for a block is very good, but when comparing row capacity, I get 14% capacity with 3PAR, but with Dell, I get 60% capacity."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"Sadly, the support from HPE has not been all that great. It is tough to get a tech out or get a response from some of the techs that we have."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"This solution is now at end-of-life."
"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."
"HP has several integration elements that work with other vendor storage products. I'd like to see a greater expansion on that so that a customer can do a more seamless migration from other vendor products."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"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 solution can improve on the replication features."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 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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