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."My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"It reduces space and the polar consumption. It also accelerates the application."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"The solution is easy to scale. I'm running two environments right now, so I need to scale. I'm running a part technology. I've got an A-side and a B-side."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"We use a virtual domain in 3PAR and we can create individual pools where clients are able to manage their own resources, instead of we, as storage admin, getting involved in that."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"The technical support has been fantastic."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"The strong point is that our clients like this are RadLV (Radiology Low-Value). They also use SnapMirror and MetroCluster."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"NAS stability"
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The availability of technical resources within HPE is becoming a challenge due to availability."
"3PAR needs to keep on increasing its capacity."
"I think cloud integration would probably be the biggest part, because that's where everyone is going and the seamless integration between on-premise and cloud is an important part of any IT strategy today."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"HPE could improve by raising awareness when a new product is launched. They must think of ways to better serve and engage with their enterprise customers. HPE is selling enterprise products and mission-critical support."
"I would like to have more details on alerting. It is not real granular right now. What It gives you is sort of basic, and we can't do a lot of tweaking on our own. We would like to be able to tweak some of the alerts for our team."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"It would also help if they integrate current technologies, newer technologies, and more efficient technologies, as time progresses. For example, integrate the fourth level of NAND devices."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"The product must support more drives."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
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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