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 initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"It gives us capacity planning."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"It's reduced our overhead management time on storage, since it is so simple to get in and just provision a volume, present it to the host, and then you are done."
"The speed is very good."
"I am a system integrator, so we sell a lot of 3PAR storage to our customers. Our business has increased compared to previous days."
"We have been able to scale faster and get our applications out in much less time. We don't need to worry about the platform's ability to manage the workload, so we are pretty happy."
"It's a very popular product for enterprise storage."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"Any action we want to do with a Dell EMC product needs a license. But with 3PAR's converged solution, at least there is no need to purchase more licenses to get the all the features that we need. We can get basic and mid-range features without licenses."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"NAS stability"
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"The product is user-friendly and helps to evaluate the performance of each node. It ensures that if one node encounters an issue, the system can immediately redistribute the workload without interruptions. This setup provides uninterrupted operation for our systems."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"It would be nice to have a better view of the allocated capacity on their Platform as a Service solution because we have to do some manual calculations to understand how much we are going to pay every month to use the storage that is allocated."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"I like what they're doing, but some of my customers complain that they do not have all the bells and whistles and knobs to fine-tune workloads that some of the competitors have. In my opinion, that's good. All customers don't have dedicated storage gurus, and they can get themselves into trouble if they fine-tune too many of those high-performance knobs, but they do get knocked down. Pure Storage takes a hit in the minds and opinions of some of the customers because they cannot customize things as much as compared to a legacy storage provider's appliance such as NetApp, Dell EMC, or even HPE. I personally think 95% of my customers are better off letting the system fine-tune itself. That was something that you needed to do 12 or 15 years ago, but now with all-flash, the technology can handle what it needs to handle. Customers just end up shooting themselves in the foot if they are tweaking too many default settings."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"This solution only provides active-passive replication, as opposed to active-active."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"3PAR needs to keep on increasing its capacity."
"The solution lacks reliability."
"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."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"The solution could do more than just data."
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 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 VAST Data. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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