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."Very efficient storage"
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"The initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"Pure Storage FlashArray has significantly improved our data center performance. It handles high workloads efficiently, providing better performance in the environment. With increased storage capacity, it has led to improved overall system performance. The tool's technology is a standout feature. It has helped me reduce storage costs by 15 percent."
"The solution is easy to install."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"It has helped a lot for times when our customers do DR testing. Instead of having to spin down and spin up, I can do it live and seamless. I do not have to schedule downtime with an organization."
"The biggest benefit is the fact that it's pretty much bulletproof; we never have any issues with them."
"We know exactly the capacity that we need for the upcoming year, and it's much easier for us to enlarge the capacity and expose these disk volumes to the relevant servers."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"We also use dynamic optimization to go between tiers."
"The Remote Copy Group is amazing for the replication stuff."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"As partners, we should have the option to download the software, rather than have to go back through Pure to obtain it."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"The onsite techs have caused outages."
"It's still an older architecture, you've got a lot of physical spinning disks. I would imagine more the memory-based computing is coming."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"The GUI interface could be improved. I have been having trouble with one issue in particular. If you look at the DC and DR, if there is a communication break and the link went down—so the data is not replicating from DC to DR—there is no way to find out how much data is ready for transmission. Only the size of the data that needs to be transferred after the link comes up. If the firewall link is down, there is no way of seeing how much data is waiting to be transferred. This is a weak point of 3PAR."
"It's a little bit difficult to figure out where the capacity is used. There is deduplication that, of course, saves space, but it sometimes it's hard to find out where the space is used. If you delete something, do you get it back? So it's not very transparent regarding capacity."
"As a management tool, it would help us to have more customer reports."
"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."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"They should add new features to the product."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"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."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
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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