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."
"Very efficient storage"
"Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It has made working with storage as easy and simple as it should be."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"It helps simplify storage. When you're running Pure all-flash, you don't have to do a lot of the old Oracle best practices. You don't have to worry about putting log files on a different disk channel than the data files, and those types of issues... That has made it vastly easier to do large volumes, rapid provisioning in databases, without taking a performance hit."
"The new StoreServ Management Console (SSMC) tool is more user-friendly."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"When we started using 3PAR what we liked was the simplicity of the product. We needed a higher performance storage and, in our support model, we needed to keep the simplicity of the storage architecture, keep it as clean and as manageable as we could."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the native full mesh (multi-pathing)."
"The speed is very good."
"We saved a ton of power just turning off our old one when we went to the new one."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"The solution is stable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"The internal garbage collection process has been fixed recently in some OS updates so it is more efficient but that could be just a little better."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"We have issues with scalability because 3PAR has limited storage capacity, so we have to invest more after a while."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"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."
"We do not use Memory-Driven Flash in the old 3PAR. Perhaps we will use it in the new 3PAR. That is part of the reason why we are upgrading."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"Needs more SAN support."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 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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