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 most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are management and administration user-friendliness, provisioning, and performance."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"We were actually able to do multiple upgrades, including head upgrades and moving between the platforms, M20 and M50, over the years. We have never once lost a ping and have never had an outage due to an OS upgrade or a complete head upgrade."
"Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"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."
"As soon as we introduced our first Pure Storage FlashArray, the first benefit was at least twice the performance increase. Our production databases simply ran twice as fast with no other change."
"Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"It's reliable and it's fast."
"I found it easy to deploy and simple to configure the storage."
"It is very stable. That is why we bought it."
"After being properly configured, it has been a very stable product."
"The Remote Copy Group is amazing for the replication stuff."
"Proactive support. Before we notice that there's a problem in the storage, or any part, any hard disk, they already notify us, and within four hours, the product is delivered. Within the next hour after product delivery, the engineer is available to support me."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"Previously, we were using EVA from HPE. When we moved to 3PAR, we noticed a reduction in footprint, reduced by more than 30%. We use the Adaptive Optimization, giving us a reduction in cost and with better performance."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"I think replication is one area that still needs improvement. Earlier, Pure Storage FlashArray only had IP-based replication. There was no API-based replication, but they have enhanced the feature now. However, they need to work on API replication for C-type of arrays."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"The price could be better."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."
"Upgrades on them are a bit tricky. For us to do a head swap on one is a full outer joiner storage frame, which is obviously not that easy to do in a production environment."
"We have had a few issues with it. We had our virtual environment lock up a few times on storage-based things. We think we have it sorted out, but maybe it came down to a configuration issue on it."
"The replicating software is pretty complicated. I probably would have put it on a sequence."
"The product is quite expensive."
"We would like to see dedupe and compression allowed on all drive types."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"The product must support more drives."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
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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