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 stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"We have seen savings in our storage. The speed of deployment has gone from several days to a few minutes. This product has reduced that time into minutes, simplifying storage for us."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"Scalability is incredible. We have a single server cabinet today, but we can grow it to as many cabinets as we need."
"The ease of management is its most valuable feature. It is so much easier to manage storage on a 3PAR array than anything that we have had before."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"We saved a ton of power just turning off our old one when we went to the new one."
"Stability is awesome. Its performance has been steady and it stays up."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"We never had a blackout and we have never been offline."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a good interface, it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The support is very good."
"The solution is stable."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"In the next release I would like to see integration into other third-party player providers like Google."
"The price could be better."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"We are seeing that there are some enhancements which are required in the SSMC console. There are some features that we do not see in the dashboard."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"This product has come to the end of its lifecycle."
"The initial setup was easy. However, we get stuck on preconditions. We were not aware of some of the preconditions."
"The setup was complex from the perspective of the employees having to go through five days of training. If they simplified the administrative process of maintaining the unit, that would go a long way."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"I need flexibility for interoperability across multiple platforms, not just HPE."
"I would like to see more flexibility with the cloud. I've actually just been in a presentation about it, here at HPE Discover 2018, so those features are coming."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"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."
"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."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
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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