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."Redundancy and the fault tolerance of the platform are the most impressive."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"It has good stability for our company."
"It upgrades in place which means we'll be using it well into the future."
"The performance is very good."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"The biggest benefit is the fact that it's pretty much bulletproof; we never have any issues with them."
"Stability is awesome. Its performance has been steady and it stays up."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"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."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"It's a very popular product for enterprise storage."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"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 storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"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."
"I would like some performance analytics which go deeper than today. It should be specific to some hosts and applications. This would be good."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"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."
"HPE could improve by making an old flash system in order to compete with the current market. For the solution to be more competitive in the mid-range market they could increase the performance."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"Would like to see some management functions through a web interface."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"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."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"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."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
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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