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 security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"It simplifies building out the storage."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"Very stable; no worries about how much it can handle."
"It is the SAN backbone for our company."
"It's just very easy for general block storage."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"This is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is its storage capabilities."
"When we bought it, the big sell for us was what they called "wide striping", how they striped the data and could get performance on a cheaper disk. Nowadays, the newer models that are out, which we are going to in the next couple of years, the most valuable feature is mainly being able to achieve such high IOPS in such a small chassis."
"The compression features are good."
"The overall quality of the product is fantastic. Advanced Optimization is one of the best features I never thought I needed until I actually used it and saw it in action."
"OneView is a nice interface."
"We went to an Active-Active data center, set it up to where both data centers are separate, but they act as one. We can have workloads at either side at any given time, and it is all based on the Peer Persistence architecture."
"The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments."
"The product is flexible."
"The solution is stable."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"Has rock solid reliability and is easy to use."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"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."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against 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."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"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 additional enhancements to InfoSight, especially from a VM standpoint. Today, we can see in the Azure VM performance stats in 3PAR, but it is so huge, we can't just drill down on each and every VM and look at its performance."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"Needs more SAN support."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
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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