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 speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"Because of the encryption, we have different storage and the encryption can go over both."
"The solution is very reliable."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"The technical support is very good."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"Having moved over from a lefthand, which was seven or eight years old, there's a massive boost in performance. It has definitely improved the speed, the responsiveness, of all our applications."
"You can have SSD drives, fast disk drives, and slower drives, redundancy between drives, and hot-swappable drives on the SSDs, the faster hard drives, and the slower drives."
"The most valuable features are their tight integration with VMware, their multi-node architecture, and their copy services, such as Peer Persistence."
"It is very stable. That is why we bought it."
"I do not have to worry about cross systems talking to each other or multiple systems trying to interact with each other. Our entire vCenter infrastructure is one large stack, which is nice."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"It all works in concert using Recovery Manager Central (RMC). HPE coordinates it all, so it is more of a solution instead of products trying to do things together."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The solution is easy to use."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"Fast Snapshots"
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"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."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"I would like to see the NAS add-on component become more fault-tolerant than just a single virtual machine running inside the array. I'm unwilling to use it for that reason."
"HPE gives you how to get everything going, but it would be nice if they could go a little deeper sometimes. That is always the case: To get the value-add, you have to pay for those services."
"The tool has low storage and low performance. This can be solved by adding more disco to the solution. The product’s pricing is also suited for enterprise businesses rather than smaller ones.I would like to see better performance, UI, and compatibility with other products in future releases."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"We are using a built-in solution in 3PAR. We are using All-Flash Storage, and there are some difficulties with it. HPE has now developed a new tool system to support All-Flash, and that's why we are changing our investment. They must increase its performance. I want unlimited support, which is very important for performance. I am not interested in spinning disks. HPE is developing new storage systems called Primera, but they must be developed more."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
"There are some weird things that we can't figure out."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
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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