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 feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"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."
"It simplifies storage."
"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."
"The connections are a lot faster than what we had in the past. One InfiniBand does what we did on all of our Fibre Channels."
"Because we were able to afford to go all flash, we don't manage the tiers, we're not moving data up, and we're not waiting for overnight cycles."
"It upgrades in place which means we'll be using it well into the future."
"It is easy to scale, easy to manage, and easy to configure."
"If you design it right and implement it right, it's headache free. Just keep it there and it does what it's suppose to do."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"The scalability is good because it is easy to add in new disks. We just add them on the fly, and they are available for use."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"Valuable features include the intuitiveness of the SAN itself, a lot of the built-in logic and functionality, the tiering that it uses to determine what type of disk is best for the various types of workloads, and the automation that is built in. It's also easy to manage."
"We have been able to scale faster and get our applications out in much less time. We don't need to worry about the platform's ability to manage the workload, so we are pretty happy."
"It is very easy to manage. I can provision disks and monitor the performance easily."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"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."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"I like what they're doing, but some of my customers complain that they do not have all the bells and whistles and knobs to fine-tune workloads that some of the competitors have. In my opinion, that's good. All customers don't have dedicated storage gurus, and they can get themselves into trouble if they fine-tune too many of those high-performance knobs, but they do get knocked down. Pure Storage takes a hit in the minds and opinions of some of the customers because they cannot customize things as much as compared to a legacy storage provider's appliance such as NetApp, Dell EMC, or even HPE. I personally think 95% of my customers are better off letting the system fine-tune itself. That was something that you needed to do 12 or 15 years ago, but now with all-flash, the technology can handle what it needs to handle. Customers just end up shooting themselves in the foot if they are tweaking too many default settings."
"The price could be better."
"It would be nice to have a better view of the allocated capacity on their Platform as a Service solution because we have to do some manual calculations to understand how much we are going to pay every month to use the storage that is allocated."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"We would like to see deduplication and hybrid in the next release of the solution."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"I would like to see the reliability improve. While it has been a good product, the QA of the product could be done a little more thoroughly."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"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."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"From an overall perspective, all the latest technologies can improve support and performance. This is very important for us."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The product must support more drives."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
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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