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."All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"It's actually very stable"
"The technical support is very good."
"The deduplication and compression rates are beyond impressive."
"My rating of Pure Storage is a ten out of ten because of the price for performance and footprint - the overall value."
"The console is simple to use. It has good performance. It is easy to install, understand, and manage, with a good ratio of deduplication and compression. It is doing its job."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"OneView is a nice interface."
"This is a stable solution."
"From my perspective, it's really easy for me to be able to get in and do any troubleshooting with it and it's very consistent."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"Multi-tier storage was the primary reason that we bought it. I also love the interface that you use for administering it."
"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 solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"The solution is stable."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"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 have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"It is a bit expensive."
"We did a firmware upgrade, and it brought the whole sandbox down. It was supposed to be done transparently, and that did not happen. It was not like we did it on our own; we had support set it up for us."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"Cloud integration could be better. They can also add an NVMe to port to that. I would like to see NVMe in the next release. That's the future or the near future for storage. That will give us a real high throughput and some performance."
"I would like an easier user interface and setup to help with deployment. There were many areas of the setup where I was like, “Why don't we do it this way?” Therefore, some of the things in the user interface could have been more refined, so you don't have to click in 5000 different places to accomplish one goal. Less clicks means more efficiency."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ could have better integration into the cloud and converged infrastructure."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved."
"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 WAFL is slow."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"The product must support more drives."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
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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