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 job of support for the storage engineers dramatically changed. We know more quickly the automation of the provisioning. We can now focus on things that bring more value to the company than just managing storage."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"It's actually very stable"
"The solution is very reliable."
"It's extremely stable and has good performance."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"We know exactly the capacity that we need for the upcoming year, and it's much easier for us to enlarge the capacity and expose these disk volumes to the relevant servers."
"It is worry-free. I do not have to sit there and tend it."
"We like something called Virtual Volumes and how we can do thin provisioning."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"The compression features are good."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"The solution is easy to install."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"It was not proactive communication."
"Part of our company works on Dell EMC because Pure Storage did not have synchronous applications when we were purchasing our products."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"I’d love to view the average, minimum and maximum performance in the reports (Analysis tab - Performance) but it is only graphics and you need to export data in CSV to find this information."
"The tool is old."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"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."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"The availability of technical resources within HPE is becoming a challenge due to availability."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The WAFL is slow."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"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."
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 and NetApp AFF, 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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