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."Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"It has good stability for our company."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"Pure Storage is extremely reliable — it's never failed."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"I think the storage is very good, the way it stores, the thin provisioning it provides, and the data protection. And it's easy to deploy in any environment. We are using VMware. So for me, it's a right click and it's deployed. We can configure and create LUNS very easily with 3PAR management, and the interface is very user-friendly. Easily understandable."
"Whatever failures you have, there is no single point of failure. So, any failure, you get an alert, you have time, you plan the fix, the replacement, and so on. So your operations are intact."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use, fully featured and has a great graphical user interface."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"It runs. I don't have a problem with it. If it needs an update, I can do it in the middle of the day with nobody being the wiser. It is phenomenal in that respect. As a hospital, I get two hours every quarter to reboot things, so it is imperative that nothing goes down."
"It is very easy to manage. I can provision disks and monitor the performance easily."
"The Call Home feature is really a great feature, so I do not need to monitor the 3PAR. The 3PAR team is monitoring it and letting me know if there are any problems."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"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 solution is stable."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"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."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"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."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"The engagement of the tool's vendor is costly."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is at its end of life and they are forcing us to purchase new hardware. They will no longer support this solution. They should provide support for a longer time. For example, 10 years instead of five years."
"It needs better dedupe. It is hard for all the older generation arrays to put up dedupe because they tend to do the other stuff so much better. They have to keep the stability before any other new feature."
"The only drawback on it is that tech support seems really busy. We get a critical notification when an important patch comes out, but sometimes it's a month before we can get this critical piece on because they just don't have time on their schedules to do it sooner."
"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."
"There are some weird things that we can't figure out."
"We have issues with scalability because 3PAR has limited storage capacity, so we have to invest more after a while."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
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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