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."We like the data reduction rates. That has been really helpful. You get 4U of Pure storage replacing something like two racks of spinning disks. One of the things that has contributed to that are the data reduction rates."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"It simplifies storage."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"Support has been helpful."
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"Having an intuitive user interface to get things running is great."
"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 solution, stability, and the performance work well for us."
"The features which are most valuable are the availability of the system and the management."
"Its stability is the most valuable. It has soft alerts. When an alert is raised, we get a call from HP saying that there is this type of alert, and they need to do a remote session to check things. Similarly, for firmware updates, they get in touch to say that a firmware upgrade is required on your storage. They schedule a time and take control remotely to upgrade the firmware. In all such cases, there is no downtime. Everything is done when a full-fledged operation is going on. Its user interface is also quite good. We are quite accustomed to this user interface. We can easily take a look at the current usage or the amount of storage. It is quite easily understandable, and I can present those things to my seniors or other people who are not that tech-savvy, and they can easily understand what we are trying to tell them. We can easily show them that we are using around 87% of the storage, so we need to plan for another tree and things like that."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"When we bought it, the big sell for us was what they called "wide striping", how they striped the data and could get performance on a cheaper disk. Nowadays, the newer models that are out, which we are going to in the next couple of years, the most valuable feature is mainly being able to achieve such high IOPS in such a small chassis."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"It has a really powerful tool to measure data, how it is working, the performance, and if we have any bottlenecks."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"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."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"We would like to see better troubleshooting aspects. It helps us if we can find out where the problem is. Right now, it's difficult. Sometimes it's difficult to pinpoint the issue. If they had more visibility and more troubleshooting feature built into the tool that would really help."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"They could improve the price."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"I would like to see more cloud-based integrations and more file storage capabilities."
"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."
"The replicating software is pretty complicated. I probably would have put it on a sequence."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"I would like to see the ability to be able to migrate to newer versions of the 3PAR without having to take any of our data offline and be able to upgrade on the fly."
"The price is a little bit high."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"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."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
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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