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."It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The mobile app is very helpful."
"The first year, we started out with one or five terabytes and it took what was 20 terabytes of storage down to less than one terabyte."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"Technical support for both 3PAR and Dell EMC in my country, Iran, is very difficult because we are under sanctions."
"The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments."
"The most valuable feature of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is its storage capabilities."
"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."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"Proactive support. Before we notice that there's a problem in the storage, or any part, any hard disk, they already notify us, and within four hours, the product is delivered. Within the next hour after product delivery, the engineer is available to support me."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The solution is stable."
"This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"The solution could be improved in regard to space reclamation by adding automation."
"We are waiting for compression."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"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."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"The new feature sets, like deduplication and compression, are complex to work with. I hope when I view the roadmap that they will be less complex."
"The GUI interface could be improved. I have been having trouble with one issue in particular. If you look at the DC and DR, if there is a communication break and the link went down—so the data is not replicating from DC to DR—there is no way to find out how much data is ready for transmission. Only the size of the data that needs to be transferred after the link comes up. If the firewall link is down, there is no way of seeing how much data is waiting to be transferred. This is a weak point of 3PAR."
"If HPE 3PAR could handle NAS and all things related to NAS, you would not need to have a mixture of different storages, storage boxes, one solution could fit all."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"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."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
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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