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."Very efficient storage"
"They are quite responsive and our local team was pretty good."
"Technical support is good."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"Technical support is excellent. I've had very good responses from technical support. We had a couple of cases where we needed support. Some of the communications were purely over email and some has been an actual call to the service desk."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"The tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is its online upgrades."
"The remote copy group failover is very useful and has helped us."
"We like something called Virtual Volumes and how we can do thin provisioning."
"The biggest benefit is the fact that it's pretty much bulletproof; we never have any issues with them."
"Their support is the most valuable. The support that we are getting from HP Turkey is very good. This product is better than some of the other products in terms of reliability. It is very reliable."
"The solution is easy to install."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use, fully featured and has a great graphical user interface."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The product is user-friendly and helps to evaluate the performance of each node. It ensures that if one node encounters an issue, the system can immediately redistribute the workload without interruptions. This setup provides uninterrupted operation for our systems."
"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."
"From a scalability perspective, it is a very small storage solution, so it's not very expandable."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"The file functionality could be better."
"Its price could be cheaper. It is not the cheapest one out there, but I'm not directly involved in the figures and negotiations."
"I feel like there is too much automation; the user doesn't have any manual input."
"One thing I'd like to see in a future release is integration between their main storage array and what they call their FlashBlade product; to be able to snapshot directly from the primary array into multiple different backup copies on FlashBlade."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"The price of this solution should be lower."
"I would like to see more storage, a better interface, and to move from mechanical disks."
"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 had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"We would like to see dedupe and compression allowed on all drive types."
"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."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
"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."
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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