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 helps us maintain uptime much better than other solutions we've used in the past, and the support is extremely quick and responsive."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"We've had different types of storage, and three things of this solution are valuable. The first one is its outstanding performance. The second one is its stability. In the about three years that we've had it, we've had component failures, but we never had a service interruption or any data loss. The third one, which is really critical, is that it is super easy to use in terms of provisioning, storage, and managing the arrays. I'm able to maintain a multi-site environment with a couple of dozen arrays with a single mid-level storage admin."
"One of the lesser sung advantages was when we started running our interface engine on Pure Storage. The ability to process messages and pass them through in our organization skyrocketed purely because of a disk that I owned which we were getting out of Pure Storage."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"Because we were able to afford to go all flash, we don't manage the tiers, we're not moving data up, and we're not waiting for overnight cycles."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The deduplication in the array combined with its snap technologies allows the product to be remotely/manually controlled or scheduled."
"It was the easiest SAN that I have ever set up."
"This product is stable, aside from the performance problems we had."
"We like something called Virtual Volumes and how we can do thin provisioning."
"The solution has increased our performance by about 40 percent."
"The solution is stable."
"The performance has been fantastic. It has not had many issues whatsoever, and what issues they do have, the support picks up on it quickly. They send us tickets saying that they are doing work without us even having to engage them."
"The biggest benefit is the fact that it's pretty much bulletproof; we never have any issues with them."
"You can scale it out almost indefinitely."
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"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"The support is very good."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"The higher education moves slowly. We are still looking forward to implementing the full list of existing features."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
"We are still waiting for the compression feature to be deployed."
"I would like to have single click upgrades because the process is cumbersome right now."
"It needs the addition of InfoSight, which is the most critical, along with predictive analytics and AI."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"The first array that they sent us was in some type of a factory mode. We didn't find that out until we loaded a bunch of data onto it, then we had to back it all off. We had to replace the array, which was sort of painful."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"We have issues with scalability because 3PAR has limited storage capacity, so we have to invest more after a while."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"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."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
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, 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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