We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Kaminario K2 [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"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."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"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."
"Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"It is fast and reliable. It works."
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"The support is really fast. There is very good support for 3PAR storage."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"We went to an Active-Active data center, set it up to where both data centers are separate, but they act as one. We can have workloads at either side at any given time, and it is all based on the Peer Persistence architecture."
"Any action we want to do with a Dell EMC product needs a license. But with 3PAR's converged solution, at least there is no need to purchase more licenses to get the all the features that we need. We can get basic and mid-range features without licenses."
"It has helped with more than just serving data, but also with recovery."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"The most valuable aspect is the use of solid-state storage drives instead of spinning drives."
"The increased performance is many times above our previous array performance in all metrics. Integration with vSphere features is also a definite plus."
"The capacity that we're saving by using Kaminario's K2 is giving us a four-to-one ratio for our deduplication."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"The speed and, for us in particular in what we're doing, the data de-duplication."
"Ease of use: My installers - my administrators over the system - they love how easy and fast it is to install and spin up a LUN and get going."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"Automation could be simplified."
"Areas for improvement would be the financial operations. In the next release, I would like to see a NAS protocol included."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"I need flexibility for interoperability across multiple platforms, not just HPE."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ's pricing could be cheaper."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. There were a lot of different things that had to happen which was the reason why they had to send out the HPE engineers to help us."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"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."
"File Persona can be better. I don't use File Persona because it has many problems with my environment. The antivirus that it has is not compatible with File Persona, and that's a big issue with File Persona. 3PAR is not as good as Dell when making a file in the storage. 3PAR for a block is very good, but when comparing row capacity, I get 14% capacity with 3PAR, but with Dell, I get 60% capacity."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"I would like to see LDAP for the management panel; I've been notified they might be currently working on it."
"Improved scale and budget planning with flexibility of the solution for budget needs and efficiency for growth with the great optimization ratio due to the nature of our use."
"I think it should have better performance with small files. With big data, its performance is top notch, but it is difficult to load small files."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
"The management graphical interface needs more improvement."
"A single pane of glass to monitor/manage multiple arrays would be helpful."
"I would like them to improve the look of the product’s external casing and shelves."
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HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while Kaminario K2 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in All-Flash Storage. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while Kaminario K2 [EOL] 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 Kaminario K2 [EOL] writes "Built-in snapshot support gives us SAN-side functionality most other platforms license separately". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Kaminario K2 [EOL] is most compared with .
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