We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Kaminario K2 [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You simply plug it in and turn it on."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"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."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"It is very stable. That is why we bought it."
"It's a really stable solution. We have no problems with the customer, no negative feedback from them on this."
"We have had it for about two years and had zero problems with it."
"Having moved over from a lefthand, which was seven or eight years old, there's a massive boost in performance. It has definitely improved the speed, the responsiveness, of all our applications."
"It allows us to cohost as needed. We are able to put more systems on one data storage system and it is still able to deliver the availability and speed that we need it to deliver."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"Data reduction and snapshot abilities: Smaller footprint in the datacenter (lower cost for power, cooling, etc.)."
"Latency is definitely the big key for us."
"The ratio between the physical storage and the storage we use is very high."
"Inline compression"
"The GUI is very straightforward and easy to use."
"Implementation of the solution is very simple."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the always-on data deduplication."
"The speed and, for us in particular in what we're doing, the data de-duplication."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"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."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"The cloud-based monitoring Infosight would be better if users are automatically enrolled in the cloud/group based on the configuration or information gathered or uploaded on the internet."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ's pricing could be cheaper."
"This product has come to the end of its lifecycle."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"This solution should be easier to use."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"The system currently has a 15TB LUN size limit and that snapshots need to be scheduled through script API instead of the GUI."
"I would like to see LDAP for the management panel; I've been notified they might be currently working on it."
"The interface look and feel could be improved."
"A single pane of glass to monitor/manage multiple arrays would be helpful."
"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."
"I would like to see them work with Cisco, so it comes off the FIs, instead of having to go through my 10-gig network."
"The front panel of the drive shelf doesn't always seat firmly."
"Some of the nice to haves for us, in terms of today, would be VVols but again, it’s not a critical feature."
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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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