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."Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"All updates, upgrades, and hardware work are all performed on-line with no impact."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"Simplicity and reliability are the most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"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."
"It's reliable and it's fast."
"It is very stable. That is why we bought it."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use and has good performance."
"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."
"Resilience and reliability, unmatched. They take good care of us."
"The solution’s deduplication functionality works great. We are getting about a 16:1 dedupe ratio on our VM workloads."
"It is easy to scale, easy to manage, and easy to configure."
"The solution offers good stability."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"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."
"Ability to use mirroring and SnapVault have made backup no longer necessary."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"We would like more extended historical data to help with some of the capacity planning. This is something that we are asking for all the time. E.g., what was the historical performance of this particular volume? So, we would like more historicals."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"Upgrades could be improved. We would like to see more upgrades."
"The tool is old."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"We would like to see deduplication and hybrid in the next release of the solution."
"We need additional enhancements to InfoSight, especially from a VM standpoint. Today, we can see in the Azure VM performance stats in 3PAR, but it is so huge, we can't just drill down on each and every VM and look at its performance."
"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."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"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."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
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 and NetApp AFF, 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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