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."The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"NVMe data storage platform that's easy to set up and easy to use. It's stable, with a lower response time, and quick technical support."
"The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"The stability is perfect. The reliability is 100% and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"It comes with a large number of features out-of-the-box, which makes it easy for us to see problems and manage capacity."
"The code upgrades are very smooth."
"OneView is a nice interface."
"I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it."
"Being able to snapshot things for backup purposes has been key. We do that on our databases four times a day."
"We have much better performance than we managed earlier and are now saving lots of space."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"The tool is fast and easy to use. You can also configure it easily. The product also has good performance tuning."
"The most valuable feature when we purchased it was that it was a four-node system."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"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."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"The product is flexible."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"They have a product, FlashBlade, which is their object storage integration, and that's something that we haven't integrated with yet. This might be an area for additional focus as it would play into scalability, because the very nature of object storage is that it's infinitely scalable."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"The 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve in the area of cryptographic information in the consoles. The user-friendliness could improve. The Pure Storage FlashArray team should come and log into the system with their maintenance credentials and then pull out the information as evidence of cryptography."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"If HPE 3PAR could handle NAS and all things related to NAS, you would not need to have a mixture of different storages, storage boxes, one solution could fit all."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"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."
"I think cloud integration would probably be the biggest part, because that's where everyone is going and the seamless integration between on-premise and cloud is an important part of any IT strategy today."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 298 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 96 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 ExaGrid EX Series. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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