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."We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"It is pretty much just plug and play. There is not that much to do with it. It is very easy to use."
"The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"The stability and performance are the best things about the solution."
"The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"Running SAP on Pure Storage helps a lot without doing any further tuning to improve application performance. Our internal clients are happy."
"Scalability is one of the best features. You can quickly add more. You can swap out the drives with larger sizes, you can add more shelves. All of that is perfect - the whole concept of keeping it modular..."
"We also use dynamic optimization to go between tiers."
"We have much better performance than we managed earlier and are now saving lots of space."
"When we started using 3PAR what we liked was the simplicity of the product. We needed a higher performance storage and, in our support model, we needed to keep the simplicity of the storage architecture, keep it as clean and as manageable as we could."
"The solution is easy to install."
"You can scale it out almost indefinitely."
"We have been able to scale faster and get our applications out in much less time. We don't need to worry about the platform's ability to manage the workload, so we are pretty happy."
"The availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"Valuable features include the intuitiveness of the SAN itself, a lot of the built-in logic and functionality, the tiering that it uses to determine what type of disk is best for the various types of workloads, and the automation that is built in. It's also easy to manage."
"The solution is stable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"Currently, the solution fails to support file screening."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"The price should be lower."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"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."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"We would like to see deduplication and hybrid in the next release of the solution."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"We would like to see a bigger integration with the Nimble Storage solution, so we can take our smaller regional companies and be able to send them into our bigger data centers and have everything work seamlessly."
"This solution is now at end-of-life."
"The speed of the hard disk could be better. The performance is the main issue for us. The performance of the VMs is not comparable to desktop machines, for instance, and we might need another solution to improve the performance. Other than that, we don't have any issues. We already have a great part of storage with SSDs, and the performance is not as good as I expected."
"We did a firmware upgrade, and it brought the whole sandbox down. It was supposed to be done transparently, and that did not happen. It was not like we did it on our own; we had support set it up for us."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"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."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"They should add new features to the product."
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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