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 speed of the Pure FlashArray is very, very fast and nothing in the market can compare to it."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"It's reliable and it's fast."
"The tech support is great. If we have a problem, we literally will have boots on the ground with senior sales people, as well as the people to fix the problem, to help make sure we are taken care of."
"Being able to provision drives on demand, as opposed to populating a whole stack of drives and not using them. In the latter scenario, you are locking your money in, you don't get a return on investment. On the fly, you can build up your storage as needed, so that's a very good feature."
"The technical support has been fantastic."
"You can scale it out almost indefinitely."
"There are a lot of screens for easy management where you can change some settings. But after a few years, the important settings were better after an upgrade, and all the vendors have other ways to upgrade their systems."
"The solution is easy to use and very stable."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The tool's most valuable features are ease of use, ease of access, expandability, availability, and performance. NVMe drives have improved their performance."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"Fast Snapshots"
"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 would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"It would be good to have metrics of the box's performance so we can see what it delivers, but currently, I can't see what it's actually doing."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"Automation could be simplified."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"The setup needs to be improved the most. They can do a little more with the user interface, but the setup is what I would like to see made a bit easier."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see the reliability improve. While it has been a good product, the QA of the product could be done a little more thoroughly."
"The tool needs improvement in the utilization report at the granular level."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"The new feature sets, like deduplication and compression, are complex to work with. I hope when I view the roadmap that they will be less complex."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 98 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 IBM FlashSystem, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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