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 solution offers amazing performance."
"This solution has helped my organization by cutting down on provisioning time. I used to have to provision a VM and it would take ten minutes. Now, it takes thirty seconds."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The most valuable feature is how it simplifies the management of the SAN."
"Technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature is its data reduction."
"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 initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"The solutions has increased our performance. We went from 24,000 IOPS to around 70,000 IOPS."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"The new StoreServ Management Console (SSMC) tool is more user-friendly."
"The product has definitely improved throughput. We are able to more efficiently see patients because all of our medical records and practice management software seems to run faster. Uploading images and charts is a lot faster. Recalling information in the exam rooms is faster. The overall throughput of data, going back and forth, is so we can more efficiently see patients, and it also helps increase our patient flow. We can see patients a lot faster, getting them in and out a lot more quickly."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"It is a stable solution."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"We use for our tier one and two apps, so they can do failover, synchronous replication."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"The support is very good."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"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."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The solution is stable."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"The time-to-market could be better at times, but I think that's true for all vendors of hardware."
"Automation could be simplified."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"There are scenarios with very specific functionality around VMware integration particularly to do with the way we'd like to manage LUNs in VMware. The tools are pretty good but there's room for improvement there."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"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."
"The main problem for 3PAR right now is cost."
"We do see room for improvement, especially in regard to expanding the defined storage areas."
"Upgrades could be improved. We would like to see more upgrades."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"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."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
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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