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."Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"Pure Storage FlashArray has significantly improved our data center performance. It handles high workloads efficiently, providing better performance in the environment. With increased storage capacity, it has led to improved overall system performance. The tool's technology is a standout feature. It has helped me reduce storage costs by 15 percent."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"We've had to use tech support on a number of occasions. They did everything remotely and talked us all the way through. They fixed the issue within 30 minutes. Every single time we contact them, they're perfect. I would give their technical support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"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."
"We put a fair amount of stress on it because we run sequel workloads and we run web applications where the same web files are hit over and over. We have had almost zero stability issues with that SAN, that has been really great for us."
"We have been able to back up our data more frequently now that we have everything on flash. It responds a lot faster, so the IOPs are a lot faster."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"All-flash has been the most innovative way of using storage based on the 3PAR platform."
"The solution has increased our performance by about 40 percent."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"The stability is what we consider to be the best feature it provides. The stability of this solution is what conquers us, every day."
"It's pretty stable and scalable. I think we've only had a couple of issues, three disk outages in six years."
"I like that it's stable. This is the reason why we're using these products. We work in the broadcast market, and stability is very important. HPE has global services, and that's also important. Dell and HPE are some big companies, and their solutions are robust and stable."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"The storage efficiency provided a maximum savings in our storage utilization."
"The support is very good."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"HP has several integration elements that work with other vendor storage products. I'd like to see a greater expansion on that so that a customer can do a more seamless migration from other vendor products."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is at its end of life and they are forcing us to purchase new hardware. They will no longer support this solution. They should provide support for a longer time. For example, 10 years instead of five years."
"There is a slight difference between what we expected and what was delivered."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."
"I would like to be able to deploy and manage 3PAR within OneView Global Dashboard so we do not have to use the interface for 3PAR."
"The solution’s customer support could be improved."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"The product must support more drives."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
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 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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