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 most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"The technical support is very good."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The predictive performance analytics are good."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"This solution has improved our organization in the way that we used to see latency but now with this solution we don't. It also has good performance. Latencies have come down for our performance in the SQL databases. We can put a lot more in a lot less in terms of space savings. We also save data center space have good deduplication."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"The technical support is good."
"They provide very good support for our mission-critical processes."
"The speed is very good."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"It all works in concert using Recovery Manager Central (RMC). HPE coordinates it all, so it is more of a solution instead of products trying to do things together."
"The optimization features move chunklets or hot spots to faster drives."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"It offers data compression and people management."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"The product is user-friendly and helps to evaluate the performance of each node. It ensures that if one node encounters an issue, the system can immediately redistribute the workload without interruptions. This setup provides uninterrupted operation for our systems."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"As long as they always improve on IOPS speed, that's all we're really looking for. The faster the storage can be the more we can do speed of application and speed of use."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"Part of our company works on Dell EMC because Pure Storage did not have synchronous applications when we were purchasing our products."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"I would like to see support for NVMe, end-to-end."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"The price of this solution should be lower."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"I would like to see a little bit more integration from a cloud perspective. In this way, I would have some more flexibility to do more with data, how to store it, and where I have it."
"I would like to see more cloud-based integrations and more file storage capabilities."
"We would like to see dedupe and compression allowed on all drive types."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"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."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"Its licensing cost can 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."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
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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