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."It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"Cost, racial per terabyte, and speed is why we chose PureStorage. It was no brainer."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"Pure is simple to set up and manage on a day-to-day basis."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"The solution is very reliable."
"The best feature is consistently lower latency, even when IOPS crank up to over 75K. The product maintains submillisecond response time, which is incredible."
"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 solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"3PAR is different from other storage solutions because it uses a chunklet when we initiate the storage. Every disk is submitted as a 1 GB chunklet. This chunklet can be RAID 1, 4, 5, or 6. This fabulous feature is very useful for me because I can distribute the RAID for any volume. The adaptive optimization is the biggest feature in 3PAR. 3PAR is very usable with thin volume because it detects zeros while writing. Every time I tell the hypervisor to make the full provisioning, it makes the volume as simple provisioning in 3PAR, not full provisioning. Other vendors take this volume as thick provisioning because of which the capacity is reached quickly. It doesn't happen in 3PAR because it detects zeros. It only writes the data, and it doesn't write zeros. There are two processors in 3PAR: the ASIC processor and the main processor. The ASIC processor detects zero writing and doesn't write it, which is a big feature in 3PAR."
"We use for our tier one and two apps, so they can do failover, synchronous replication."
"This is a stable solution."
"The new StoreServ Management Console (SSMC) tool is more user-friendly."
"They are using Ansible to automate the provisioning, so that simplifies the day-to-day operations."
"The speed is very good."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"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."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"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 has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"It needs to improve its price."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"I would like to see the ability to be able to migrate to newer versions of the 3PAR without having to take any of our data offline and be able to upgrade on the fly."
"Upgrades could be improved. We would like to see more upgrades."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"It's still an older architecture, you've got a lot of physical spinning disks. I would imagine more the memory-based computing is coming."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
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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