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 tool is simple and easy to use. It has neat features like protection from device removal. Moreover, you can undo the deletes. The solution is easy to work with and not as complicated as CAC"
"The technical support is very good."
"The top-tier support and reliable storage are the most valuable features of this solution."
"This is the best all-flash storage array on the market."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"The speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"The most valuable feature when we purchased it was that it was a four-node system."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"You can have SSD drives, fast disk drives, and slower drives, redundancy between drives, and hot-swappable drives on the SSDs, the faster hard drives, and the slower drives."
"I am a system integrator, so we sell a lot of 3PAR storage to our customers. Our business has increased compared to previous days."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"It's reliable and it's fast."
"The availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"With the HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, we can grow as required."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"Adaptive balancing is a valuable feature."
"It is very easy to expand disks and manage CIFS."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"I would like the ability to swap out the network adapters into it. So, without taking out the whole controller, I would like to be able to swap adapters. This would make things easier."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"They could improve the price."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"Sadly, the support from HPE has not been all that great. It is tough to get a tech out or get a response from some of the techs that we have."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"It's a little bit difficult to figure out where the capacity is used. There is deduplication that, of course, saves space, but it sometimes it's hard to find out where the space is used. If you delete something, do you get it back? So it's not very transparent regarding capacity."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"There were a few goofy things with support where we were trying to do OS upgrades and HPE MyRoom failed. However, they would not get on WebEx because they are only allowed to get on HPE MyRoom."
"We did a firmware upgrade, and it brought the whole sandbox down. It was supposed to be done transparently, and that did not happen. It was not like we did it on our own; we had support set it up for us."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The solution could do more than just data."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"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 user interface could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"The biggest issue we face is parts delivery. There's no local warehouse in Myanmar, so if a customer encounters a technical problem like an IMEI issue, they have to wait a long time for replacement parts."
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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