We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and VNX [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"Redundancy and the fault tolerance of the platform are the most impressive."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"Their support system has insight into errors on our SAN fabric that we can't see. They've brought attention to and raised awareness for us about things that we couldn't see, when we were experiencing problems."
"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 simplicity of it. The performance is good, but the simplicity is the best thing. Storage management is quite complex, but Pure Storage is easy to manage."
"It is an SSD array that has awesome performance, low submillisecond latency, and does what it is supposed to do. It just works, which is difficult for things to do anymore."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"We're using the all-flash arrays and, with the deduplication and compression, it just really fits our virtualization environment very well."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"It has helped with more than just serving data, but also with recovery."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"It's reliable and it's fast."
"The stability is what we consider to be the best feature it provides. The stability of this solution is what conquers us, every day."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"Good performance for VM environments"
"The replication feature provides another functionality to protect your data."
"Integration with VMware"
"I really value deduplication and compression to save space."
"FAST (auto-tiering): Doesn't require configuration and is managed by the array itself."
"High availability including non-disruptive updates: We cannot afford downtime windows."
"It is very stable, even during multiple power failures."
"It is very stable even during multiple power failures."
"I had to contact customer support when a drive failed as I was doing a couple of OS upgrades."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"The number of Filesystems is limited, which it is not on the EMC VNX."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"This solution only provides active-passive replication, as opposed to active-active."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"We have issues with scalability because 3PAR has limited storage capacity, so we have to invest more after a while."
"The speed of the hard disk could be better. The performance is the main issue for us. The performance of the VMs is not comparable to desktop machines, for instance, and we might need another solution to improve the performance. Other than that, we don't have any issues. We already have a great part of storage with SSDs, and the performance is not as good as I expected."
"I would like to see more storage, a better interface, and to move from mechanical disks."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"The Unified Multiprotocol Access to the storage array needs to be improved."
"Anything new can be complex. There were some things in the initial deployment that I was not happy about. One of my directives was, "However, it's configured, ensure that it can never be overprovisioned." That one key thing was overlooked. This is why I had to have a support call last year, because it actually became overprovisioned and I had to move some stuff around."
"The CLI could be better documented, like with VMAX."
"Poor connection to FC."
"The administrative console (Navisphere/Unisphere) needs some improvement, especially on their Java-based GUI. The updated version of Java is not compatible."
"The management software used for the VNX is Unicenter. While it is an improvement over Navicenter, used in older EMC SANs, it still feels outdated in comparison to other SAN management software."
"There is an easy replication process between distinct data centers via VPLEX and/or RPA. But I hope in the future that EMC/Dell could replicate this with other types of storage."
"EMC VNX needs to support bigger SSD and the Next Generation EMC Unity does this."
"VNX can improve by offering flexible upgrade options. It's not possible to add a single HDD to a current array and there are fixed rules to make upgrades."
"It would be very helpful to get an automated report that shows you the size of the checkpoints and get warnings when a checkpoint is reaching either maximum capacity per a file system or hitting the ceiling on the SavVol pool consumption."
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HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 3rd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 299 reviews while VNX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network). HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while VNX [EOL] is rated 8.0. 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 VNX [EOL] writes "The auto-tiering helps in the speed of data access". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas VNX [EOL] is most compared with .
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