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 predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"We have seen savings in our storage. The speed of deployment has gone from several days to a few minutes. This product has reduced that time into minutes, simplifying storage for us."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are simplicity, ease of use, and dashboard management."
"The ease of management is one of the most valuable features of this solution. I would have also said that it's pretty fast but now our SQL servers are starting to beat it up pretty bad."
"The reliability is very good."
"The management features are well organized and they have a very good dashboard."
"Technical support has been amazing."
"It is very stable. That is why we bought it."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use and has good performance."
"Resilience and reliability, unmatched. They take good care of us."
"I like the speed capabilities that it provides. The deduplication features definitely have some huge potential. The latest firmware, where they've enabled compression for workloads that aren't very good for deduplication, I can definitely see huge potential there."
"The features which are most valuable are the availability of the system and the management."
"We saved a ton of power just turning off our old one when we went to the new one."
"The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"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."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"NetApp FAS is highly stable and reliable, especially under a heavy load. That is what I like most about the NetApp."
"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."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"The price should be lower."
"We would like to be able to connect to data tape for backup, specifically to the LTO backups."
"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."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"The solution could improve by having a multi-tenant feature."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"With 3PAR, there is remote copy software which isn't very good."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"It would also help if they integrate current technologies, newer technologies, and more efficient technologies, as time progresses. For example, integrate the fourth level of NAND devices."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"Feature-wise, with the InfoSight additions, there is a lot of the stuff missing in the intelligent interface. As they grow and push, a lot of it will not tie into Hyper-V."
"I would like to see more flexibility with the cloud. I've actually just been in a presentation about it, here at HPE Discover 2018, so those features are coming."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"They should add new features to the product."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"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."
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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