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 performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"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."
"The solution is very reliable."
"What I like most about this solution, is the speed, resiliency and scalability."
"The initial setup was very straightforward and very quick. It was up and running in our data center within 24 hours of receiving it."
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"It worked flawlessly."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"The product lasts a very long time without having to be replaced. It's had a very long life."
"When we started using 3PAR what we liked was the simplicity of the product. We needed a higher performance storage and, in our support model, we needed to keep the simplicity of the storage architecture, keep it as clean and as manageable as we could."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"It's advantageous in terms of the cost, in terms of the performance, and taking up less space."
"The Call Home feature is really a great feature, so I do not need to monitor the 3PAR. The 3PAR team is monitoring it and letting me know if there are any problems."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"The solution is stable."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"The product is flexible."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The integration capabilities could be improved."
"Beyond a certain amount of petabytes, you have to have a separate system. Basically, it's not infinitely scalable."
"FlashArray's capacity for forecasting should be improved because it needs to be a bit more current. I think it's bundled with the deduplication and other compression factors. We need more user interfaces for forecasting in this software and more interfaces need to be integrated with this array management tool."
"I would rate this solution an eight. To make it a ten it would have to be a little cheaper."
"Pricing could be better in comparison to other solutions."
"The only time that we had problems with it was that there was a bug in the VVol implementation but, outside of that, it has been flawless."
"The price should be lower."
"We haven't seen ROI yet."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"Would like to see some management functions through a web interface."
"I would like to see a little better integration with OneView and provisioning ESX Hosts."
"The setup was complex from the perspective of the employees having to go through five days of training. If they simplified the administrative process of maintaining the unit, that would go a long way."
"We are waiting for compression."
"I would like to be able to deploy and manage 3PAR within OneView Global Dashboard so we do not have to use the interface for 3PAR."
"The new feature sets, like deduplication and compression, are complex to work with. I hope when I view the roadmap that they will be less complex."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"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."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"The adoption of flash by NetApp has also been lagging behind the trendsetters, like TMS, Nimble, and others."
"It lacks automatic tiering, When you use data, some of it goes cold. It is not hot data, so the system should automatically move that data to the SATA, while the hot data is kept on tier-one, the SaaS or SSD drives."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 298 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 96 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 and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and ExaGrid EX Series. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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