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."Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"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."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the complete set of functions it provides."
"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"
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"When we bought it, the big sell for us was what they called "wide striping", how they striped the data and could get performance on a cheaper disk. Nowadays, the newer models that are out, which we are going to in the next couple of years, the most valuable feature is mainly being able to achieve such high IOPS in such a small chassis."
"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 initial setup was very straightforward."
"It provides very fast deployment. The performance for our most critical applications is very quick."
"The technical support is good."
"Previously, we were using EVA from HPE. When we moved to 3PAR, we noticed a reduction in footprint, reduced by more than 30%. We use the Adaptive Optimization, giving us a reduction in cost and with better performance."
"The InfoSight feature helps us with troubleshooting problems in our environment."
"We're using the all-flash arrays and, with the deduplication and compression, it just really fits our virtualization environment very well."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"End-users like that they can rely on the Snapshot technology so they can do their restores themselves."
"The most valuable features are compression and dedupe."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"Most valuable features are its ease of use, robust Snapshot functionality, and that you can use it in two datacenters with SnapMirror-ing."
"A year ago they promised that they would be able to read through the database encryption with more metric and they have not delivered on that patch, which is significant because it gives us back so much more storage room. We want to be able to read through the encryption."
"In the next release, I would like to see file-level encryption."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"It was not proactive communication."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"The data reduction that we had initially anticipated when we bought Pure and we move over, is way lower than the expected reduction. It depends on the workloads, of course. But that has been a challenge at times."
"Most of our upgrades have not been as smooth as they should have been."
"3PAR has StoreOnce and replication. I would like it if they worked together. Or, if I had Nimble and put that either in DR or a primary cohesive management, but still use the cool features of 3PAR, that would be awesome."
"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."
"The main problem for 3PAR right now is cost."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
"We are waiting for compression."
"The tool needs improvement in the utilization report at the granular level."
"We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem."
"A lot of tasks, you have to manually set up. They need to already have them set up and working. Then, you can just go in and tweak them if you need to."
"Interfacing with the cloud environment could be better. I want to be able to move some cloud volume and integrate it seamlessly with my home on-premise storage. Sometimes I have issues with port permissions. NetApp probably needs to improve more on the integration side from on-premise to the cloud."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"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 product must support more drives."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"NetApp systems are somewhat more complex, though not excessively so. If you're transitioning from a Windows server environment to NetApp, get training or education; otherwise, you might struggle with this solution."
"There is no NetApp infrastructure set up here in Greece."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
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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