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."Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"They are quite responsive and our local team was pretty good."
"One of the features that my customers are really interested in is immutable snapshots. There are immutable snapshots to which your applications can be reverted back if you are hit by some kind of ransomware threat or malicious attack. That's kind of a key deal, and it is one of the selling points I use to point out to my customers the value and the features that Pure Storage brings to the table."
"The solution offers amazing performance."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"Their support is the most valuable. The support that we are getting from HP Turkey is very good. This product is better than some of the other products in terms of reliability. It is very reliable."
"We can quickly see performance per CPG and per LUN. You can drill right down to see actual performance to the virtual volumes themselves. That's really good."
"The reliability. We're able to replicate our array to our DR site with minimal work. It's just turn it on and we're ready to go. It reduces risk for the business."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"The solution offers good stability."
"Whatever failures you have, there is no single point of failure. So, any failure, you get an alert, you have time, you plan the fix, the replacement, and so on. So your operations are intact."
"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."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"In the next release of the solution I would like to see Vormetric native block encryption."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"We would like to integrate it more with our backup solutions."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"It needs to improve its price."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"The initial setup of the product is complex."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"As a management tool, it would help us to have more customer reports."
"The tool has low storage and low performance. This can be solved by adding more disco to the solution. The product’s pricing is also suited for enterprise businesses rather than smaller ones.I would like to see better performance, UI, and compatibility with other products in future releases."
"This solution should be easier to use."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"We do not use Memory-Driven Flash in the old 3PAR. Perhaps we will use it in the new 3PAR. That is part of the reason why we are upgrading."
"The management console could use some work. All the functionality is there, of course, but it can be hard to find some features or do certain tasks."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"There are some technical limitations, but it would be great to have in-line deduplication and in-line compression for the FAS series as well."
"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."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
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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