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."With Pure Storage, we don't see any latency or IOPS. It has been a very seamless integration."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"The most valuable feature is its upgradeability."
"The performance is very good."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The most valuable feature of the Pure Storage Flash Array is the blazing fast monitoring."
"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."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"With our 3PARs, we have never lost data."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"I think the storage is very good, the way it stores, the thin provisioning it provides, and the data protection. And it's easy to deploy in any environment. We are using VMware. So for me, it's a right click and it's deployed. We can configure and create LUNS very easily with 3PAR management, and the interface is very user-friendly. Easily understandable."
"The support is really fast. There is very good support for 3PAR storage."
"Resilience and reliability, unmatched. They take good care of us."
"OneView is a nice interface."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"Good for NAS and unified solutions."
"I would like to see active replication. I know that it's available now but I haven't tried it yet. I hope that it works."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"There are a lot of things to improve."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"The system has dual controllers but does not have a high level of resiliency built-in."
"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."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"I would like to see the ability to be able to migrate to newer versions of the 3PAR without having to take any of our data offline and be able to upgrade on the fly."
"HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ's pricing could be cheaper."
"Here in Algeria, we are facing a lot of trouble finding partners and getting support from HPE. There should be better support here in our country."
"Sometimes the required upgrades have been a little bit involved: "You have to do this before you do this," and I want them to explain to me why. It's more work than it should be."
"In new releases, I'd really like to see it more targeted towards hyper-converged. They are working that way with Greenlake and integrating their own "build your own" expansion environment within 3PAR."
"The solution could be improved in regard to space reclamation by adding automation."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"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."
"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."
"It's not a cheap system. It is very expensive. The pricing has been ridiculous every time that we had to renew the support."
"We no longer have OEM support in South Africa which is not helpful, it can be difficult. They should add an office back to the country because it was better."
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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