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 first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"We've been using FlashArray's snapshot for backups. Their replication across sites and response time are also excellent."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"It simplifies storage."
"Running SAP on Pure Storage helps a lot without doing any further tuning to improve application performance. Our internal clients are happy."
"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."
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"It has made working with storage as easy and simple as it should be."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"The scalability is good because it is easy to add in new disks. We just add them on the fly, and they are available for use."
"The tool is fast and easy to use. You can also configure it easily. The product also has good performance tuning."
"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."
"They provide very good support for our mission-critical processes."
"We saved a ton of power just turning off our old one when we went to the new one."
"The solution is stable."
"The availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"Can use both SAN and NAS at the same time."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"A reliable and easily managed storage system is a key performance factor. The system also has more features than we require."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"The solution is stable."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see them develop the ability to integrate with more AWS services. There are increasingly more and more services coming out from AWS but there are also certain constraints where we can't move everything over to a cloud as well. We would like for things that are on-premise to be easily integrated with AWS."
"With scalability, I have run into a little problem with our last upgrade. There were some undocumented limitations to the number of drives that our controller could run on. So, instead of putting in a new data pack as we had anticipated, we had to keep adding and removing to get up to the capacity that we needed to be. What should have been a one day process (or a few hours) turned into a month and a half process."
"I want to learn more about command line usage which I have not explored much yet. However, there are many automated solutions for repetitive tasks. I would like to see additional features like performance monitoring, configuring of alerts, and the customization of alert thresholds in the next release."
"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."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"There are scenarios with very specific functionality around VMware integration particularly to do with the way we'd like to manage LUNs in VMware. The tools are pretty good but there's room for improvement there."
"The solution could improve by being more secure."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"In the next release, I would like them to make it a little easier to find where everything is in the new console. It now has the OneView look and sometimes I don't think the OneView look is enough. It's too different from the original console that was a separate system."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem."
"I would like to see more virtualization: storage virtualization, data virtualization would be very nice."
"We need additional enhancements to InfoSight, especially from a VM standpoint. Today, we can see in the Azure VM performance stats in 3PAR, but it is so huge, we can't just drill down on each and every VM and look at its performance."
"The price is a little bit high."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"We are not able to connect to the support of NetApp from Sudan. We have to go through many agents for support, which makes it difficult."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 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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