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."
"It has good stability for our company."
"I like its speed. It has all the features that I need."
"The stability of Pure Storage is very very good."
"Performance is the most valuable feature."
"The deduplication in the array combined with its snap technologies allows the product to be remotely/manually controlled or scheduled."
"It's very fast and very easy to use. It performs well and is both flexible and compatible. We like it because it's easy to use."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"The overall quality of the product is fantastic. Advanced Optimization is one of the best features I never thought I needed until I actually used it and saw it in action."
"The solution, stability, and the performance work well for us."
"I am impressed with the product's online upgrades."
"With the HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, we can grow as required."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"I found it easy to deploy and simple to configure the storage."
"It was the easiest SAN that I have ever set up."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"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."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"It took us a year to get it to stabilize and to get the best out of Pure."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"This product has only two active controllers, whereas other solutions can have more. This is something that needs to improve."
"The way Pure Storage does the controller storage warranty or replacement has been an issue for some people who just replace the controllers every couple of years, and that's where some of the confusion with pricing and support has come in. They should be clear on the way the controller replacements happen, as it is important to know whether or not you can get a good return on them, because it can be a little confusing."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"The problem is that we can only make a few groups, around five or six groups. I like groups and we need a lot of them. We had to put all the information in only a few groups and cannot make a more detailed separation of them."
"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."
"The scalability of the solution is not as good as it probably could be."
"I need flexibility for interoperability across multiple platforms, not just HPE."
"Scalability and management could be improved."
"3PAR needs to keep on increasing its capacity."
"The performance of the solution is not good anymore and the software is different from all the other types and is not compatible. There are more negative things at this moment than positive. This is why we are removing them all from our organization this year."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"I would like to see compatibility with NVMe."
"I’ve found that I use command line more often than I thought needed. Some things should be done in the GUI, and command-line switches can be overwhelming and take up a lot of time."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"I would like to see NetApp add incident support."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"Currently, the newest release is not HCI friendly."
"Needs to add wizards for newer, inexperienced users."
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 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 VAST Data. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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