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."We also use VMware integrations developed by Pure, their plugins in our vCenter environment. They help by allowing our non-technical operations teams to deploy new data stores and resize data stores without me having to involve myself all the time to do those simple tasks."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"The all-flash disc is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"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."
"I am a system integrator, so we sell a lot of 3PAR storage to our customers. Our business has increased compared to previous days."
"It was the easiest SAN that I have ever set up."
"With the support that our organization has, I can talk to someone right away if I have an issue. It has been very good."
"The optimization features move chunklets or hot spots to faster drives."
"I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"It is easy to manage and performs very well."
"The solution is easy to use."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The most valuable feature is SnapMirror."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"Reliable storage solution with an easy setup. It has high availability and makes single file restoration easy. It also has good stability and scalability."
"The product is flexible."
"Its price needs improvement. Its price is almost double than any other flash storage solution."
"It's too early to tell if we've seen a reduction in total cost of ownership. The solution is expensive."
"I would like to have support available in Spanish."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve the recent file storage capabilities because it is lacking a lot of features."
"I would love for them to have a hyper-converged solution."
"I would like to migrate to the cloud in the future and know how that would actually work with this product."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"We had a minor error when we were configuring this system, which initially detracted from its overall stability."
"We need longer names for our volumes. Now it's only 28 characters. It should be 64, or at least more than 32 characters."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"In the next release, I would like to see faster upgrades, where it's really transparent to our host and our end-users."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"I would like to see a faster Ethernet connection. Right now, it is 10G. If they could do multiple hundred gigs to speed up the transfer from the array to the servers, that would be good. We are trying to get away from Fibre Channel."
"I would like to have more details on alerting. It is not real granular right now. What It gives you is sort of basic, and we can't do a lot of tweaking on our own. We would like to be able to tweak some of the alerts for our team."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"The NetApp FAS Series is not as high-performing and is not as fast. Its speed needs improvement, but this could only be done if it's an all-flash solution."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"It could be more flexible in terms of configuration."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"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."
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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