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."On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most comfortable pricing, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"The most valuable features are the replication of data and the continuous snapshot that we can take from the disc."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"It upgrades in place which means we'll be using it well into the future."
"The ease of use. That's what our customers love. They say it's very easy, they don't need special training, they don't need to call us or any other company or integrator to help them do their job. That's the main reason they purchase Pure."
"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."
"Very efficient storage"
"I like that it's stable. This is the reason why we're using these products. We work in the broadcast market, and stability is very important. HPE has global services, and that's also important. Dell and HPE are some big companies, and their solutions are robust and stable."
"This is a stable solution."
"It has been very stable. We've had very minor issues, but I've loved how HPE is proactive on letting us know. Usually, they let us know before we notice it ourselves and they already have a solution for us. It has been great that way."
"Good performance because it's an all-flash system. Basically, our applications run faster."
"The compression features are good."
"The availability of the server has given us increased stability in our environment."
"The solution is stable."
"We have been able to back up our data more frequently now that we have everything on flash. It responds a lot faster, so the IOPs are a lot faster."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It allows our Windows and Unix teams to have a centralized point to share data between the two."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"The SnapMirror is a good tool because, as long as you're going NetApp to NetApp, it's ultimately the fastest way to move data. We replicate everything to another site for disaster recovery."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"In the next version of this program, I would like to see increased security, higher encryption, and faster throughput."
"I would like to see a Nagios monitoring plugin which watches the health and performance of the system. The only one available just checks volume capacity."
"In terms of the future, I have been excited by some of the copy data management stuff that they're talking about building into the environment. There are feature sets where I've done a lot of automation work. So, I am always looking forward to extensions of their API. They're also talking about a phone home centralized analytics database being used as a centralized management console with a list of new cloud features, but this doesn't seem finalized."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"It goes at about 95 percent, so we have had some performance issues. It is hard to clear them."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"Upgrades could be improved. We would like to see more upgrades."
"The initial setup was complex, due to calculating the amount of performance that we needed for the floor."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."
"Feature-wise, with the InfoSight additions, there is a lot of the stuff missing in the intelligent interface. As they grow and push, a lot of it will not tie into Hyper-V."
"This solution is becoming dated."
"We have issues with scalability because 3PAR has limited storage capacity, so we have to invest more after a while."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"NetApp needs to put its OS on a microchip rather than on disks."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"The user interface could be improved."
"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."
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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