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."Has also helped simplify storage for us. The other person we put in there, took about a week to implement. And we had both arrays set up within around four hours with a thirty minute drive time between the two locations."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"Having an intuitive user interface to get things running is great."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"The amount of data that I have moved to it from legacy storage has enabled us to retire units that are three or four times the physical size."
"Very efficient storage"
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"With our 3PARs, we have never lost data."
"The InfoSight feature helps us with troubleshooting problems in our environment."
"We went to an Active-Active data center, set it up to where both data centers are separate, but they act as one. We can have workloads at either side at any given time, and it is all based on the Peer Persistence architecture."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a good interface, it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an enterprise storage that is mainly deployed in enterprise scenarios like banking and insurance."
"The most valuable feature is the uptime. It doesn't go down. You can do firmware updates on it, no issues."
"The solution is quite stable and scalable."
"We have had it for about two years and had zero problems with it."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"The solution has tiers inside which means we do not only need to use SSDs."
"The best feature is its ONTAP product line for Ransomware protection. It also has features for file storage and block storage. The solution is stable. We've had no issues with it. The tool is scalable and meets our requirements. The technical support and the supporting partner are great. The initial setup is straightforward. It is very easy to maintain the product. The feature set is excellent. I recommend the solution."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"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 price could be better."
"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."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"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."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."
"The initial setup was easy. However, we get stuck on preconditions. We were not aware of some of the preconditions."
"This solution only provides active-passive replication, as opposed to active-active."
"We would like to see deduplication and hybrid in the next release of the solution."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"There are issues formulating the upgraded disk."
"The main problem for 3PAR right now is cost."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
"Dedicated storage efficiency accelerators could improve the overall performance of the system."
"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."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"The WAFL is slow."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"They should add new features to the product."
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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