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."It simplifies building out the storage."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"One of the lesser sung advantages was when we started running our interface engine on Pure Storage. The ability to process messages and pass them through in our organization skyrocketed purely because of a disk that I owned which we were getting out of Pure Storage."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"Their technical support is excellent. It's the best out of any of the vendors we work with."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature when we purchased it was that it was a four-node system."
"We have our backups set up to replicate between two sites, then we also have our storage set up to replicate between two sites."
"We can do more, faster, whether it's spinning up more virtual machines or handling large amounts of data."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"This is a stable solution."
"We do not have to take the whole system down to do upgrades."
"The Call Home feature is really a great feature, so I do not need to monitor the 3PAR. The 3PAR team is monitoring it and letting me know if there are any problems."
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The new FAS series is a good fit for some customers. We have good performance and capacity, even though it is full flash."
"At the moment, we use NetApp SnapMirror to replicate data to another filer at an offsite location for backup. So, I like this feature."
"Flexible and reliable storage solution with multiple features such as cloning, replication, and deduplication. Data migration can be done without any performance implications on the production systems."
"NetApp FAS Series is simple to set up."
"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."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"The solution is not cheap."
"If they could make it cheaper, that would be something."
"Some services could be inserted directly into the SAN, so Pure Storage could complete with the HyperFlex."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve some aspects. There are certain features that are good and there are some features that I see some issues with at the technical level. Those issues are related to replication. They need to resolve those issues, which I have already highlighted to the Pure team. Additionally, there are some issues in the active cluster that could improve."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"Historical analytics would be useful. At the moment, they don't have any type of application built for historical analytics."
"The first array that they sent us was in some type of a factory mode. We didn't find that out until we loaded a bunch of data onto it, then we had to back it all off. We had to replace the array, which was sort of painful."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."
"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"HPE gives you how to get everything going, but it would be nice if they could go a little deeper sometimes. That is always the case: To get the value-add, you have to pay for those services."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"The product should include an audit log feature."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"Needs more SAN support."
"For long term partnership in Myanmar, the local warehouse should be built in Myanmar that's something I'd like to see. We have some issues with supply so there is sometimes a delay in getting the hardware."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
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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