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."Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"The predictive performance analytics is a very good feature, as our system is performing better than before."
"They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"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 most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray are the management view of the solutions, ease of provision, and deprovision, it is fantastic."
"There was a dramatic improvement in operating costs just as a result of the environmentals and space, let alone the cost of the unit itself."
"We are very happy with the data deduplication and compression ratio that we have on the platform."
"The most valuable features for me are the simple management of the platform and its performance."
"The solution, stability, and the performance work well for us."
"With the HPE GreenLake Flex Capacity, we can grow as required."
"We have much better performance than we managed earlier and are now saving lots of space."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"The solution has improved our throughput by helping us keep up with the demand and acquisitions that we have been going through."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the native full mesh (multi-pathing)."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It's an easy product to use that is stable and has good performance."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"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."
"Other products lose performance over time, but NetApp OS is speed-optimized."
"The initial setup was so straightforward. It was well-documented."
"Part of our company works on Dell EMC because Pure Storage did not have synchronous applications when we were purchasing our products."
"I would like to see more cloud integration."
"Having something native in the Pure Storage ecosystem would make it integrated and in one single company, and we wouldn't have to work with multiple organizations."
"The product should improve its response time. I have also encountered issues with its configuration."
"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."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"The solution is not cheap."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve in the area of cryptographic information in the consoles. The user-friendliness could improve. The Pure Storage FlashArray team should come and log into the system with their maintenance credentials and then pull out the information as evidence of cryptography."
"The cloud-based monitoring Infosight would be better if users are automatically enrolled in the cloud/group based on the configuration or information gathered or uploaded on the internet."
"I would like to see the reliability improve. While it has been a good product, the QA of the product could be done a little more thoroughly."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"The interface to manage it could be improved. I was looking at OneView. Something basic like that should be available with the 3PAR. OneView has all the bells and whistles, all the features, but I think something basic and similar to that should be come with the 3PAR, at least for monitoring managing it."
"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."
"It's a little bit difficult to figure out where the capacity is used. There is deduplication that, of course, saves space, but it sometimes it's hard to find out where the space is used. If you delete something, do you get it back? So it's not very transparent regarding capacity."
"The solution could be improved in regard to space reclamation by adding automation."
"I would like an easier user interface and setup to help with deployment. There were many areas of the setup where I was like, “Why don't we do it this way?” Therefore, some of the things in the user interface could have been more refined, so you don't have to click in 5000 different places to accomplish one goal. Less clicks means more efficiency."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"NetApp FAS Series should improve its price, which is expensive."
"NetApp FAS Series could improve by being more secure."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"With scalability, we feel the system is limited."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
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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