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."Technical support is good."
"Performance, deduplication, compression, and fast response time for requests from servers and applications."
"It helps simplify storage. When you're running Pure all-flash, you don't have to do a lot of the old Oracle best practices. You don't have to worry about putting log files on a different disk channel than the data files, and those types of issues... That has made it vastly easier to do large volumes, rapid provisioning in databases, without taking a performance hit."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"It has good stability for our company."
"The simplicity of it. The performance is good, but the simplicity is the best thing. Storage management is quite complex, but Pure Storage is easy to manage."
"It is noticeably easier to manage than other appliances that we have."
"We put a fair amount of stress on it because we run sequel workloads and we run web applications where the same web files are hit over and over. We have had almost zero stability issues with that SAN, that has been really great for us."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"From my perspective, it's really easy for me to be able to get in and do any troubleshooting with it and it's very consistent."
"With the new flash arrays, 3PAR has improved our performance."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is easy to use and understand. It is also very stable."
"The solution, stability, and the performance work well for us."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has been stable."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"The file sharing feature is most valuable."
"The replication feature is noteworthy because it's faster than most and it uses little bandwidth. Then there's the friendly interface that the equipment offers. With this interface, it is very easy to manage."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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 most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"I recognize it's a difficult challenge, but I would like to see them make the pricing more reasonable."
"The credentials on the iSCSI interface are only available to type in with the Chrome browser, and not with the Firefox browser."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"It would be nice to have a better view of the allocated capacity on their Platform as a Service solution because we have to do some manual calculations to understand how much we are going to pay every month to use the storage that is allocated."
"The 3PAR SSD arrays that we have are still failing a lot so even though we're under warranty, we still have to get someone out and usually have someone troubleshoot so that usually adds onto the cost. With Pure, we've had a disc fail and we pop it out and you pop it in and it's good to go."
"The one major gripe I have is that there is no snapshotting enabled by default on the SAN."
"We would also like to see improvements to the ease of administration of 3PAR."
"I would like to be able to deploy and manage 3PAR within OneView Global Dashboard so we do not have to use the interface for 3PAR."
"The tool has low storage and low performance. This can be solved by adding more disco to the solution. The product’s pricing is also suited for enterprise businesses rather than smaller ones.I would like to see better performance, UI, and compatibility with other products in future releases."
"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."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"This solution is becoming dated."
"This solution should be easier to use."
"The replicating software is pretty complicated. I probably would have put it on a sequence."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"Replication should ideally be part of the ONTAP base bundle."
"Needs more SAN support."
"We're supposed to have used NetApp FAS Series for replication, but then one of the nodes failed, and then it's taken us some time to bring it up."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"As I see it, there could be more interfaces, more cache, etc."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
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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