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."The first year, we started out with one or five terabytes and it took what was 20 terabytes of storage down to less than one terabyte."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"The amount of throughput that we're getting is really nice."
"The management is simple in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"I find two features of Pure Storage most valuable. The first is the "safe mode" function, and the second is its simplicity."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"This solution has given us improved application uptime and performance."
"We can do more, faster, whether it's spinning up more virtual machines or handling large amounts of data."
"It is very easy to manage. I can provision disks and monitor the performance easily."
"The technical support has been fantastic."
"I found it easy to deploy and simple to configure the storage."
"If you design it right and implement it right, it's headache free. Just keep it there and it does what it's suppose to do."
"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."
"The Remote Copy Group is amazing for the replication stuff."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is its stability."
"Saves space with deduplication"
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"The support is very good."
"The product is flexible."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"It is good to have a unified storage where you can have block and file level protocols."
"It's a stable product. No issues there."
"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."
"It was a little costly. The price was ultimately higher than both of the other solutions that we evaluated. I'd say that's the only downside."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"The solution is not cheap."
"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."
"The primary drawback is the cost, which can be prohibitive for small configurations."
"I would like some form of QoS implemented. As a service provider, it would be beneficial to have it."
"With scalability, I have run into a little problem with our last upgrade. There were some undocumented limitations to the number of drives that our controller could run on. So, instead of putting in a new data pack as we had anticipated, we had to keep adding and removing to get up to the capacity that we needed to be. What should have been a one day process (or a few hours) turned into a month and a half process."
"If HPE 3PAR could handle NAS and all things related to NAS, you would not need to have a mixture of different storages, storage boxes, one solution could fit all."
"I think cloud integration would probably be the biggest part, because that's where everyone is going and the seamless integration between on-premise and cloud is an important part of any IT strategy today."
"I would like to have single click upgrades because the process is cumbersome right now."
"It needs better dedupe. It is hard for all the older generation arrays to put up dedupe because they tend to do the other stuff so much better. They have to keep the stability before any other new feature."
"Sometimes control is rebooting and nobody knows why, so there are issues."
"The solution’s customer support could be improved."
"During the initial setup, it was a bit complex in the wiring of the cages."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"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."
"Cost is always a factor. Some people choose EMC or Dell because they perceive NetApp as being more expensive."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"Cluster mode needs to be more ubiquitous."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The one aspect of the solution that's negative for us is also more unique to us due to the fact that we did a MetroCluster. The tiebreaker piece that does the monitoring of the two different locations, and determines if one is not talking to the network normally (or if it's truly down) is a little difficult. It feels like it was not designed from the beginning to fit well into the other pieces. It feels like it was thrown in at the last minute and it is not smooth."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
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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