We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Tintri VMstore based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"Non-disruptive upgrades: You can upgrade at anytime without worry."
"The most valuable feature is test performance. It helps us store large amounts of data along with providing us faster retrieval of data."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"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."
"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."
"The speed is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"HPE 3PAR has all the common storage features like cell provisioning and deduplication. Usually the solution is chosen by the customer as they have a preference, or the setup is already in their environment."
"It's advantageous in terms of the cost, in terms of the performance, and taking up less space."
"I really like the new RMC (Recovery Manager Cental) software that was introduced with the 3.0 or 3.1 update. It allows us to use our data protector with our 3PAR and give it a nicer front-end than the SSMC did."
"It is a rugged, performance system; it is trouble-free and a workhorse."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"After being properly configured, it has been a very stable product."
"The deduplication is pretty impressive because it will shrink. We also do some clones in addition to the snapshots, where we can have multiple clones. These reduce the actual written storage by as much as 50 percent."
"It is worry-free. I do not have to sit there and tend it."
"The cloning is very fast... Another aspect I like is that it's very simple. It's an easy GUI to use."
"Its speed has been absolutely fantastic."
"It’s very good at IOPS."
"The management dashboards keep improving and allow for quick and easy tracing of issues."
"We love the real-time replication, ease of use when connecting our servers to the storage, and the level of redundancy inside the box... It's also simple software and integrates well with VMware so we get a lot of information about all of the VMs, how they're performing individually, and about network latency. That's very helpful when you're troubleshooting a slowdown."
"The Deduplication feature in VDI environments. If Tintri says we can host 3000 VMs in our storage, I know we can host 3000 VMs there. Believe the results."
"Fast deployment for virtual machines"
"The ability to snap machines into VMware quickly is valuable."
"A minor issue that comes to mind is that, every once in a while, a hard drive will go bad."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"What it needs to do is work a little closer with solutions, like VMware, so it understands the particular workloads that are on it. Today, it does not understand the applications which are running against it."
"We understand that they're thinking about it, but one of the things that would be nice is if they added some basic file-level capabilities to the platform. The idea is that they would run a basic NFS or CIF share from the controllers. FlashBlade is the powerhouse for File and Object storage, but if you don't need all that power, a lightweight file function would make FlashArrays more versatile."
"Pure Storage will have issues with positioning in the near future since its a relatively new company. For now, customers need a PoC to trust using the solution, as it can't stand on its brand name alone. They need to improve Pure Storage's marketing."
"The technical support is okay, but could be improved."
"I give it an eight because of the support, that I can't get support in my country. This is the worst part. Support cannot be sold until we are out of the sanctions."
"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."
"Sadly, the support from HPE has not been all that great. It is tough to get a tech out or get a response from some of the techs that we have."
"The only drawback on it is that tech support seems really busy. We get a critical notification when an important patch comes out, but sometimes it's a month before we can get this critical piece on because they just don't have time on their schedules to do it sooner."
"The setup was complex from the perspective of the employees having to go through five days of training. If they simplified the administrative process of maintaining the unit, that would go a long way."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"...sizing is everything. If you don't do the sizing right and you don't understand every detail of the product, how it works, you can be in a very unpleasant situation when you pay half a million dollars and you have a product that does not work as you expected."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"The Tintri OS and GlobalCenter software do a great job of showing you troubled VMs, however it still could be a bit more helpful in diagnosing the issues."
"More cloud integration."
"In sync and automated mirror between two Tintris is missing."
"The product could be improved by adding iSCSI support. We have had to rethink how we implement some of our services due to this."
"I would love more insight into each virtual machine statistic."
"Detailed reporting is missing in the current version. We would like to see this feature added in a new release."
"What I feel would be nice, in terms of a wishlist, is scalability. Rather than replacing the whole appliance, I would like to be able to just add another unit and scale it like that."
"I would like to be able to add more storage capacity to our 2 units down the road with out buying an additional seprate array."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while Tintri VMstore is ranked 15th in All-Flash Storage with 61 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while Tintri VMstore is rated 9.4. 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 Tintri VMstore writes "We were able to push a button—it really is that simple—and flip primary and secondary storage locations". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Tintri VMstore is most compared with Dell PowerStore, HPE Nimble Storage, VMware vSAN, NetApp AFF and DDN IntelliFlash. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Tintri VMstore report.
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