We performed a comparison between HPE Nimble Storage and HPE 3RAP StoreServ based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, HPE Nimble Storage came out ahead of HPE 3RAP StoreServ. Even though both products are easy to deploy, have many valuable features, and are in the same price range, HPE 3RAP StoreServ requires improvements in its technical support availability which caused inconveniences for numerous customers.
"Its array houses our entire production environment."
"The technical support is very good."
"It helps to simplify storage because it has an easy front-end to access everything."
"The product cheaper compared to other solutions concerning the technology that they are using."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The security operating system is its most valuable feature because it's very simple, easy to use, and operate. You don't have to do very serious training to operate this equipment. It's user-friendly and pretty straightforward."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"If there is a problem then the HPE facility will detect it and immediately contact me."
"With the new flash arrays, 3PAR has improved our performance."
"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."
"If it runs, and you don't know about it, that is the best thing that you can have in IT infrastructure. This is what 3PAR does for us."
"They are using Ansible to automate the provisioning, so that simplifies the day-to-day operations."
"The all-flash positions our organization for growth. If somebody comes to us who needs an application with performance, we have that already formulated."
"Our applications are now at least two to four times faster."
"Their support is the most valuable. The support that we are getting from HP Turkey is very good. This product is better than some of the other products in terms of reliability. It is very reliable."
"Nimble's support is awesome and one of the best. You sort of get a Tier 3 plus guy every time that you call, no matter if it is a Tier 0 issue. This is super helpful in case we ever have problems."
"The tool’s support is feasible."
"It has allowed us to upgrade our DMS to the latest version and reuse the older array as the DR storage for VMware SRM."
"They could probably improve an organization with just about anything. It is all a matter of ease of use, ease of the implementation, etc."
"InfoSight. It's AI for the data center. It's very easy, it does a lot of the work for the customer... InfoSight and the whole system, help them to deal with troubleshooting."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is quite scalable."
"The most valuable features are its cost-effectiveness, performance, and its deduplication deficiencies."
"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."
"I think replication is one area that still needs improvement. Earlier, Pure Storage FlashArray only had IP-based replication. There was no API-based replication, but they have enhanced the feature now. However, they need to work on API replication for C-type of arrays."
"We would like to see more cloud support, which we know is coming, although it's not out yet. It's going to be released in the next versions. That would be the biggest win, if additional cloud support is built into the array."
"In some cases, we get into very in-depth conversations around movement of specific data and, what's more, chunk sizes. The documentation lacked any description or information on that."
"I would like to see support for NVMe, end-to-end."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"The file functionality could be better."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"3PAR did not increase our performance, and it has increased our latency by at least double."
"I would like to see a little bit more integration from a cloud perspective. In this way, I would have some more flexibility to do more with data, how to store it, and where I have it."
"This solution is becoming dated."
"Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything."
"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."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"The management interface is not intuitive."
"The way the market is going, supporting NVMe storage would be useful as a step up."
"The only thing I'm really looking for in my next array is some hyperconverged, so if they had something in that space... But I know they have SimpliVity so that is probably not going to happen."
"I would like to have integration into cloud providers, apart from HPE."
"I really would like to see synchronous replication. This is something that when we have multiple arrays in our environment and being able to do something like a zero RPO."
"The solution could reduce its price."
"Nimble requires its DNS to work in order to interface with VMware vCenter is a little thorn in my eye, but I am being nitpicky here."
"I think the scalability of HPE Nimble Storage could be improved."
"I would like to see greater integration with Microsoft's Hyper-V platform."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while HPE Nimble Storage is ranked 5th in All-Flash Storage with 119 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while HPE Nimble Storage is rated 9.0. 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 HPE Nimble Storage writes "Beneficial management software, straightforward installation, and good support". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA and HPE StoreOnce, whereas HPE Nimble Storage is most compared with Dell Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, HPE Primera, VMware vSAN and Huawei OceanStor Dorado. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. HPE Nimble Storage report.
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