We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"It has a really powerful tool to measure data, how it is working, the performance, and if we have any bottlenecks."
"The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available."
"When we started using 3PAR what we liked was the simplicity of the product. We needed a higher performance storage and, in our support model, we needed to keep the simplicity of the storage architecture, keep it as clean and as manageable as we could."
"We can quickly see performance per CPG and per LUN. You can drill right down to see actual performance to the virtual volumes themselves. That's really good."
"From a single panel, I can see the performance of my service, my network, and my storage."
"You can scale it out almost indefinitely."
"The product is very easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it."
"The most valuable features are the storage levels and snapshot features."
"Monitoring is a very big thing. Other great features include block storage; volume creation and the data reliability scalability, which makes the solution really good."
"The simple configuration feature is great. It is very simple, allowing you to set up MSA very easily."
"I like StorageWorks' snapshots for our backup system. We had a pool of SSD and traditional drives. StorageWorks has a feature that transfers the hot data to high-performing drives."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA is an entry-level, cost-effective solution for SMB customers."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility."
"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"The solution’s customer support could be improved."
"It is suitable for medium-sized businesses and data centers with less number of users and less important data. It is not really an enterprise-level solution. It needs more capacity. It is also not really stable. It should be more stable. It should also support any server model. It is really weak in this area."
"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."
"We did a firmware upgrade, and it brought the whole sandbox down. It was supposed to be done transparently, and that did not happen. It was not like we did it on our own; we had support set it up for us."
"We are still waiting for the compression feature to be deployed."
"The GUI was a little hard to figure out how to use."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA could maybe include a pay-top of texture feature or something like job replication."
"I rate HPE support four out of 10. I'm not happy with them. We purchased mission-critical support, and we're supposed to get a response in four hours. Instead, I'm waiting days for them to replace the drive. They asked me to send back the failed one, and I don't know the address. After I sent it back, they told me they haven't received it. It's a nightmare."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
"Synchronized replication is very important for MSA; however, HPE StorageWorks MSA doesn't provide synchronized replication."
"The support contract is expensive, although they are very responsive."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"The solution requires hardware."
"The solution's license should be integrated and not separate."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 3rd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 299 reviews while HPE StorageWorks MSA is ranked 5th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 18 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while HPE StorageWorks MSA is rated 8.4. 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 HPE StorageWorks MSA writes "An affordable solution for data storage but lacks cloud backup". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and VMware vSAN, whereas HPE StorageWorks MSA is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, Fujitsu Eternus DX400 series and HPE EVA. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. HPE StorageWorks MSA report.
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