We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and IBM FlashSystem 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."We were actually able to do multiple upgrades, including head upgrades and moving between the platforms, M20 and M50, over the years. We have never once lost a ping and have never had an outage due to an OS upgrade or a complete head upgrade."
"The speed is one of the most valuable features of Pure Storage FlashArray."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"We're getting good performance, and the compression ratio is also very good in Pure Storage FlashArray."
"The technical support is very good."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"I think the storage is very good, the way it stores, the thin provisioning it provides, and the data protection. And it's easy to deploy in any environment. We are using VMware. So for me, it's a right click and it's deployed. We can configure and create LUNS very easily with 3PAR management, and the interface is very user-friendly. Easily understandable."
"I have a lot of applications that need higher IOPS, and 3PAR achieves this operation normally without any issues for the management."
"We have additional space in the enclosures for additional disks, so we can scale up without any downtime."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use, fully featured and has a great graphical user interface."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"From a single panel, I can see the performance of my service, my network, and my storage."
"The scalability is good because it is easy to add in new disks. We just add them on the fly, and they are available for use."
"I like most of the features. Its speed, performance, and availability are valuable. We are implementing the data reduction technology the most."
"The GUI is very easy and performance is also good."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"IBM's technical support do excellent work."
"This solution is very stable."
"The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features."
"Stability-wise, this solution is fine."
"The solution is scalable and has varying degrees of scalability."
"The price of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"It's not so scalable. It's got moderate scaling capabilities right now. The clustering technology needs a bit of work, they need to improve that."
"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."
"I want to learn more about command line usage which I have not explored much yet. However, there are many automated solutions for repetitive tasks. I would like to see additional features like performance monitoring, configuring of alerts, and the customization of alert thresholds in the next release."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"It is a bit expensive."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"The cloud-based monitoring Infosight would be better if users are automatically enrolled in the cloud/group based on the configuration or information gathered or uploaded on the internet."
"I would like to see a little better integration with OneView and provisioning ESX Hosts."
"Upgrades could be improved. We would like to see more upgrades."
"The tool is old."
"We are seeing that there are some enhancements which are required in the SSMC console. There are some features that we do not see in the dashboard."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ could have better integration into the cloud and converged infrastructure."
"The price is a little bit high."
"Customization features must be improved."
"There could be some extra features added."
"The price is very costly."
"The generic functionality of IBM FlashSystem, IBM always dismisses using file share or sharing protocols inside their storage hardware, and they only focus on the block-level storage."
"This solution needs a management console where we are alerted to issues and can report them, or escalate them through email or another method."
"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."
"It has room for improvement in the area of stability."
"With regards to the IBM V7000 storage system, where we have multiple tiers of storage, a heat map would show I/O distribution across the tiers of storage."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 4th in NAS with 106 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.2. 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 IBM FlashSystem writes "An easy GUI and simple provisioning but our model does not support compression". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE EVA, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and HPE Nimble Storage. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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