We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."The scalability options are very nice because you can scale it much better and faster. The scalability was there in the previous environment also, but this is far better than what we had before. It basically helps the user in case they are looking for more storage. We can scale it much faster."
"The stability is very good. I've done destructive testing on it and never had any type of storage outages from it."
"Their REST API is wonderful, well-documented, and easy to use."
"Technical support is good."
"The most valuable features in Pure Storage FlashArray are deduplication and active cluster."
"The most valuable features are extremely low latency, high IOPS with VMware, inline deduplication and compression."
"It simplifies the overall management. We don't have to worry about storage anymore."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is its high stability level."
"Scalability, because our customer is fast growing and our solution should be able to start very small and grow very quickly."
"Tech support is great, and that is for any of their team who has ever worked with us. They are willing and committed to making sure the customer is treated the way we need to be."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"In the deployment of virtual servers, I can have a new VM up and running in 15 minutes, run the patches, then done. I routinely fire up base images that I have for my servers: Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, and 2016. I routinely fire those base images up and do all the updates, then prep them again for cloning. With 3PAR, we definitely have the performance to do that. Those images I do keep on SSD just to have that performance to deploy a new VM."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a good interface, it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"Very recently, we are able to do a lot of data center automation by being able to script some of the 3PAR actions for our private cloud."
"We can do more, faster, whether it's spinning up more virtual machines or handling large amounts of data."
"We never had a blackout and we have never been offline."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"I would like to have an easy way to determine the cost per VM so that I can present a solution to our customers."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"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 have had a few issues with it. We had our virtual environment lock up a few times on storage-based things. We think we have it sorted out, but maybe it came down to a configuration issue on it."
"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."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"As long as they can keep the solution stable, it will be good. Stability is very important to us."
"HPE could improve by raising awareness when a new product is launched. They must think of ways to better serve and engage with their enterprise customers. HPE is selling enterprise products and mission-critical support."
"From an overall perspective, all the latest technologies can improve support and performance. This is very important for us."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. 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 VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and IBM FlashSystem, whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and DDN SFA7990X.
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