We performed a comparison between FreeNAS and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 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."Its stability is the most valuable. It is reliable, and we don't have to worry too much about it."
"It has the best storage capacity."
"What I like about it is that I can work on it from any computer or any device. The initial setup is very simple. The setup wizard is really helpful."
"The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create test and pre-production scenarios have speeded up the development and distribution of business apps."
"The solution has been very stable so far."
"It integrates well into either Windows or Linux environments."
"FreeNAS is much simpler and easier to use than other solutions, but we don't have the complete range of features that come with the full version."
"Resilience and reliability, unmatched. They take good care of us."
"The solution is easy to use and very stable."
"This is a very robust product and it offers everything that we are looking for."
"The reliability. We're able to replicate our array to our DR site with minimal work. It's just turn it on and we're ready to go. It reduces risk for the business."
"They provide very good support for our mission-critical processes."
"The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments."
"Its snapshot capability is the most valuable feature, because replicate our databases from production to nonproduction for development. This allows us to do it very quickly."
"I like that 3PAR can remake the disk online. That's one of the best features because when we first started, that was the best. The team provisioning feature was also a good one. Those features are the best for me, provisioning and online optimization, and the tier you can have for storage."
"They can improve the integration with PSA systems. This functionality could be better."
"They should include clustering for the solution."
"The support for S3 needs to be improved."
"The latest version of the dashboard doesn't work as good as the previous version."
"FreeNAS should be better prepared for clustering."
"If you find the documentation, it is always incomplete and fragmented."
"The one thing that I find difficult to do which is very time-consuming is that I like to have a backup of the important files."
"The interface to manage it could be improved. I was looking at OneView. Something basic like that should be available with the 3PAR. OneView has all the bells and whistles, all the features, but I think something basic and similar to that should be come with the 3PAR, at least for monitoring managing it."
"The solution must be vertically and horizontally expandable."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"File Persona can be better. I don't use File Persona because it has many problems with my environment. The antivirus that it has is not compatible with File Persona, and that's a big issue with File Persona. 3PAR is not as good as Dell when making a file in the storage. 3PAR for a block is very good, but when comparing row capacity, I get 14% capacity with 3PAR, but with Dell, I get 60% capacity."
"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."
"The main problem for 3PAR right now is cost."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
FreeNAS is ranked 9th in NAS with 9 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews. FreeNAS is rated 8.4, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of FreeNAS writes "Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". FreeNAS is most compared with StarWind Storage Appliance, HPE StoreEasy, Qumulo and Dell PowerScale (Isilon), whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerStore. See our FreeNAS vs. HPE 3PAR StoreServ report.
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