We performed a comparison between HPE EVA 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."HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"It is very stable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."
"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."
"The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it."
"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 product is very easy to deploy."
"The solution is pretty transparent and works well."
"The solution is very easy to use, it is not really complex for any user, such as non-technical individuals."
"The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility."
"I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."
"Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
"The platform’s monitoring capabilities could be enhanced."
"HPE StorageWorks MSA could maybe include a pay-top of texture feature or something like job replication."
"The solution's license should be integrated and not separate."
"This product is getting a little bit older, so new features like deduplication are not included."
"The solution could improve by adding configuration tools."
"Some clients have suggested room for improvement in expanding storage capacity beyond the base traces."
"It would be ideal if there was a better management interface."
"The support contract is expensive, although they are very responsive."
HPE EVA is ranked 9th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 4 reviews while HPE StorageWorks MSA is ranked 5th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 19 reviews. HPE EVA is rated 8.6, while HPE StorageWorks MSA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE EVA writes "Has the ability to automatically deal with faulty disks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE StorageWorks MSA writes "An affordable solution for data storage but lacks cloud backup". HPE EVA is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, whereas HPE StorageWorks MSA is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, IBM FlashSystem, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our HPE EVA vs. HPE StorageWorks MSA report.
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