We performed a comparison between HPE EVA and NetApp FAS Series 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 is very stable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring."
"Fast Snapshots"
"Better performance and lower costs."
"The migration of the volume on the cluster is very useful and easy to use."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"The most valuable features are the NAS features and NetApp's excellent support."
"The solution is very stable and reliable"
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"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."
"I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"No other area for improvement comes to mind other than its price. Making the price more attractive will help this solution have a bigger market share."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"We have some experience with older equipment end-of-life. For example, when warranty support stops or updates stop – it can be frustrating. Not all clients can buy a new filer every year or two, and NetApp ending support a bit quickly can be a concern."
"The solution's configuration is not flexible."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"I think this kind of infrastructure is mostly obsolete. To keep up with developments in this space, you need to move all these features to an All-Flash solution."
HPE EVA is ranked 8th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 4 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 reviews. HPE EVA is rated 8.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE EVA writes "Has the ability to automatically deal with faulty disks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". HPE EVA is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE StorageWorks MSA, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem. See our HPE EVA vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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