We performed a comparison between NEC D3 series and NetApp FAS Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about NetApp, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)."The performance is better than with our previous version."
"I have found all the features useful in NetApp FAS Series."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation."
"The most valuable feature of the NetApp FAS Series is the snapshot and the FlexClone for Oracle and Microsoft SQL environments. Additionally, the integration can be done with most all on-premise and cloud providers."
"We can manage our applications from a single dashboard."
"Fast Snapshots"
"The solution is stable."
"We are not satisfied with the cost of licensing and would like to have a better price to performance ratio."
"When getting new hardware, always tell the account manager that you are also considering other brands. They will be forced to adjust the price lower."
"We would like to have further integration with some backup products. They have some of them already, but there could be more."
"It may need more flexibility to fight with other competing arrays."
"I would like to see less latency and higher IOPS."
"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."
"If our customer needs a high-performance storage solution then we don't recommend this product."
"Installation of the additional switches and ETP could be improved."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
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NEC D3 series is ranked 21st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 1st in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 98 reviews. NEC D3 series is rated 9.0, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of NEC D3 series writes "Stable, performs well, and the technical support is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". NEC D3 series is most compared with , whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM FlashSystem.
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