HPE 3PAR Flash Storage vs IBM FlashSystem

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage is ranked 1st in All-Flash Arrays with 105 reviews vs IBM FlashSystem which is ranked 14th in All-Flash Arrays with 20 reviews. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR Flash Storage writes "The ease of moving data around is beneficial". The top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "Provides our customers with virtualization and flattening". HPE 3PAR Flash Storage is most compared with EMC VNX, Dell EMC Unity and NetApp All Flash FAS. IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell EMC XtremIO Flash Storage, HPE 3PAR Flash Storage and Pure Storage. See our HPE 3PAR Flash Storage vs IBM FlashSystem report.

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage

IBM FlashSystem

19060

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage

Based on 105 reviews.

29608

IBM FlashSystem

Based on 20 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

Alex Lovett

IT Operations Manager

All-flash performance means that we can host more VMs on a smaller virtual volume

Certainly now, with the all-flash arrays, the performance that we get out of those means that we can host far more VMs on a smaller virtual volume.... Read more »

ITarchit12d2

IT Specialist at Slovenská sporiteľňa

It supports a high IOPS rate. Initial setup is simple.

We have some processes in our company that were cut in half by using the FlashSystem.

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Pros
The optimization features move chunklets or hot spots to faster drives.The 3PAR tool is cheaper to maintain with more storage available.Previously, we were using EVA from HPE. When we moved to 3PAR, we noticed a reduction in footprint, reduced by more than 30%. We use the Adaptive Optimization, giving us a reduction in cost and with better performance.Since it's being used to support a virtual infrastructure, that gives us access to all of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure. So, instead of spending hours trying to rebuild or to fix a broken server, we can instead wipe it out and throw up a new one and we're up and running again.I like the speed capabilities that it provides. The deduplication features definitely have some huge potential. The latest firmware, where they've enabled compression for workloads that aren't very good for deduplication, I can definitely see huge potential there.It provides very fast deployment. The performance for our most critical applications is very quick.Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario.It is easy to scale, easy to manage, and easy to configure. Read more »	The FS900 uses custom built flash modules offering with better latency, and is also denser packed then most modular all-flash arrays using commodity SSDs.An easy interface to set up, good build quality, and easily accessible parts for hot swapping combined with sub 500 us latency under heavy load.The initial customer technical support was efficient and effective.The performance monitoring feature is useful as it can report in 15 minute intervals by hour, day, week, month, or by a custom date range.The FlashSystem 900 consistently delivers performance below 1ms for read/write. This performance is essential for an effective SVC stretch-cluster configuration across two datacenters, and presenting active-active storage to the customer.The most valuable features are, of course, the virtualization of the storage, the performance, and the compression.The speed of the unit is its best feature. It performs very well.The speed and the ease of installation are the most valuable features. Read more »
Cons
The management interface is not intuitive.Extending is not a problem, scalability is okay. But once you buy additional box of disks, you have to wait for HPE to contact you with their plan for implementation, for connecting, and it can take several weeks. So, you have the box and you have to wait for several weeks to actually implement it.I would like to see more virtualization: storage virtualization, data virtualization would be very nice.HPE has a product that I am very interested in, but it lacks of integration with 3PAR - HPE SimpliVity.I would like them to improve it so I can do firmware upgrades without downtime.Would like to see some management functions through a web interface.Generally, the management of the multiple systems that we have is really the only problem, always having to go to all these separate tools to manage everything.We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem. Read more »	When we performed some HW fault tests under heavy load, we found that some of the parts (fan units and PSUs) should only be removed from the airflow for a short time (less than a minute) when replacing.Include an option to upload the support package to the IBM ECuRep when opening an IBM PMR.With regards to the IBM V7000 storage system, where we have multiple tiers of storage, a heat map would show I/O distribution across the tiers of storage.I would like to see bigger modules.I would like to have a larger disk. Right now, you can get 57 terabytes in a shelf. Once they get the larger disk and you get larger capacities, it'll be even better.The array level RAID does not seem available.It has room for improvement in the area of stability.When you provision a datastore auto-format takes a long time Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

As a school, we always have low budgets. We are a nonprofit organization. We do not have too much budget, so we care about prices, discounts, and especially about the product quality. The last 16 years, we have been an HPE customer. We are very much happy with HPE products.Nowadays, from a storage point of view, there are so many vendors in the market. So cost is one of the factors that pushed us to go with HPE 3PAR. Cost-wise they're pretty competitive.The main issue with 3PAR right now is its cost problem. Right now, there are some other storage cabinets that can do what 3PAR can do. Now, they can do it as well with a more revised budget.To be more competitive, as customer, we need a more aggressive price that includes all the licenses available.It's very reliable and it was cost competitive with other arrays at the time that we purchased it.

The total storage capacity vs price is still quite high for the IBM Flash Array.Pricing can be considered as per market competition.

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Ranking
RANKING	1st out of 29 In All-Flash Arrays Views 66,677 Comparisons 35,981 Reviews 105 Followers 3,124 Avg. Rating 8.5	14th out of 29 In All-Flash Arrays Views 5,104 Comparisons 3,644 Reviews 19 Followers 436 Avg. Rating 8.3
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	EMC VNX vs. HPE 3PAR Flash Storage Compared 13% of the time. Dell EMC Unity vs. HPE 3PAR Flash Storage Compared 13% of the time. NetApp All Flash FAS vs. HPE 3PAR Flash Storage Compared 12% of the time. See more HPE 3PAR Flash Storage competitors »	Dell EMC XtremIO Flash Storage vs. IBM FlashSystem Compared 32% of the time. HPE 3PAR Flash Storage vs. IBM FlashSystem Compared 23% of the time. Pure Storage vs. IBM FlashSystem Compared 12% of the time. See more IBM FlashSystem competitors »

Also Known As
Also Known As	InServ, Storeserv, 3PAR Flash Storage, HP Enterprise Storage, 3PAR Flash Array, HP 3PAR Flash Storage
Website/Video
Website/Video	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	IBM
Overview
Overview	HP 3PAR all-flash storage accelerates business agility by boosting application performance with over 900,000 IOPS at less than 0.7 ms latency. And it does this while delivering all the enterprise-class, Tier-1 features and functionality you expect from the storage platform that powers three of the world’s four largest managed service providers.	IBM FlashSystem products are enterprise computer data storage systems that store data on flash memory chips. Unlike storage systems that use standard solid-state drives, IBM FlashSystem products incorporate custom hardware based on technology from the 2012 acquisition of Texas Memory Systems. This hardware provides performance, reliability, and efficiency benefits versus competitive offerings.
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Sample Customers
Sample Customers	Just Energy, Latisys, team AG, DreamWorks, BlueShore Financial, Erasmus MC	Celero, Friedhelm Loh Group, Clarks, Mingkang Natregro Health Food Group, Sofia, Etisalat Fights Fraud, UF Health Shands Hospital, Generali, Elecon Engineering Company Limited, Ventiv , Technology, CPFL Energia, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., SciQuest, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Paddy Power, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Interconnect Services, Severstal IP-Only AB, PVU Group GmbH
Top Industries
Top Industries	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm 23% Retailer 8% Healthcare Company 7% Energy/Utilities Company 6% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 16% Marketing Services Firm 8% Healthcare Company 7% University 7%	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm 38% Government 25% Comms Service Provider 13% Recruiting/Hr Firm 13% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 22% Marketing Services Firm 18% Government 15% Wholesaler/Distributor 9%
Company Size
Company Size	REVIEWERS Small Business 20% Midsize Enterprise 25% Large Enterprise 55% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 18% Midsize Enterprise 25% Large Enterprise 57%	REVIEWERS Small Business 42% Midsize Enterprise 5% Large Enterprise 53% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 12% Midsize Enterprise 31% Large Enterprise 57%

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