We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and NetApp FAS Series 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."They have really good baked in analytics to show you trends for growth history, so it does help with future planning for data growth."
"The deduplication and compression meet all of our system requirements."
"The most valuable feature of Pure Storage FlashArray is the all-flash storage performance, low latency, and efficiency of their de-duplication technology. Additionally, the ease of use is good compared to other storage systems. The features in data protection, snapshotting, and replication between data centers and sites are superior to other solutions."
"The best feature is consistently lower latency, even when IOPS crank up to over 75K. The product maintains submillisecond response time, which is incredible."
"It has been very stable. I have not seen or heard of downtime storage issues after moving over to it."
"The initial setup was really straight forward."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"The first set up we had was really straight forward and simple."
"It is easy to add drives. When you add drives into it, it automatically recognizes them and spins them up."
"Being able to snapshot things for backup purposes has been key. We do that on our databases four times a day."
"I benefit from the HPE Call Home feature. It tells me about any issue once I have it."
"They provide very good support for our mission-critical processes."
"The speed is very good."
"This is a very robust product and it offers everything that we are looking for."
"We choose 3PAR for its speed. It's so fast and reliable."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"It has a very good implementation of the Active Directory services, so implementation into a Windows network is easy."
"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."
"Using the built-in Snapshots and SnapMirror technology, we were able to have better working data protection locally and off-site."
"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 is SnapMirror."
"I like the unified management feature because sometimes you end up running a single protocol on the entire system."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"One of the most valuable features offered is double-parity RAID, which guarantees that your data will stay intact. We're also able to provision storage and monitor which ones are really consuming storage."
"It is not possible to create a cluster on top of multiple arrays."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"The backend of this solution utilizes an Active/Passive architecture, rather than an Active/Active architecture, which is a disadvantage, when compared to some of its competitors. Its storage capacity should be expanded in the next release."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see automated copy data management for SQL Server."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"There are many features which need to be added, particularly on the replication side."
"I would like to see data tiering to AWS."
"I can't see where they can make anything better, unless, of course, they lower their prices even more."
"Cloud integration could be better. They can also add an NVMe to port to that. I would like to see NVMe in the next release. That's the future or the near future for storage. That will give us a real high throughput and some performance."
"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."
"We have had some challenges in the Arabic implementation and in migration, but for daily work, it's fine."
"It would also help if they integrate current technologies, newer technologies, and more efficient technologies, as time progresses. For example, integrate the fourth level of NAND devices."
"Our support in the US has been phenomenal, no issues at all. But the European support was poor initially."
"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."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ's pricing could be cheaper."
"I'd really it to be able to interact with older 3PAR storage, and possibly even non-HPE. I would like to be able to pull stuff off of old things and bring it up to the standard that has been set, simply, quickly, and efficiently. That would be a really nice feature. Right now it is a big pain. It seems to work but we tend to get some latency behind."
"The user interface could be improved to have better graphics and the performance analyzer could be better."
"Needs to improve the adaptive storage quality of service."
"The solution can improve on the replication features."
"NetApp is costly when compared to Dell."
"The product should improve its user experience."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"NetApp FAS Series should introduce an FTP application for the broadcast and post-production market."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 6th in NAS with 299 reviews while NetApp FAS Series is ranked 2nd in NAS with 97 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "The product's technical support is outstanding as I can reach someone right away". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF, whereas NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and VAST Data. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp FAS Series report.
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