We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the compression and deduplication. Being able to deploy a three to one ratio for storage is absolutely critical in today's world with the growing need for storage and the growing need for more space."
"Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"The GUI is very easy to use and intuitive."
"We have tons of capacity on it."
"The tool has reduced our power consumption."
"The speed is the most valuable feature, along with the ease of getting it connected. We were able to get it online in less than a day."
"The most valuable feature is it never goes down. We can expand and create volumes."
"We know exactly the capacity that we need for the upcoming year, and it's much easier for us to enlarge the capacity and expose these disk volumes to the relevant servers."
"Thanks to HPE remote IT assistance, they can do the updates with the configuration in best-case scenario."
"When we bought it, the big sell for us was what they called "wide striping", how they striped the data and could get performance on a cheaper disk. Nowadays, the newer models that are out, which we are going to in the next couple of years, the most valuable feature is mainly being able to achieve such high IOPS in such a small chassis."
"The solution has increased our performance by about 40 percent."
"It works well and we don't have any issues with this solution."
"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."
"3PAR is easy to keep running and does not require too much effort. It has been very reliable, which is key."
"The deduplication functionality is great. We have seen a lot of benefits in the deduplication ratio. So, it has proven that it is a good cost savings."
"The replication and mirroring features are very good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the performance of the database access."
"One of the most valuable features is the overall performance it provides. You're able to throw a pile of IOPS at it and it will handle that without much issue."
"Some of the valuable features include MetroCluster switchover, in terms of disaster recovery, it is easy to use, and flexible."
"The management software is very good."
"It provides multi-protocol, which is what gives the edge when it comes to big lineage PC workloads."
"The benefits are better up-time, better response time."
"This storage solution is both stable and scalable, and it works for our needs."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"We have not seen a reduction in our TCO nor have we seen ROI."
"Had some issues with Purity not being entirely compatible with VMware ESXi."
"There's always an opportunity for new feature functionality."
"Larger capacity and more storage ports would be the two things I'd like to see."
"I would rate this solution an eight. There's always room for improvement, nobody is perfect to get a ten out of ten. They do what they do well. It's not cheap but we it's for uses that we needed."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"It is way in excess of what we need. If anything, we could see a bit more speed. I'm just comparing it with what some of my colleagues who are implementing their own systems do."
"We are waiting for compression."
"HPE gives you how to get everything going, but it would be nice if they could go a little deeper sometimes. That is always the case: To get the value-add, you have to pay for those services."
"This solution only provides active-passive replication, as opposed to active-active."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"HP has several integration elements that work with other vendor storage products. I'd like to see a greater expansion on that so that a customer can do a more seamless migration from other vendor products."
"I want artificial intelligence. I don't want anybody from my team to touch it anymore. I want the AI to do everything."
"It's a very complex platform to manage and it's not cheap either. It doesn't really give us the level of flexibility we had for very, very small workloads."
"Its price is a bit high for adding another tree."
"Things like the FlexClones, SnapVault, SnapMirror, all of that. Some of it's available on the EF series, but we like what we have in the FAS system."
"This solution does not have any compression or deduplication."
"We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly."
"NetApp could improve the speed of the rebuilding rate."
"It needs a better management tool."
"I would like to shrink it more, if we can. The smaller, the better."
"The solution's technical support is not as good as it is supposed to be since you have to push them to get support."
"The pricing could be cheaper and it should have documentation in more languages, specifically, Russian."
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HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. 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 EF-Series All Flash Arrays writes "A storage solution that offers great stability, resilience, and support". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and HPE Primera. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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