We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) 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 gives us capacity planning."
"Performance, dedupe, and that it works well with database workloads are its most valuable features."
"Data deduplication features make it easier to manage storage and forecast growth."
"Our storage phones home. It is smart and intelligent in that aspect, which has been huge for us. We don't have to be storage administrators."
"This solution has improved our organization. In the past, we had reports that were taking up to two hours and after switching to SSD storage the overall processing power dropped to half an hour. The end users saw an immediate performance gain."
"The performance of the storage is just unbelievable."
"Lone segmentation is simpler and more agile. It's improved the velocity in overall provisioning from project to operation."
"I never have to worry about its performance or if it is the root cause of an issue."
"This is a stable solution."
"From my perspective, it's really easy for me to be able to get in and do any troubleshooting with it and it's very consistent."
"I think the storage is very good, the way it stores, the thin provisioning it provides, and the data protection. And it's easy to deploy in any environment. We are using VMware. So for me, it's a right click and it's deployed. We can configure and create LUNS very easily with 3PAR management, and the interface is very user-friendly. Easily understandable."
"We use all the features, but some of the most valuable are the replication, priority optimization, provisioning, and deduplication. There are a lot of good features in this product."
"I do not have to worry about cross systems talking to each other or multiple systems trying to interact with each other. Our entire vCenter infrastructure is one large stack, which is nice."
"3PAR is different from other storage solutions because it uses a chunklet when we initiate the storage. Every disk is submitted as a 1 GB chunklet. This chunklet can be RAID 1, 4, 5, or 6. This fabulous feature is very useful for me because I can distribute the RAID for any volume. The adaptive optimization is the biggest feature in 3PAR. 3PAR is very usable with thin volume because it detects zeros while writing. Every time I tell the hypervisor to make the full provisioning, it makes the volume as simple provisioning in 3PAR, not full provisioning. Other vendors take this volume as thick provisioning because of which the capacity is reached quickly. It doesn't happen in 3PAR because it detects zeros. It only writes the data, and it doesn't write zeros. There are two processors in 3PAR: the ASIC processor and the main processor. The ASIC processor detects zero writing and doesn't write it, which is a big feature in 3PAR."
"The technical support has been fantastic."
"It has been very stable. We've had very minor issues, but I've loved how HPE is proactive on letting us know. Usually, they let us know before we notice it ourselves and they already have a solution for us. It has been great that way."
"Technical support is okay."
"Their Google operating system is more mature, so their results are much better."
"The solution is well integrated with other vendors."
"The snapshots, cloning, and replication are all effective in helping to reduce downtime. It can replicate cluster data for disaster recovery and it provides high availability in case a node or a disk fails."
"One-click setup is a valuable feature because it allows us to set up a server automatically with a single click."
"Acropolis AOS's networking concept is excellent."
"Best features are around data locality, compression, and deduplication."
"Scaling is very easy and no limitations are set."
"A three wave application or multi wave application synchronization would be an improvement."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"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."
"They should work on their upgrades, they're not smooth."
"I would like to see some improvements on the FlashBlade side around the CIFS space support. I am not super familiar with all the different NAS protocols that they run on their box, but there could be some improvements made on SMB CIFS side."
"Going forward, don't complicate things for the customers."
"The GUI could improve, it could be more intuitive. There is hidden functionality."
"The support for NFS protocols right out-of-the-box need improvement. I'm used to other storage vendors who have NFS support right out-of-the-box, and Pure Storage doesn't seem to have anything."
"I would like to have support for On-The-fly reallocation Data when using VVoL."
"I would like to see more storage, a better interface, and to move from mechanical disks."
"While the stability is pretty good, it could always be improved upon."
"The product is quite expensive."
"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."
"The price of this solution should be lower."
"The newer versions have some other characteristics that we are not using. We would like to use them and set them up in our current version."
"The replicating software is pretty complicated. I probably would have put it on a sequence."
"As of now, Acropolis and VMware cannot talk to each other. Until we have some kind of interface, it would be much better for Nutanix if they built an interface which can talk. Otherwise, if I have a VMware stack and I already have a Nutanix stack, I create containers, I create clusters on VMware, I create clusters on Nutanix. All of these clusters cannot talk to each other. Then it has to be then subverted as a parallel execution. What happens then is that I have to work in two different environments within my data center. Practically, they are two different data centers but physically and logically, they are one. If they cannot talk to each other that creates a lot of issues. That is something which Nutanix has to develop because for Nutanix it is very simple. For example, Oracle is using a function called GoldenGate. They have a feature called GoldenGate which allows them to talk to various different environments which must really help."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"We would like to see it support other systems outside of the compute stack from which it was built."
"It's lacking in some features but overcompensating in others."
"Could have better visibility with the main OEM backup integrators."
"The pricing model for software and hardware subscription renewals can be improved."
"The productivity and work efficiency of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could improve."
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HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 9th in All-Flash Storage with 299 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 2nd in HCI with 194 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) 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 Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Hyper-V. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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