We performed a comparison between HPE Primera 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."Pure Storage FlashArray's overall speed is its most valuable feature."
"Having fast storage allows actual servers to perform in high capacity so we don't have slowdowns on our applications."
"Pure Storage technology allowed us to automate tasks, reducing something which started as a 12-hour turnaround down to about 15 minutes."
"The compression and deduplication features help to make the best use of the capacity."
"The most valuable feature is replication."
"The sales and executive support have been outstanding compared to the rest of the market... My upgrade paths have been simple on the Pure... It's a lot simpler to implement and a lot simpler to manage."
"I have seen a huge increase in speed and performance on our databases."
"It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of deployment."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not overly complex."
"HPE Primera provides me with system reliability and 100% data reliability. The storage is good and is consistently reliable and scalable, allowing me to use it whenever needed. The overall performance is great. The product is stable. The customer service and support is excellent. It's a commendable solution, especially suitable for online transactions. It is reliable in meeting data requirements."
"The most valuable feature is an all-flash system, which means the data access speed is amazing while the latency is almost nothing, and it can deliver IOPS up to 16,000."
"The high availability was most valuable because they come with what's called 100% data availability. With special terms, they license and guarantee 100% data availability. That was probably one of the key features or components that HPE was offering with that model."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The speed is the most valuable feature."
"The hardware and software of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays are easy for us to use."
"The replication and mirroring features are very good."
"Considering the cost, I find NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays to be the best storage available in the market."
"We do a lot of in-house, application-dependent type things, where we find the different niches to the different things. Certain things they do better. We've found that it actually does very well on some of our higher-end applications."
"Compared to Dell Unity XT, what I see as an advantage in NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is the fact that it is more scalable...The performance of the product is good."
"Rapid deployment, easy integration management and cloning of areas."
"The management of it is very simple. that is the most valuable feature."
"I would love to see a true one click upgrade solution. Right now, you have to click and schedule an appointment with Pure Storage to be able to upgrade. I would love for it to automatically download, install, and fall-over every controller as it updates."
"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."
"The connectivity needs improvement. You do not have the possibility to have a file and block connectivity at the same time on the same machine. It has limited ability to do so."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting on the data. However, it would be nice to know what are the exact VMs usage after deduplication and/or what that VMs actual latency and bandwidth is, outside of VMware."
"I would like to see them lower the costs."
"We did have one hiccup with the integration of vCenter. When we were installing Pure Storage, we were using vCenter 6.7, which defaults to the HTML5 Web Client. The current plugin for Pure Storage doesn't show up in that client at all. You have to go and use the legacy FlexFlash client to see the Pure Storage plugin in vCenter."
"Storage. There could be better storage."
"Pure Storage support could be a little better."
"The solution could prove the reporting."
"I would like to see improved training offered with HPE Primera."
"There are certain features that require engineering-level access, which should be accessible to storage admins as well."
"Increasing the IOPS and throughput values would make the product even better. Improving the scalability of HPE Primera is also recommended."
"There really isn't any aspect of the solution that needs improvement for the customer other than its price."
"We face challenges with false alarms, particularly daily alerts related to replication link breaks. I'm not happy with the customer service and support."
"The product's stale snapshots feature needs improvement."
"The file server embedded in Pure, the GUI, and the tracking and reporting features are better with Pure Storage."
"This solution has limited storage."
"There could be better integration with some of our Cisco products."
"I’d like to see bigger, faster, better hardware, of course. I think that is the way the hardware is trending anyway; bigger, faster CPU, better software, fewer bugs, all that stuff. T"
"Their problems are on the software and the controlling of the storage where they lack segmentation and federation."
"I would like to shrink it more, if we can. The smaller, the better."
"Better integration with other brands is important so we would like to see it easier to integrate."
"The initial setup phase of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is not straightforward and needs improvement."
"We need a center related to NetApp in Egypt so that we can deal with them directly."
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HPE Primera is ranked 7th in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is ranked 23rd in All-Flash Storage with 38 reviews. HPE Primera is rated 8.4, while NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE Primera writes "A highly stable and easy-to-configure solution that provides excellent features that enable smooth migration". 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 Primera is most compared with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF and Huawei OceanStor Dorado, whereas NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays is most compared with NetApp AFF, Dell PowerStore, Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series, Huawei OceanStor Dorado and IBM FlashSystem. See our HPE Primera vs. NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays report.
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