We performed a comparison between NetApp FAS Series and VAST Data based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Pure Storage and others in All-Flash Storage."Technical support is good."
"It reduces space and the polar consumption. It also accelerates the application."
"The solution has probably reduced my power use substantially."
"It's easy to use, and the maintenance upgrades to get free controllers work really well."
"Pure gives us better compression, it's easier to manage, a lot less hands-on."
"At this point, I don't know anything that they could provide in a better way."
"We like the speed. It's very low latency. In virtualization, you can mask lots of problems, and even in code you can mask lots of problems, with low latency. It's just pure speed and low latency."
"I use all the features of this solution and I find them to be easy to use and functional, such as the compression and capacity to expand."
"The input and output per second performance are satisfactory."
"It is very flexible. It integrates well with the public cloud and other components, so everything can be API driven. Therefore, it is very easy to automate it."
"Compression of the backup Oracle by RMAN on NFS saves space 5:1."
"Data consolidation and visualization."
"It changed the way we do Disaster Recovery (DR) around NetApp replication."
"Snapshot, deduplication, and compression features are valuable."
"NAS stability"
"It has integrated snapshot and backup capability."
"This has been one of the most reliable storage systems that I have ever used."
"The solution is useful for machine learning and scientific applications, including computer simulations."
"Pure Storage FlashArray could improve by being more secure."
"It would be nice if Pure had something in its portfolio that provided higher deduplication and compression for backups."
"I would like to get a weekly report of how our storage has been used, and if there is any storage sitting there not being used."
"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."
"Just some nit picky stuff, like allowing servers and volumes to be grouped. Therefore, it would easier to work with them in the GUI."
"I'd like to see a move towards individual VMs for what the performance of each VM is in a VD infrastructure. I can see the overall volume, but I would love to see things in a more granular level on the VM side."
"The solution is not cheap."
"We would like to see more development on their Copy Automation Tool (CAT) for Oracle, as well as better integration for our customers running Oracle VM."
"Its operating system is very cumbersome. However, after you set it up, it runs pretty smoothly. Its file system is not very dynamic. It is very static."
"The high cost of the product is an area of concern, so from an improvement perspective, the tool needs to be made cheaper."
"The AutoSupport could be improved to be more proactive in certain cases."
"The only downside is in ease in management; it is not easy to use."
"Its licensing cost can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in deployment and configuration processes."
"Technical support needs to be improved, as there are no longer partners in our country."
"They should add new features to the product."
"The write performance could be improved because it is less than half of the read performance."
"The read/write ratio is an area in the solution with some flaws and needs improvement."
NetApp FAS Series is ranked 5th in Deduplication Software with 98 reviews while VAST Data is ranked 18th in All-Flash Storage with 2 reviews. NetApp FAS Series is rated 8.8, while VAST Data is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of NetApp FAS Series writes "Offers good performance and ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VAST Data writes "Stability-wise, a device that has been up and running for years". NetApp FAS Series is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), NetApp AFF, HPE StorageWorks MSA and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas VAST Data is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, NetApp AFF, Qumulo, Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and Snowflake.
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