The support for the solution is free for three years, then it is an additional cost. It is approximately $30,000 annually. The price includes a lot of equipment we have not only HPE 3PAR StoreServ.
Professional Services Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2022-02-15T15:40:29Z
Feb 15, 2022
The pricing is expensive. I'm not sure if it's the region that causes such high prices, however, when we are bidding, we rarely get very good discounts to work with. It's not competitive.
I'm not sure on the pricing of this product because a different team handled that. I'm on the engineering team, so I handle the maintenance and those sorts of operations.
Sr. Manager - IT Systems at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2021-09-13T17:04:10Z
Sep 13, 2021
We're using it as a SaaS. The pricing is reasonable. It's not cheap, however, I don't consider it to be overpriced. We have an annual support contract. It will contain a certain percentage of the storage cost.
This product is a little bit costly, although this is because it is a high-quality product. There was a one-time cost when we procured this product and there are no monthly or yearly licensing fees.
Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-02-25T10:50:00Z
Feb 25, 2021
It is quite difficult to decide on the cost. At one point, I was the project lead to cover with some people, but the price was important and we had its compression calculated. At that moment, it was fair because that was one of the things moving their product due to the cost of HPE 3PAR StoreServ as they were competing with Hitachi and IBM A9000, which I'm not sure if is still available. We have done total cost of ownership calculations over the past five years, and we also ask for some cost prices for the sixth and seventh year so that we can get some insights into what happens after those five years. We have some systems that are five years old and we keep them because it's flash data storage. It's still almost a three terabyte solid-state drive, and the support cost is not that high. We'll have a look after that. I see other things happening on the Hitachi boxes with all those license defeats. This is also positive for HPE 3PAR StoreServ, everything is on the license. When we bought the systems, it was the case and then I've been reading something about it. You can buy the rest of the licenses. If you buy a system, that will not be replicated to another system, then you get a license without replication software.
This solution is expensive. We pay every year for support. It's a lump sum because we pay for data center support services, and everything is included in one.
Addiotinal manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
2020-12-21T21:40:57Z
Dec 21, 2020
Its price is a bit high for adding another tree, but when we purchased it, it was okay with us. We had compared it with EMC and other solutions, and it was okay at that point in time. Our storage has a lifespan of seven to eight years. When you purchase it, you need to keep a headroom of around 40% to 50%. After three to four years, you generally plan for an upgrade. The price is not so bad today for two years or so, and within a year, I might find that I have to upgrade or increase the storage. This usually happens when there is a radical change or a new application has come that is consuming a lot of data, but generally, there is a plan for the amount of data that we generate and the storage upgrade.
Think seriously about the very long-term: the three, four, and five-year costs of the solution. Will it still be there doing what your company needs? Do not just look at the initial capital outlay of year one.
For the entire six node cluster and the two 7200 units plus the Brocade Fibre switches, we financed it through HPE Financial. It was $850,000. We leased that and paid it off in October of 2018. I have to renew support in October for the existing solution. That will cost me roughly $50,000 this year, which in the grand scheme of things, $50,000 is not that much compared to paying $850,000. However, it will be the last year that I'll be able to get direct support from HPE. Therefore, product has to be replaced in 2020.
What is network-attached storage (NAS)? NAS is a data storage device that connects to a computer network and allows access to data from a central location for authorized network users and multiple network clients.
The solution has two parts: software and hardware, and you need to buy licenses for some features.
Our organization pays a yearly license fee for the solution. The licensing fee is not cheap.
There is a one-time cost once you purchase the solution. There is no perpetual licensing. It is an expensive product.
The support for the solution is free for three years, then it is an additional cost. It is approximately $30,000 annually. The price includes a lot of equipment we have not only HPE 3PAR StoreServ.
We pay for a yearly license.
The pricing is expensive. I'm not sure if it's the region that causes such high prices, however, when we are bidding, we rarely get very good discounts to work with. It's not competitive.
We pay a yearly license. It's affordable.
I'm not sure on the pricing of this product because a different team handled that. I'm on the engineering team, so I handle the maintenance and those sorts of operations.
The licensing cost for HPE 3PAR StoreServ is expensive.
We're using it as a SaaS. The pricing is reasonable. It's not cheap, however, I don't consider it to be overpriced. We have an annual support contract. It will contain a certain percentage of the storage cost.
We purchased the total package for approximately $60,000. That was purchasing it outright.
The price of the solution could be reduced for the license and for support.
This product is a little bit costly, although this is because it is a high-quality product. There was a one-time cost when we procured this product and there are no monthly or yearly licensing fees.
It is quite difficult to decide on the cost. At one point, I was the project lead to cover with some people, but the price was important and we had its compression calculated. At that moment, it was fair because that was one of the things moving their product due to the cost of HPE 3PAR StoreServ as they were competing with Hitachi and IBM A9000, which I'm not sure if is still available. We have done total cost of ownership calculations over the past five years, and we also ask for some cost prices for the sixth and seventh year so that we can get some insights into what happens after those five years. We have some systems that are five years old and we keep them because it's flash data storage. It's still almost a three terabyte solid-state drive, and the support cost is not that high. We'll have a look after that. I see other things happening on the Hitachi boxes with all those license defeats. This is also positive for HPE 3PAR StoreServ, everything is on the license. When we bought the systems, it was the case and then I've been reading something about it. You can buy the rest of the licenses. If you buy a system, that will not be replicated to another system, then you get a license without replication software.
This solution is expensive. We pay every year for support. It's a lump sum because we pay for data center support services, and everything is included in one.
It is a bit more expensive. IBM is cheaper than HPE in Turkey.
It is lower in price as compared to other vendors, such as Dell. As compared to Huawei, all storage solutions are expensive, including this one.
Its price is a bit high for adding another tree, but when we purchased it, it was okay with us. We had compared it with EMC and other solutions, and it was okay at that point in time. Our storage has a lifespan of seven to eight years. When you purchase it, you need to keep a headroom of around 40% to 50%. After three to four years, you generally plan for an upgrade. The price is not so bad today for two years or so, and within a year, I might find that I have to upgrade or increase the storage. This usually happens when there is a radical change or a new application has come that is consuming a lot of data, but generally, there is a plan for the amount of data that we generate and the storage upgrade.
This is not an expensive product but every time you add capacity to it, you need to pay for re-balancing.
The SSD is a little bit expensive.
The solution is moderately priced. It's not the cheapest, nor is it the most expensive option.
We paid for five years of support when we purchased the product.
The cost is reasonable given that the licensing is all included once you purchase it.
This licensing fees for this solution are merged with all of our HP annual costs, which in total are a couple hundred thousand dollars.
We do not have any licensing fees.
Our licensing cost are $32,000 annually.
Think seriously about the very long-term: the three, four, and five-year costs of the solution. Will it still be there doing what your company needs? Do not just look at the initial capital outlay of year one.
Our licensing costs are all lumped together with everything else, so I don't know the breakout.
For the entire six node cluster and the two 7200 units plus the Brocade Fibre switches, we financed it through HPE Financial. It was $850,000. We leased that and paid it off in October of 2018. I have to renew support in October for the existing solution. That will cost me roughly $50,000 this year, which in the grand scheme of things, $50,000 is not that much compared to paying $850,000. However, it will be the last year that I'll be able to get direct support from HPE. Therefore, product has to be replaced in 2020.
I would like it to be cheaper.