We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE EVA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature for me is the solution's availability."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."
"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."
"It has improved the ability of the executives to get proper insights."
"We built a DR solution based on this, we can sustain our business for any amount of time, 24/7."
"The solution is stable."
"Being able to snapshot things for backup purposes has been key. We do that on our databases four times a day."
"It is very stable."
"HPE has reliable support for HDD replacement."
"The solution's most valuable feature is storage provisioning, which allows me to easily provision the disk space on the servers."
"There have been no fail-stop failures for the last five years."
"Cloud integration could be better. They can also add an NVMe to port to that. I would like to see NVMe in the next release. That's the future or the near future for storage. That will give us a real high throughput and some performance."
"We would like to see better support for iSCSI."
"The performance of the solution is not good anymore and the software is different from all the other types and is not compatible. There are more negative things at this moment than positive. This is why we are removing them all from our organization this year."
"Integration with some cloud services would be nice... We would like to be able to provision from the 3PAR and decide whether or not we are going to provision onsite or the cloud."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"I would like to see NVMe support, not only on the disk side, but also in the NVMe over Fibre Channel."
"From an overall perspective, all the latest technologies can improve support and performance. This is very important for us."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"Performance could probably be improve with faster controllers, but it is already an old device. We do have performance problems now, but it is a rather old device, so we have what we have."
"I faced some issues during the disk replacement process in HPE EVA."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 3rd in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 299 reviews while HPE EVA is ranked 8th in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) with 4 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.6, while HPE EVA 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 HPE EVA writes "Has the ability to automatically deal with faulty disks". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage and NetApp AFF, whereas HPE EVA is most compared with HPE StorageWorks MSA. See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. HPE EVA report.
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