DDN IntelliFlash vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and DDN IntelliFlash are popular storage solutions. DDN IntelliFlash stands out due to its features, offering users a sense of higher value.

Features: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers comprehensive data reduction capabilities, adaptive optimization, and straightforward integration into existing infrastructure. DDN IntelliFlash features multi-protocol data access, hybrid storage options, and exceptional data management flexibility. Users find IntelliFlash to offer more versatile features.

Room for Improvement: HPE 3PAR StoreServ users report issues with firmware updates, sluggish performance under heavy load, and limited scalability. DDN IntelliFlash users recommend improvements in performance during peak usage, more intuitive management tools, and enhanced data migration options. StoreServ requires more enhancement in scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE 3PAR StoreServ is noted for its straightforward deployment but mixed reviews on customer service responsiveness. DDN IntelliFlash receives positive feedback for both easy deployment processes and effective customer service. IntelliFlash leads in this category due to consistent user satisfaction.

Pricing and ROI: HPE 3PAR StoreServ is seen as cost-effective with good overall ROI. DDN IntelliFlash, although more expensive initially, delivers better long-term value. Users acknowledge that IntelliFlash justifies its higher price with superior benefits and ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Everpure FlashArray

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashArray is 6.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DDN IntelliFlash is 1.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is 4.3%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Everpure FlashArray	6.4%
HPE 3PAR StoreServ	4.3%
DDN IntelliFlash	1.9%
Other	87.4%

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Cristian Ion

Senior Information Technology Engineer at Eta2u

All-flash storage has unified my clients’ workloads and has reduced TCO through efficient data services

The pricing and licensing of Everpure FlashArray is a problem because Everpure is considered more expensive than competitors. IBM, Lenovo, and Dell are more aggressive on prices. It is a very complicated market, especially now, and I understand the prices are higher at Everpure because of the software and all the enhancements it has. However, in this competitive market, we have a big problem selling to customers that are on a tight budget. A product with better pricing would be a win in the end. The RC or C20, for example, was a very good product that I could sell more easily than other options. Everpure FlashArray//C is sufficient for most workloads and virtualization workloads if you do not have very large databases. A product like that helps, and perhaps a new product in the future that is a little cheaper than the current options would be a possibility to gain more market share. I see the return on investment clearly from using Everpure FlashArray, but the challenge is selling it to customers for the first time. There are many customers who fall in the sweet spot where they are too small for an X or even a C model. They need something a little cheaper, they have the money for a cheaper version, and they need the performance of a Pure system. These customers could be more easily approached if Everpure offers a version of a local device in the future that is even cheaper than the C-class. I am trying now to help customers understand the concept behind AG1. I know that AG1 is not profitable if capacity is less than 50 terabytes. However, some customers would be very willing to pay for 25 terabytes in a cloud operated by Pure and to have it accessible with very good speed. We will see what the future brings.

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Anil Rahulwar

L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini

Good customer service and support and suitable for large environments

It is very easy to install. Users don't need to remember anything while deploying IntelliFlash because everything will be taken care of by tech support. They can easily modify the installation or change the password with the help of the tech support. It is very easy to integrate IntelliFlash with other solutions. We have plugins that can be integrated with other solutions. It will require maintenance. It is the same as any other storage solution: updates and upgrades, firmware upgrades, and drive upgrades.

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Muhammad Saqib

System Engineer at Hybrid Tech

Uninterrupted upgrades accelerate performance with good support

I would rate the solution eight out of ten. It should be noted that in Pakistan, some parts are not readily available, and we need to import them from Singapore or other countries. We encountered an issue with a customer where the midplane failed and was not available. We had to wait for several days for a replacement, even in a 24/7 support case. Additionally, we faced motherboard failures in the customer's environment, encountering two motherboard failures simultaneously. We obtained one motherboard immediately, yet had to wait ten days for another. These issues should have been resolved promptly given the 24/7 support level.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The stability is perfect, the reliability is 100%, and the latency is always lower than 1 millisecond."

"The performance and the ever-growing maintenance are the most valuable features of this solution."

"The mobile app is very helpful."

"It has a small footprint, as the current system is only four units per rack, it's got good speed for the price as it uses eMLC, an advanced type of SSD, and it's very scalable, and we're not paying for capacity as we get free controllers every three years."

"The initial setup was straightforward in the way that it was a database vacuum storage."

"Pure Storage FlashArray says no to forklift upgrades; usually hardware requires downtime, but Pure Storage FlashArray has improved their footprint so that they are not asking for downtime—everything is just a non-disruptive activity, which is why customers are more inclined towards Pure Storage FlashArray."

"The Pure Storage customer service is by far the best part of the product and organization."

"Access speed and power consumption are most valuable."

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"It performed great originally, and when it performed great, it was awesome."

"After five years, the cost decreases over 30% and the performance increases over 50%."

"EasyTier/hotcaching: Valuable because it allows greater performance than standard SAS disks Cheaper than pure solid state without needing to actively manage where the data is located."

"We have been able to realize storage space savings for our virtualization environment and it has reduced our electricity usage by reducing the number of disks needed for the virtual environment."

"Data Compression: Up to 80% space reduction in the database"

"Once we got this solution in there, we were able to get the reporting down from eight hours to under 20 minutes."

"It provides a combination of all the protocols that you need, without losing deduplication and compression."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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"3PAR's product team has demonstrated a level of ambition and advancement over the past year that makes me happy to endorse the product and organization behind it."

"After being properly configured, it has been a very stable product."

"It has really improved how we can streamline our storage purchases, as well as performance."

"Being able to snapshot things for backup purposes has been key. We do that on our databases four times a day."

"The optimization features move chunklets or hot spots to faster drives, so data which was getting hit most frequently was always on drives that could best handle the data, whether it was SQL data on SSD or rarely accessed file shares on the 7200 RPM drives."

"I would say one of the most valuable is the ability to dedup on a CPG level, that's one of the newest features that has come out most recently and has enabled us to get a ratio of about 7.1 to 1."

"When comparing the cost with the features and performance, this solution is a good choice."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

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Cons

"The initial setup was a little complex. We had some initial issues with the design and had to help correct some of the white papers for it, but it wasn't your standard use case."

"They could improve the price."

"If we suddenly dump large amounts of data onto the storage system, it takes a while to process it."

"Self-backup is the only feature lacking in this solution."

"The pricing needs to be improved as they offer very high budgeting prices. Searching is a big challenge in Pure Storage FlashArrays, especially when trying to restore a VM."

"Everything has been good, but we faced one issue last year while migrating volumes from one Pure Storage to another. The snapshots were not visible in the Veeam backup portal."

"On a couple of occasions, the waiting time for an upgrade has been pretty substantial."

"The price of the Pure Storage Flash Array is too high and there needs to be more contract clarity."

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"Performance is horrible now. Our original intent was to buy new storage in about two years. But since it became a critical urgency for us, we decided to purchase a new one in two or three months."

"It only keeps one hour of real-time data without the ability to do deep analysis of each element."

"They need to offer better integration for a virtual platform to enable you to create hyper-converged solution."

"I would say it's somewhat scalable, maybe not so much as some of the competition, but we don't really care."

"The monitoring matrix and its dashboard need work."

"In future releases, I look forward to more AI features."

"It's annoying that if you turn on SMB3 (as opposed to the earlier CIFS protocol), then it is not possible to access a file store using a mixture of SMB and NFS."

"The solution as it is right now is not very stable. The stability seems to have eroded."

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"As a management tool, it would help us to have more customer reports."

"The first array that they sent us was in some type of a factory mode. We didn't find that out until we loaded a bunch of data onto it, then we had to back it all off. We had to replace the array, which was sort of painful."

"I would like to see more fast storage and more inside support."

"I would like to see a faster Ethernet connection. Right now, it is 10G. If they could do multiple hundred gigs to speed up the transfer from the array to the servers, that would be good. We are trying to get away from Fibre Channel."

"I would like to see more cloud-based integrations and more file storage capabilities."

"The thing that we're a little bit bummed about is they're not so quick to get it with the latest version of VMware and we're also using an older version of OneView; so to get to the newer/later releases, it seems like it's a two week process for two different data centers."

"I would like to see a little bit more of automated reporting."

"I'd like to see more and better documentation on how we can get more out of it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost has room for improvement."

"We evaluated Oracle and Hitachi, but Pure Storage had the better pricing."

"We consume it as a service, and that's actually something we really like, or at least I really like from the technical perspective. That's because it means there is no hassle when we need to upgrade arrays to add capacity. We just interact directly with technical counterparts, and we say, "Hey, we're filling up," and they say, "All right, here's another data pack." They ship it in, and we install it. So, the as-a-service model has worked very well. Given the outstanding data reduction rates, it has improved our profitability because we're selling allocated volumes as part of the cloud service or recovering those costs from our tenants. It is very efficient, but that has offset the premium price. It started out that way, but over time, as we've added capacity, the price per gig has gone down a lot because we have a lot of it."

"We have seen a reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO)."

"Price is about the only thing that's wrong with it. A little bit better pricing would be great."

"FlashArray is expensive, but the quality justifies the price."

"Pure Storage is expensive. It comes with features, so you get what you pay for. It is expensive compared to our old storage systems, but from the amount of human effort that you have to pay to babysit a storage system, it reduces that. I don't know if the TCO is reduced, but it's not a concern for us."

"It is cost-effective because after buying a subscription, they provide a service to upgrade hardware for free. They are providing so many features. When you consider the features provided, it is cost-effective."

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"I think we pay around 100 grand per year for three arrays or four arrays."

"I recommend the full bundle software in order to have all the functionality. It is more expensive to purchase it one by one."

"The solution has two parts: software and hardware, and you need to buy licenses for some features."

"We purchased the solution as CapEx and we only pay support now. I find the pricing fantastic."

"As a school, we always have low budgets. We are a nonprofit organization. We do not have too much budget, so we care about prices, discounts, and especially about the product quality. The last 16 years, we have been an HPE customer. We are very much happy with HPE products."

"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."

"Performance is at least two times, if not three times, what we had previously."

"We do not have any 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."

"The cost is reasonable given that the licensing is all included once you purchase it."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Outsourcing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	74
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	161

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	73
Midsize Enterprise	74
Large Enterprise	170

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?

Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...

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When comparing cost, I find that the cost is either the same or slightly higher, but that is returned by the ease of ...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashArray?

The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.

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HPE Primera has many great features but one of the best is that it is very easy to deploy. From an overall perspectiv...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

As a customer, I always prefer to have a lower price. Any customer will always ask for the cheaper price.

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Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray

Tegile, IntelliFlash N-Series, IntelliFlash T-Series, IntelliFlash HD-Series

HPE 3PAR Flash Storage, InServ, Storeserv, 3PAR Flash Storage, HP Enterprise Storage, 3PAR Flash Array, HP 3PAR Flash Storage

Overview

The FlashArray family delivers consistent, high-performance data services across block, file, and object workloads. As part of the Everpure Platform, it provides the foundation for a unified data plane, enabling applications to reliably access, protect, and manage data across environments with simplicity and predictability. With built-in capabilities such as inline data reduction, snapshots, replication, and ransomware resilience, FlashArray ensures efficient operations, protected data, and consistent application uptime.

As the foundation of the (unified) data plane, FlashArray enables policy-driven automation, monitoring, and centralized management while integrating across cloud and on-premises environments. Built on an Evergreen architecture, it supports non-disruptive upgrades and continuous performance improvements over time while simplifying operations at scale.

What Key Features Does FlashArray Offer?

Simplicity and Speed: Easy management and rapid performance enhancements.
Data Reduction: Effective deduplication and compression.
Flash Architecture: Seamless upgrades and outstanding resilience.
VMware Integration: Excellent compatibility with virtualization platforms.
Predictive Analytics: Strong insights for proactive management.

What Benefits Should Users Consider?

Reliability: Proactive support with minimal downtime.
Efficiency: Reduced storage footprint and enhanced data management.
Performance: Faster processing speeds and low latency.
User Experience: Simplified management with Evergreen model.

In industries like finance, banking, and healthcare, FlashArray supports high-performance storage needs focusing on virtualization and database environments. Employed for VMware workloads, disaster recovery, and storage provisioning, it ensures application performance in private or hybrid cloud setups while enhancing management of virtualized environments.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

DDN IntelliFlash offers impressive protocol support, deduplication, compression, and produces sub-millisecond latencies. Its ease of management and flexible performance features address storage and power savings needs, enhancing virtual environments and SQL databases.

Known for straightforward setup and management simplicity, DDN IntelliFlash delivers high performance with multipathing for redundancy. The Easy Tier feature boosts performance effortlessly, and users benefit from significant storage and power efficiencies. While reading latencies remain below one millisecond, enhancements are needed in call-home alerts and the codebase. Frequent hardware failures and support issues are challenges. Despite these areas of improvement, DDN IntelliFlash suits virtualization, achieving scalability with thousands of disks, vital for ERP and Citrix operations.

What are the key features of DDN IntelliFlash?

Protocol Support: Extensive protocol compatibility ensures streamlined data processes.
Deduplication and Compression: Significant data reduction and optimized storage usage.
Multipathing for Redundancy: Provides increased reliability and availability.
Easy Tier: Automates performance enhancements without complex management.
Built-in AI Features: AI integration supports smarter data management.

What benefits and ROI can users achieve?

Enhanced Performance: Delivers low-latency operation improving application response times.
Scalability: Supports growth in demanding environments like ERP systems.
Storage Optimization: Achieves considerable storage and power cost reductions.
Efficient Management: Simplifies IT operations with easy setup and management.
Flexibility: Adapts to different workload demands, supporting a range of applications.

DDN IntelliFlash implementations in sectors such as airlines showcase its capabilities in handling significant storage loads, such as large-scale ERP and Citrix operations. Organizations leverage its scalability for extensive disk management, indicative of a flexible approach to meet virtual system demands efficiently.

DataDirect Networks

HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers unparalleled performance and flexibility for enterprise storage needs. It is highly valued for its manageability and advanced capabilities, making it ideal for mission-critical workloads.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is a high-performance storage system known for its ease of use and robust architecture. It supports seamless upgrades and is adaptable to evolving technology, making it an excellent choice for electronic medical records, virtualization, and centralized data management. With integration capabilities supporting applications like SQL Server, VMware, and SAP, it effectively meets diverse business needs.

What are the key features of HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Ease of Use: Simplifies management tasks with an intuitive interface.
Reliability: Offers high availability and robust architecture for mission-critical workloads.
Flash Storage: Provides fast data access and improved performance.
Dynamic Provisioning: Enhances scalability and resource allocation.
Data Deduplication: Reduces storage costs by eliminating duplicate data.
Tiered Storage: Optimizes data storage with automated tiering.

What benefits should users consider when evaluating HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

Performance: Handles demanding workloads with efficiency.
Scalability: Grows with enterprise needs without compromising performance.
Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing systems and applications.
Proactive Support: Ensures smooth operation with timely updates and support.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is employed in industries like healthcare and finance, supporting applications such as Oracle databases and SAP. It enhances data processing and provides essential storage for virtual and real-time applications, meeting the rigorous demands of sectors requiring reliable and high-performance storage solutions.

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