Dell EqualLogic PS series vs HPE 3PAR StoreServ comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category. Dell Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5. Dell Technologies holds a 3.4% mindshare in MS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 10.3% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

HPE 3PAR StoreServ and Dell EqualLogic PS series are competing in the enterprise storage solutions category. HPE 3PAR StoreServ takes the upper hand with its thorough set of features and strong customer support.

Features: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers comprehensive features like a combination of SSD, SAS, and SATA disks, providing high performance with an active-active controller design. Its transparent failover between data centers ensures uninterrupted operations, and the replication and dynamic provisioning features enhance data management. Dell EqualLogic PS series provides solid storage capabilities but lacks advanced features such as auto-tiering and flexible migration.

Room for Improvement: HPE 3PAR StoreServ could enhance its monitoring and reporting tools, make updating simpler, and focus on integrating more advanced deduplication and cloud capabilities. Dell EqualLogic PS series requires improvements in scalability, mixed RAID level support, and replication efficiency. Both systems need improvements in energy efficiency and cost reduction.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE 3PAR StoreServ offers a reliable deployment process backed by strong customer service, highlighting knowledgeable technical support. Dell EqualLogic PS series provides easy deployment and effective customer service, but with its end-of-life status approaching, support is diminishing, potentially affecting future deployment experiences.

Pricing and ROI: HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a high upfront cost that is offset by its significant ROI due to enhanced performance and manageability, with a newer licensing model that adds value. Dell EqualLogic PS series is more affordable initially, but offers lower long-term ROI due to limitations in scalability and advanced features relative to competitors, though maintaining a strong relationship with Dell may provide pricing flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell EqualLogic PS series

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE 3PAR StoreServ

Ranking in Modular SAN (Storage Area Network)

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

303

Ranking in other categories

NAS (10th), All-Flash Storage (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) category, the mindshare of Dell EqualLogic PS series is 3.4%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE 3PAR StoreServ is 10.3%, up from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Modular SAN (Storage Area Network) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HPE 3PAR StoreServ	10.3%
Dell EqualLogic PS series	3.4%
Other	86.3%

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Featured Reviews

Khuram Ayyaz

Network Executive at Virtual University

Has enabled uninterrupted access to educational platforms and simplified storage management

Dell EqualLogic PS series is easily scalable, and we can add extra boxes and storage. It was easy to deploy during COVID. Deploying Dell EqualLogic PS series is straightforward, with no complexity involved. Dell EqualLogic PS series is a good product. We did not experience any failures in the last six to seven years, and it is still running as our storage for offline data. There are snapshot capabilities in data protection available, but we did not use that feature because it consumes much space. We have only 150 terabytes of space and simply use it to create volumes without utilizing it for snapshots. We use thin provisioning in Dell EqualLogic PS series, but I did not explore that feature further.

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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 technical support is very good."

"Technical support, when we had access to it, was very good."

"Before deploying it, we used public clouds for our services, facing latency and other issues with other vendors; after deploying this cluster, we were very satisfied and relieved."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series is a highly stable solution."

"The most valuable feature of Dell EqualLogic PS series auto tiering by using this feature, the customer can get higher performance on a valuable budget."

"Technical support is great; we have four-hour support from Dell for storage."

"The product is very stable."

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

"The solution offers good stability."

"This system has been (by far) the easiest to use, manage, and expand."

"I like the integration with VMware and the provisioning. We also use data compression but not for any of the critical applications."

"It's a really stable solution. We have no problems with the customer, no negative feedback from them on this."

"The most valuable features for me are the simple management of the platform and its performance."

"The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments."

"Having moved over from a lefthand, which was seven or eight years old, there's a massive boost in performance. It has definitely improved the speed, the responsiveness, of all our applications."

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Cons

"Synchronous replication uses space inefficiently."

"There is no inline deduplication capability."

"There is no option for mixing RAID types in one device."

"The performance isn't as good as, for example, Nimble."

"Why is it not possible for both controllers to be simultaneously active (load balancing)?"

"We need more space and we can't get any."

"6510 and 6610 have two iSCSI connections in each controller. Why do 6110xxx members have only one, and why do the same members have the possibility of having an active iSCSI interface in the passive controller? It could make a lot of noise with a failover."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series could improve the performance because in our hybrid configuration the read speed is faster than the write speed."

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"Needs more flexibility and expansion, and also relocation, a cloud solution."

"I would like to see more virtualization: storage virtualization, data virtualization would be very nice."

"It's a little bit difficult to figure out where the capacity is used. There is deduplication that, of course, saves space, but it sometimes it's hard to find out where the space is used. If you delete something, do you get it back? So it's not very transparent regarding capacity."

"HPE 3PAR StoreServ might be missing certain features available in newer products."

"We would like to see the ability to not only be integrated with hybrid IT, but on-prem."

"Security is a mandatory feature because our customer needs to protect delicate information."

"It's still an older architecture, you've got a lot of physical spinning disks. I would imagine more the memory-based computing is coming."

"We've had some issues when we were trying to upgrade, doing some firmware upgrades."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It seemed expensive at first, but the durability lowered the cost of ownership dramatically over time."

"All features are out of the box. The license will be in the virtual, OS, or application layer."

"Dell EqualLogic PS series can improve its scale-out feature. Sometimes the customer has a limited budget for storage expansion. When they want to expand their capacity, they need to buy a complete controller plus storage capacity, which sometimes is out of their budget. If Dell EqualLogic PS series support could scale up the environment in which only hard drive extension controllers should be supported, then customers can expand within a lower budget."

"I didn't buy it. It was another person seven years ago. So, I don't really know, but all storage platforms cost a lot of money. It is probably in the mid-range, but you get what you pay for."

"Licensing is pretty straightforward."

"I don't think I would say that the product is less expensive...The product's price is not an issue for our company, considering the relationship we have with Dell and the customer support we receive."

"There are annual maintenance costs beyond the original licensing period."

"Initial packages include all upgrades and services."

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"We have seen ROI. We are able to see more patients now, bringing more money into the practice."

"Cost-wise, it is a little bit on the higher side, but it is an awesome product."

"It has greatly reduced my management overhead time."

"If HPE reduced the price of 3PAR StoreServ they would be more attractive to mid-range companies."

"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. It is expensive."

"We paid for five years of support when we purchased the product."

"It is fairly inexpensive to scale."

"Nowadays, from a storage point of view, there are so many vendors in the market. So cost is one of the factors that pushed us to go with HPE 3PAR. Cost-wise they're pretty competitive."

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	72
Midsize Enterprise	74
Large Enterprise	170

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell EqualLogic PS series?

The technical support for the solution was really good.

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What needs improvement with Dell EqualLogic PS series?

I do not have anything in mind regarding new capabilities for Dell products at this time.

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What is your primary use case for Dell EqualLogic PS series?

We are essentially a university, and we have deployed Dell EqualLogic PS series in our data centers to run our production sites, student portals, websites, our on-premises portal, and campus manage...

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What's the difference between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and HPE Primera?

HPE Primera has many great features but one of the best is that it is very easy to deploy. From an overall perspective, it is reliable, easy to set up, stable, and offers quality block storage. All...

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What do you like most about HPE 3PAR StoreServ?

The compression features are good.

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

It is expensive, however, when we compare it to the features provided by HPE, the price-to-performance ratio is very good.

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Also Known As

EqualLogic PS series

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

Overview

EqualLogic PS Series arrays bring a new level of performance to service more of your most demanding applications and virtualization requirements, while delivering the simplicity of the EqualLogic management experience. Featuring six array configurations, including 2U/2.5" drive options with All Flash and Hybrid Arrays, it is ideal for companies and organizations with growing data and performance needs.

Dell Technologies

HPE 3PAR StoreServ is an AI-driven storage solution that prevents issues before they occur by learning and adjusting in real time. The solution offers a tier-1 all-flash foundation for mission-critical workloads. HPE 3PAR StoreServ was designed with more than 3M IOPS and consistent sub-ms latency. It aims to transform midrange and enterprise deployments with solutions that scale from a few TBs to more than 20PBs. In addition, the solution is built to modernize data centers and is made to handle unpredictable workloads effortlessly. By implementing HPE 3PAR StoreServ, you gain automated and rapid provisioning, hardware-accelerated deduplication and compression, and a multi-tenant design.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Features

HPE 3PAR StoreServ has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Flexibility: With HPE 3PAR StoreServ, you can easily deploy highly configurable, scale-out storage for multi-tenant workloads.

Always-on availability for your data: HPE 3PAR StoreServ includes an always-on resilient storage infrastructure for your hypervisors and applications. In addition, with Peer Persistence, your virtual machines (VMs), hosts, and data can move freely across data centers rather than being constrained by their physical boundaries.

Fast, scalable performance: HPE 3PAR StoreServ enables you to accelerate consistent mixed-workload performance and also provides necessary QoS levels that are optimized for your highest priority applications.

Performance insights: HPE 3PAR StoreServ helps you gain performance insights in real time, and anticipate as well as prevent issues across the infrastructure stack by utilizing cross-stack analytics.

Flash optimized data protection: With tier-1 data services, multi-tenant security, and copy data management, you can avoid downtime.

Seamless data mobility: HPE 3PAR StoreServ makes it possible for you to not only experience converged data protection, but also experience seamless data mobility services, at flash speed, from the edge to the cloud.

HPE 3PAR StoreServ Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing HPE 3PAR StoreServ. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Easy to manage. The web interface to manage the units is a great asset and one that makes managing storage easy.

User-friendly GUI

Exceptionally fast and well-managed replication
Low latency

Hybrid storage gives you the ability to assign different roles to different types of storage arrays inside one enclosure

Both file-level and block-level replication

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the HPE 3PAR StoreServ solution.

A SAN Consultant at a tech services company says, “One of the features that I like the most is the data replication element. The reason I like it is due to the fact that it's pretty clean on replicating data over to a second site. The product stands on its own in heavy enterprise environments. It's easy to make changes without affecting the environment. The solution is very easy to use. The product is very robust and offers very good performance.”

A Storage Manager at a financial services firm mentions, "There are a lot of screens for easy management where you can change some settings. But after a few years, the important settings were better after an upgrade, and all the vendors have other ways to upgrade their systems."

A Senior IT Infrastructure & Data Center Operation Engineer at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) comments, “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.”

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Sample Customers

FAW Foundry, AW Engineering, Unimat, eLongNet Information Technology, BDO Brasil, Odyssey Space Research

Just Energy, Latisys, team AG, DreamWorks, BlueShore Financial, Erasmus MC

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