We performed a comparison between Dell PowerStore and HPE 3PAR StoreServ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two All-Flash Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is always out of the box, and ready to use."
"Support has been helpful."
"We've had different types of storage, and three things of this solution are valuable. The first one is its outstanding performance. The second one is its stability. In the about three years that we've had it, we've had component failures, but we never had a service interruption or any data loss. The third one, which is really critical, is that it is super easy to use in terms of provisioning, storage, and managing the arrays. I'm able to maintain a multi-site environment with a couple of dozen arrays with a single mid-level storage admin."
"Provides fast access and is user-friendly."
"We find the ease of usability and setup valuable."
"I like FlashArray's ActiveCluster as well as its snapshot and cloning capabilities."
"Data deduplication is one feature I found to be the most valuable in the tool...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The availability and ease of use are the big features."
"The supportability of SCME drives for faster data access from the PowerStore and is the most valuable feature."
"The compression is excellent."
"Migrations are very easy and fast."
"The simplicity and ease of use have been very valuable features. I have a very small team, and only half of the team is well versed in the HP product. Whereas if I bring PowerStore in, everyone can learn it because it will be new on the floor."
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"The main feature of Dell PowerStore is its support for NVMe as well as hybrid solutions."
"Dell EMC PowerStore is scalable."
"It is a stable solution."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is easy to use and has good performance."
"It is reliable, and it seems like a solid product. It has been working well so far."
"Very recently, we are able to do a lot of data center automation by being able to script some of the 3PAR actions for our private cloud."
"I like the integration with VMware and the provisioning. We also use data compression but not for any of the critical applications."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ has a good interface, it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"There's a lot of good features. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is similar to Dell EMC. It is a high-speed system with automatic failover/failback, integrated with Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware. These are the main reason for choosing HPE 3PAR StoreServ in Denmark. We have a very good consulting service together with the product."
"We deployed 3PAR in the national and international markets. It's not bad, the solution."
"The solution fetches quick responses in milliseconds which can be within 40-50 milliseconds."
"It was not proactive communication."
"We need to add more storage in Pure Storage FlashArray with the cluster mode activated for us to have better performance."
"Data reduction is an area that needs improvement. There is a garbage collection service that runs but during that time, system utilization increases."
"The price of Pure Storage FlashArray could be better."
"When we were doing some tests, we found that there was an I/O freeze when they were switching the controller."
"I would like a feature to integrate with external or cloud solutions. For example, if I want to use this storage for a backup from the cloud, I want to have integration with the cloud vendors, such as Microsoft, Oracles, or Amazon. It could be available as an API to allow seamless integration. Additionally, the solution could improve by having native integration with a cloud provider, such as VMware or Microsoft, this would reduce the need to use third-party solutions to complete the task."
"There was some complexity in the initial setup."
"In the configuration, which we brought in or tested it in, it has a very limited config as far as the array goes. That said, it still did more than our anticipation."
"The support is not very good."
"The upgrades themselves are running fine, but after the upgrade is when we have a problem. With the update to 1.4, we had a head crash. They told us, 'This is a known issue. Please upgrade to 2.' We upgraded to 2 and, one week later they told us, 'Yeah, there are some issues in 2.0.0. You can lose data. Please upgrade to 2.0.1.' Overall, they need to make the system stable."
"It's also only supported with a limited amount of switches."
"The pricing could be lower. It is very expensive."
"I would like to see a Snapshot feature. Currently, it is unable to occupy the capacity."
"The price is on the higher side."
"PowerStore's management console could be improved."
"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."
"They should add AI-enabled dashboards to the solution."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ should increase the storage capacity."
"HPE 3PAR StoreServ is at its end of life and they are forcing us to purchase new hardware. They will no longer support this solution. They should provide support for a longer time. For example, 10 years instead of five years."
"This solution is now at end-of-life."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle larger data."
"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."
"The solution lacks reliability."
"Setting up 3PAR is somewhat complicated, and it took about a week."
Dell PowerStore is ranked 1st in All-Flash Storage with 35 reviews while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 8th in All-Flash Storage with 23 reviews. Dell PowerStore is rated 8.4, while HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerStore writes "Saves us power and floor space, and we can quickly assign new data stores for our developers' VMs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "Good mid-range storage and delivered to clients pre-setup but is rather expensive". Dell PowerStore is most compared with Dell Unity XT, IBM FlashSystem, Dell PowerMax NVMe, NetApp AFF and NetApp NVMe AFF A800, whereas HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell Unity XT, NetApp AFF and Dell PowerScale (Isilon). See our Dell PowerStore vs. HPE 3PAR StoreServ report.
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