We performed a comparison between HPE 3PAR StoreServ and IBM FlashSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two NAS solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"We never had a blackout and we have never been offline."
"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."
"The features which are most valuable are the availability of the system and the management."
"The technical support is good."
"This is a stable solution."
"The speed is very good."
"The technical support has been fantastic."
"We're hosting virtual infrastructure on the 3PAR storage and it's been very good for that."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and performance."
"This solution is very stable."
"This solution is convenient, user-friendly, convenient and reliable."
"The most valuable features in IBM FlashSystem are IOPS, performance, duplication, and compression."
"The initial setup is straightforward and can be done in an hour and a half by one person."
"When it comes to the interface of the solution we did not encounter any challenges. Additionally, the solution has good documentation."
"The installation is nice and easy."
"The compression and deduplication features are the most valuable."
"The product is quite expensive."
"The interface could be improved to match the system."
"I would like to see an automatic re-balancing system or functionality for adaptive optimization."
"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."
"An area of improvement for this solution is an increase in the bandwidth as well as an upgrade of the storage functionality and capabilities. The storage needs to be expandable for future-proofing."
"Although we experienced malfunctions where a virus was running and it failed."
"HPE could improve by making an old flash system in order to compete with the current market. For the solution to be more competitive in the mid-range market they could increase the performance."
"The configuration and flexibility should improve."
"Sometimes the performance is effective but it gets resolved in the process."
"It could be easier to implement."
"The customer's expectations are what they get on the cloud, they're expecting even in the on-premises deployments, going forward."
"We had issues when attempting to do a flash, we hope to resolve it soon."
"The technical support in my region is satisfactory but it could improve. Support is very important for customers and downtime is very critical for us. We would like onsite or complete technical support which can help us to minimize our downtime or if problems occur."
"There could be some extra features added."
"The pricing could be improved, but I think it's getting better and better with each version. IBM needs to implement NAS storage again, as this is a big flaw. Dell EMC is very good at this and if you compared them based on NAS storage, Dell EMC would win right away. IBM's solution for NAS storage is very complicated. We don't have a storage box that provides file sharing from itself, we have to put software on it and go through a whole complicated process. It should be simplified."
"The data reduction pool feature sucks and is not recommended for use with heavy workloads."
HPE 3PAR StoreServ is ranked 1st in NAS with 41 reviews while IBM FlashSystem is ranked 3rd in NAS with 32 reviews. HPE 3PAR StoreServ is rated 8.4, while IBM FlashSystem is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE 3PAR StoreServ writes "Robust and easy to use with a simple setup ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM FlashSystem writes "Reliable and easy to configure with simple data migration capabilities ". HPE 3PAR StoreServ is most compared with HPE Primera, Dell Unity XT, HPE Nimble Storage, NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS) and Dell PowerStore, whereas IBM FlashSystem is most compared with Dell PowerStore, Pure Storage FlashArray, HPE Nimble Storage, Dell Unity XT and Dell PowerScale (Isilon). See our HPE 3PAR StoreServ vs. IBM FlashSystem report.
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